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Originally Posted by dinglem
I had a lot of fun with my Mardave Meteor bitd. I purchased it from 'Mike's Models' in Kingstanding and raced it at Perry Common Buggy Club. Very early racing days for me, but it was quick and set me up for bigger things a few years later. We had a Shinwa rolling road (just posted it in the 'show us your vintage collection' thread), and the Meteor was the fastest car we ran on there.... From memory it had a Reedy 21double - Silver Dot in it geared on a 15 tooth pinion.
If you're going for the standard silver can 540 motor then stick with a 16 tooth pinion.
We eventually made our own LWB chassis for ours and added Option House shocks too. Went pretty well. I sold it on to a friend so I might have to contact him and see whether it is still tucked away in his parents loft....
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It was pretty surreal for me sitting in my office on Long Island, New York and reading your post about Kingstanding and Mike's Models!
I was born in Kingstanding.
I lived in Cranbourne Grove (off Cranbourne Road) and went to Kingsthorne School.
We moved to Sutton when I was around five, but I used to go to Kingstanding quite often, and visited Mike's Models whenever I was there.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane
You should definitely get hold of your friend and see if you can get your old Meteor back. Sounds like you have a lot of fond memories of it.