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Blue No 67 is a Lola Ford, Monogram by the look of it.

That's a understatement

One of Mickeys cars Gaz, I've worked out what the other 10 cars are, lol. No markings, names etc on the car or chassis. Pretty much finished the Cox Cheetah, nearly finished the Cox 1:24 Ferrari. Monogram Chapparal has been repainted and chassis cleaned up. VIP Honda has been repainted, no idea what chassis is under it. The 2 Aus/NZ Lotus 16's were an easy fix. Cox GT40 just needs the front headlights either made or copied. The Revell Corvette has been repainted and I'm in the process of fitting the chrome parts. The Ford Nascar with the Revell chassis and Cox GT40 wheels I'll pretty much leave as is. The French Scalextric McLaren is finished. Still quite a few others to get on with, but I'll get there eventually. Always a mixed bag when Mickey gives me cars to work on.

The body looks like it could be an early Marcos

Et moi

I've been repairing/restoring/repainting a few older cars for a friend. I'm through most of them but there's one car I don't know what it is. Here's a couple of pics of the car and chassis, any ideas? Makes it easier to restore once I actually know what it is. I'll post some pics of all the restored cars once I takes some pic. Cheers Matt

Hi Shaynus, Oldman and all. Great report on cars and good to see R5 results. A clear leader as before but final positions still anyone's guess. My Network 9 Camaro was supposed to be a bit smoother (gears) but peaky motor probably means that is hard to detect. Not sure what happened to my No.6 Camaro in R5. Ron Dickson must have had a bad day. Thanks for the videos. Keep up the good work. Regards Charles Le Breton

Thanks Shanus, im not driving this year may be thats why the car cars are doing so well BUT the drivers we have Shanus, Ron, Tony, Frog and Paul are doing a great job its great watching each car with different drivers good work thanks Oldman only 3 more sleeps and we do it again

A few rounds ago, I made a couple of dot points about the entered cars. I then promptly lost that list, but have since re-found them! Some characteristics listed below may have changed a bit as the proxy has gone on. I think these notes were made during round 2? I shall try to get some more feedback over the coming rounds, and perhaps a video of each in action at the conclusion of the proxy. #1 - Mercedes: a bit rolly polly, but still surprisingly good for what it is (I have a soft spot of this under dog - go the might Merc! ) #3 - Porsche: Not bad. A pleasant enough car, but just can't keep up with the faster cars. "Yeh canna change da laws oof physics Capt'n!" Suffers from having the motor mounted behind the rear axle (as in the real 1:1 car) #6 - Camaro: handles well, has a good turn of speed #7 - Camaro: easy to drive, very smooth, just lacking some oomph #9 - Camaro: Fast, good drive, perhaps not quite as smooth as previous years for some reason? (mind you, neither are we! ) #10 - Commodore: feels under powered, but as it suffers from a relatively narrow body, perhaps more speed would not be a better thing? #11 XB Falcon - not overly smooth, but still fairly fast ( just like it's owner! ) #12 XB Falcon - smooth and FAST (like it's owner, but NOT like it's builder! ) #13 XB Falcon - Fast, judders a bit at the rear on change of direction, seems a little light, weight wise (no comment on the relation to the driver there! ) #16 Commodore - looks better than it handles! Typical tall / narrow body problems, smooth and fine at 8 tenths, but struggles with change of direction when pushed #17 XC Falcon - front end seems to sit high, not very smooth at either end #18 XC Falcon - Oldman's weapon from the last few proxys. Still a fast, car, can be pushed hard. #20 XC Falcon - good all-rounder, inspires confidence in driving it. #22 XB Falcon - judders around corners at the rear, feels a bit light #23 Camaro - smooth but slow ( standard motor I think!) Nice Sunday driver... #24 Camaro - horrible tyre shudder / bounce. Has since been scratched from the running #25 XB Falcon - generally good, bit bouncy, but is settling down as the proxy goes on #26 XC Falcon - typical fast, decent Falcon #31 Camaro - fast car, but it is a bit tippy at the front end #35 XC Falcon - great presented car. Goes very well, but gives very little warning of when it is about to let go / roll in a corner #41 XB Falcon - had a stutter (perhaps a loose wire or braid?), will have to check back on how it is going now #64 Camaro - fast, but a little bit loose at the rear out of corners. So very near a great car, I think it is improving as the proxy goes on #73 Javlin - bit too prone to falling over when cornering #83 Mustang - get in and hold on! A rocket ship in a straight line! A pity there tends to be corners at the end of the straights though... #99 Camaro - goes as well as it looks. Great all round car. Persistent squealing from the gear train is a worry though...will it last the distance?? #444 XB Falcon - G.O.A.T by name only. A bit slow and steady... There you have it, a (very) brief run down of each car.

Ok, as a bit of a trial, here are some (very) small snippets of round 5 action: https://youtu.be/W50cZ3UzyF8 https://youtu.be/TjEOqxaDQhg https://youtu.be/3qnwOQoUZK8 I'll see if I can get some more comprehensive videos next time...but no promises

And here is the leader board after 5 rounds. It is really starting to get close in the midfield with very little separating quite a number of cars

Here are the Round 5 results: Good to see there was a bit more of a mix up in the results, with some cars achieving above and some below average results

Unfortunately, it was for work - despite what Oldman may think or say!

Today saw the running of the final round in the current series of NSR Fiat Abarth and GT3 and there were 5 entries in each class.The Fiats we’re up first and qualifying saw Dave TQ with 8.6408 seconds from Hayley 8.7365,Fred 8.9699,Tony 9.0268 and Leah 9.3107.Dave skipped away to a handy lead early on but Tony started to reel him back in with Hayley hanging in there.Leah and Fred were having their own battle.Dave went on to win with 156 laps from Tony 152 and Hayley 150.Leah was next with 139 and Fred 135.GT3 qualifying was very close with Tony getting the TQ with 7.8294 from Plucka 7.9397,Dave not far behind on 7.9652 and Leah had a PB with 8.0075 and Fred with 8.9986.With qualifying so close it promised a close race which unfortunately did not eventuate as Plucka and Dave throwing it away with too many deslots which allowed Leah and Tony to take advantage of the chaos.Tony ended up with an easy win with a new record of 163 laps well ahead of Dave on 153 .Although despite the huge margin there was some great side by side racing at times between Tony and Dave.Leah rounded out the final podium position one lap behind Dave with 152 10 laps ahead of Plucka on 142 and Fred on 129

I will be there Thursday, thanks Mac.

Yeah, i’m in

I'm up for it big guy

I shall be there

Racing at Thunder Road this week, Ladies. Week 3 1 Fly Classics 2 DTM 3 Group 5.

Very nice cars there. Don't worry about the Dick Smith motors, I have them under a few of my John Bacon cars that were built years ago and are still going strong.

Nice cars, Would be bit of a blast all together. A 1959 Ferrari I built along the same line as our old Tasman cup cars. Good little car to drive. Penelope Pits kit SRP 16 and slot it running gear.

Plus the two laps you lost for “speeding” . I saw a 3.796 flash up at one point when the buzzer sounded

The old Western Sydney race group used Dick Smith motors before NC1 became a thing. Similar revs but less torque and no brakes.

Nice work Garza.

GT1 / LMP / LMP2: