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| duncandumpertruck |
Mamod Le Mans Racer.A present from my wonderful girlfriend.
Test run video uploading on youtude as we speak... 
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| johnreid |
Does she have a Sister? 
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| pauly |
is it any faster than the regular mamod car.
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| johnreid |
It is a twin cylinder Pauly | ||||
| Les Marsh |
What a very thoughtful girlfriend you have.
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| bessytractor |
It would be interesting to see if it was. The last one of these I saw running used up way too much steam and went very fast initially before slowing right down. great model though! With meths firing and a Mamod loco high pressure safety valve it would go mad! |
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| Kritika |
Now that I like, when and where did you get her? | ||||
| steamyjim |
Brilliant! I love the Le-Man racer. Makes a good candidate for RC-ing i beleive
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| CCairns |
Runs well. Looking forward to seeing it in action.
But what would the girlfriend say if you'd set the carpet on fire? |
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| TRAPPERKEEPER |
I've only seen videos of it on this forum, but going on those I think it might be slower 
But still it is really cool and that grill on the front is very nice, seeing th e fire is a nice feature |
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| kusuchi |
It would be hard pushed to go any slower than my SA1. The Bus is faster.
Always been interested in one of these. Ruairidh, after you've run it in tell me what you think, I always liked the twin cylinder Mamod auto concept. |
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| TRAPPERKEEPER |
Heres a vid showing it running, from a thread in collections and pics board. Nice rc, looks like a fun car 
http://s145.photobucket.com/album...action=view¤t=LM1-1.flv Edit: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1950134746358215249&hl=en heres another video of it running a long time in an open space. It's from a member called SJN. |
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| duncandumpertruck |
Thanks for the comments guys! So far i've not spent much time with her running but i can say that she does sap up the steam pretty quickly with the twin cylinders. I also tried a couple of runs on carpet and she was reluctant to really get moving. Bear in mind this is my first mamod mobile. So! Do you guys normally run them on a nice smooth surface or should i give it a but more running in? I have to admit that the drive train is fairly rudimentary. A lot od space under thatback end for many alterations! A reversing gearbox in the future perhaps?!
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| duncandumpertruck |
Girlfriend or car?!
I think my girlfriend went directly through Mamod. |
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| Manxman |
I've got one of these and they are good and loads of fun. My only word of warning would be, so is the Roadster and you can get a decent Roadster on eBay for a lot less money.
As a present it's brill and not so many of these about. I'd not say no to another one. But, if it was my first Mamod car, you can get nearly the same model for a lot less money.
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| Wallace |
Looks like a great runner, and very nice looking model 
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| kusuchi |
Get it off the carpet and get her run in. Then you should see what she's capable of. |
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| kusuchi |
If she's buying the engines I would think he meant the former. 
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