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Miggers

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  1. Hi to all aboard. I'm an ex-racer (17 years ago)of Boomerangs and Optima Mids.My son has just bought himself a Yokomo driftcar that is pretty hot.Well you know how it is,Dad just has to have a go and before you know it the fire is re-lit and I'm thinking of Boomerangs and Optimas again to go with my other radio controlled "toys"(the Mrs says I've far too many),so I found my way here. Last week sonny jim comes home from work and nonchalantly deposits a lumpy bulging carrier bag on the table and announces that Dad might be interested in that. I can't resist that remark,so I delve in and extract a well thrashed,bashed,looking sorry for it's self,ancient Mardave Meteor...,wey-hey.Only thing is someone has decided to put a 1/12 Ministock shell on it and shortened the chassis accordingly . A chap that he works with has seen him running his drifter at work and dug the old Meteor out of his shed.It was his son's,he told his Dad he didn't want it and he could "skip it" when he went to the tip!!!!! There's no wheels,but the gearbox,back and front end are all intact and fitted with standard "leaky" shockers.I've never owned a Meteor,but have seen 'em raced to great effect and driven one or two and they're surprisingly good but very basic. So that I can set about it and restore it to it's former glory and fit a period Parma Cyclone 24t and my 1987 Futaba Attack R gear into it,can anyone tell me A/ What length is the standard chassis?I've roughed it out at 330-ish millimetres,and B/ What length is the LWB chassis?A figure of 370 millimetres springs to mind,but a chassis extension of 40 milly seems a bit excessive. I work for an engineering firm so cutting and drilling a new chassis from ally plate is easy. I rather fancy doing a long wheelbase version,but I imagine I'll have to use a Cobra shell as I'd think the LWB Meteor shell is a real rareity nowadays. All the best and pics to follow when I start and sort it out. Miggers
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