Yay! Another Thunderslot car! I've been kinda combing and digging, looking for more Thunderslot cars, as my normal seller seems to be not carrying them so much anymore. I found another place that carries them, which is also where I picked up the GT40, and here it is, the Lola T70 MKIII:
The Lola T70 from Thunderslot is already an awesome car. Very smooth and fast, and feels like it's very planted. This car will fall right in line with all the others. With the Tech - Speed logo over the back of the car, this one....what? Oh, that. Well, from the looks of it, the car hit a can of blue paint on the track somewhere. I'm sure that's not what it is, and there's probably an easy explanation as to why the curious design decision. I'm going to do a deep dive here in a bit, so it's likely I'll replace this whole section with facts once I come across them.
The paint doesn't go completely over the front, and kind of slops over into the rally stripe and number on the front. I will say, I have absolutely NOTHING against this car whatsoever. I think the blue is really cool and makes the car look like it has worked hard. I'm sure the explanation is there somewhere. My guess: At some point during the race they had front end damage and replaced part of the front end bodywork. One of the reasons I think that isn't so much the blue paint as it is the curious black strips that look like they're holding the hood of the car together. I'll try to get a pic of that angle and show it here.
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| A rare car-facing-the-other-way photo here. |
So stoked to have another Thunderslot car. They make such absolutely solid runners. I've found a few more outlets where I can get them, so I'm sure I'll have more again soon.
Both the Lola and the GT40 will be given race-ready tuneups tomorrow. I still have about a dozen or so cars to check before the field is ready to race. I'll try to finish as many cars as I can tomorrow so we can move onto the track.
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