by mrollingthunder » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:51 pm
How about a stock MK 1 and MK2 Ford Capri? They're still hugely popular in England (and across Europe and the world). Scalextric already must have the molds for the MK2/3 stock body, they released it in the 80's, although it always seemed a bit small. As far as MK1, the Mk1 RS2600 & 3100 models were UK made. Fly, Carrera and Sideways all make beautiful flared Group 5 Mk3 versions, and Carrera and SRC make some very good MK1 RS2600/3100 box and bubble flares, but no one has ever made a non-flared Capri. I'd remind Dave that many years ago Carrera wouldn't import their first MK1 RS2600 because they didn't feel there was a market. I drove up (in a 1973 MK1 Capri) to meet Dave at the now defunct Niagara Hobby in Buffalo and showed him a resin cast stock bodied car I had made and plead the case for bringing their car to the US, and the rest is history. Now it's time for someone to release a true stock body. I predict it would be huge! A far as others, how about a Mk1, II, III, IV Spitfire, a GT6, Tr7/8 Maybe even a TVR. Sunbeam Tiger? All of these cars are iconic and much loved sportscars that have never been reproduced in scale. How about a Mustang II? I could sell as many MK1 Capri resin casts as I could make but I don't want to be sued by Ford!
Don Murphy