hi 123 michael - i live in Oswaldtwistle, but have realy struggled finding dealers.
all of my local stores have closed (one in oswaldtwistle, one in accrington, and two in blackburn)
Are there any on your side on Lancashire?

The car is the bog standard truck. depending on which manufacturer, is known as tornado/tyrannosaurus/infinitive - but all basically same model.

I've replaced some of the easily breakable kit with alloy, but aside from that, nothing to improve performance as yet. I've only actually had it running about half a dozen times. I used to dabble with on road electric, but got bored with that.

Where do you race?

I bought an electric starter to engage my roto start, but the battery is fully charged just now, and the neighbours might get upset if I try setting it going now at half eleven.
I'll have a go tomorow and let you know if it works