To fund our build we listed ten of our classic Scalextric cars on eBay. For that week we scoured eBay and the rest of the Internet and posted on the Beeston CC forums. Towards the end of the week we had found a classic frame from a member of the club, and for what price I here you ask? Nothing. Brilliant we thought, a sixty-four centimetre black Raleigh Sprint Record. Sixty-four centimetres seemed quite large, but 'I'm sure it'll be fine' we thought.
It was until we picked the frame up that we saw how huge it actually was. The frame wasn't in to bad a condition apart from the the small patches of peeling paint. That and the fact that all the paint had been corroded off the back forks from something-hydroxide. Even after a good clean it came out no better.
I was slightly disappointed but we got it for free so there was no loss. A couple of days later the eBay listing for our Scalextric cars, had finished. Eight out of ten cars had been sold, making a total of one hundred and ten pounds. The search for a suitable frame continues.
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