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Banger Custom Discussion Thread
Topic Started: Aug 9 2006, 03:13 AM (47,064 Views)
Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
The Toronado is amazing- I've seen one in a demolition derby before (albeit, not in the last 15 years!). They're front wheel drive and the one I remember was nailing everything with the front of the car. It only got stopped when it got pushed out of the ring, and ended up with the front wheels hanging over a ditch, spinning helplessly. If that's the year Toronado being raced, JL makes one.
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Daniel H
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Corgi Also Do One In 1/43 Scale:

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Daniel H
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I am going to be doing a Matchbox MG 1100 in Dodgy Darren livery:

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And a Corgi Juniors AMC Pacer in Brain Cope livery, as he often races unusual cars:

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Swifty
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Daniel H
Sep 5 2006, 01:56 PM
I am going to be doing a Matchbox MG 1100 in Dodgy Darren livery:

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And a Corgi Juniors AMC Pacer in Brain Cope livery, as he often races unusual cars:

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I have one of those MGs under construction myself. I'll have to take a picture. As for the Pacer- good choice, the Nash Metropolitan shown is also an AMC product. :thumbup:
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mookie427
I like this guys lack of style
The Nash/Austin Metropolitan (I think it was badged as an Austin in the UK) really didn't stand up too well against the Cortina's and Bluebirds common in the bangers:

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Daniel H
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Vauxhall Cavalier And Transporter On Ebay:

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Swifty
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I'm just curious on this...

How many bangers have you done so far? I'm up to 104 cars and an additional nine vans.

USA: 41 (39.4%)
UK: 22 (21.2%)
Germany: 13 (12.5%)
Japan: 10 ( 9.6%)
France: 10 ( 9.6%)
Sweden: 4 ( 3.8%)
Italy: 2 ( 1.9%)
Australia: 2 ( 1.9%)


Breakdown by manufacturer:

Matchbox: 25
Hot Wheels: 22
Yatming: 12
Majorette: 12
Johnny Lightning: 11
Corgi: 5
Racing Champions: 2
Motor Max: 2
ERTL: 2
Tomica: 2
Kidco: 1
Jada: 1
Road Champs: 1
Welly: 1
Siku: 1
Revell: 1
Action: 1
Guisval: 1
Summer: 1

Vans:

Matchbox: 3
Majorette: 2
Johnny Lightning: 1
Siku: 1
Hot Wheels: 1
Maisto: 1


As you can see by the numbers, I have too many Yanks, and not enough British cars. ;) My eventual goal is to have proper British cars making up more than 50% of my field of cars, with US cars down below 20%.
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lennysmodelbangers
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im at well over 200, most likely 300 now.
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Swifty
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lennysmodelbangers
Sep 10 2006, 04:14 AM
im at well over 200, most likely 300 now.

Is that just the ones in your personal collection, or does that include the ones you've sold as well?
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Daniel H
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Bangers I got at the bootsale today:

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Swifty
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The orange Nomad is altered to be a generic- notice the tailfins have been removed from the car. I think that one needs to be crushed instead. ;)
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Daniel H
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I am actually going to smash that nomad up to make a 'used' banger :lol:
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Swifty
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:thumbup: Perfect!
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mookie427
I like this guys lack of style
Sadly I couldn't get to a boot sale on sunday owing to the fact that it was my grand-parents 50th wedding anniversary party, shame becase it was absolutely lovely weather :lol:
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lennysmodelbangers
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swifty- i dont have a personal collection-i dont think im good enough to use bigger stuff, like the lincoln limo i have,
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mookie427
I like this guys lack of style
Material for the Beech meet is looking good so far, 194 cars booked in with 2 weeks until the meet:

Ford Cortina Estate
Jaguar XJS x2
Saab!
Rover P4 x2
Rover P5 x4
Lincoln Town Car Limo
Ford Granada Limo x3
AMC Rambler
Audi Coupe
Mercedes 230 Estate
1966 Oldsmobile Toronado 7.3
Ford Gran Torino
Volvo 740 Limo
Volvo 'special' :blink:
Austin Montego Limo
Austin Westminster
Chevy Camaro
Humber Hawk
Humber Imperial
Daimler Conquest
Toyota Crown

I'm getting more excited about this meeting everyday, I can only hope the weather will be like it was this weekend :lol:


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Daniel H
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I can't wait for it either, its looks like it's going to be one heck of a meeting :lol:

I have a large scale Corgi Metro, which I am going to do in Beech colours, If it is finished in time I will take it to the meeting ;)
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mookie427
I like this guys lack of style
Just heard over 200 cars are now booked in, making it an all-banger affair

No Bears or Stinkbridge have booked in yet, but there are literally about 20 Common Crushers coming :lol:
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mookie427
I like this guys lack of style
I just counted up mine and have a total of 120-ish

On an unrelated note, look what's just been raced :surprise:

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Datsun 260Z (Now where's my Matchbox one? Or was that a 240?)

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Stunning Gaz Volga 21M!
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Daniel H
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Now I know what I can do with my Majorette 260z beater :)
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Swifty
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mookie427
Sep 13 2006, 01:48 PM
I just counted up mine and have a total of 120-ish

On an unrelated note, look what's just been raced :surprise:

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I have two of those in various stages of bangerization already. Majorette does the 260Z. :thumbup:

Hot Wheels did a 240Z called Z-Whiz in the '70s. I believe they have another one in the 2006 First Editions, but slightly customized. One of my very first customs was an attempt to turn a Z-Whiz into Smokescreen from Transformers. I'll post the pictures sometime- it's not pretty. I didn't strip it first, and Smokescreen is actually a 280Z, which Yatming, Matchbox, and others make. Speaking of the 280Z, there's a picture of one raced on the AtoZ site.
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Haha, Z-Whiz doesn't work too well with an English accent! Presumably it's supposed to be pronounced "Zee - Whiz". We would say "Zed-Whiz".
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Daniel H
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Banger Racing has been getting a bad reputation lately, as several classic cars, some in mint condition, have been stolen and have ended up on the track, enthuasiasts have been calling banger drivers ''theiving knuckle dragging scum'' and such on many forums :angry:
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mookie427
I like this guys lack of style
Yeah, but they don't have the slightest clue what they are going on about, they just jump to the conclusion that all banger drivers are thieving scumbags, the reality is 99.99% are perfectly respectable people with no intentions whatsoever of buying stolen cars for racing

One of the cars which got stolen was supposedly raced, a Plymouth Satellite Estate that was in perfect condition when it was stolen, but the car which was raced when bought had a very badly damaged side like it had been in a major collision.

People automatically assume that it's the banger drivers themselves who steal, but it's proper thieves who steal the cars then sell them on very cheaply. If you look at the amount of Hiab Trucks that've been stolen recently by gangs of gypsies it is easy to see that baner drivers really aren't to blame.

Just my :twocents:
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Daniel H
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I have to agree that many classic car entuasiasts take the subject of classics being raced far too seriously, they are only lumps of old rusty metal, for goodness sake :D

I have just come back from an under 1800cc meet, not much action in the races, but in the final one of the drivers went mental and started following in the rodding cars :lol: , there was also a ramp rollover contest featuring 9 cars, which was probaly the best part of the meeting.

The Beech meet at Standlake is only 1 week away..... :)
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