[Scuderia_Turini]

Rare to see any Scalextric START brand cars featuring here.
I just got this white "rally car".  No complaints but it was a bit bizarre.  Auction listing didn't say it was a runner but did say it had new braids. I placed it on my track and it moved ok until it arrived at the first corner where it stopped. A visual check of the brushes certainly showed nice new braids. The car has the quick-change braid design so I pushed the rear edge of the plate forwards to remove it but it would not move. I then realised that the blade would not swivel. I removed the braid-plate by pushing it backwards and thought that was a bit odd. The contact strips seemed OK so oened the car u and unscrewed the guide assembly to find it was installed backwards, hence the lack of swivel. As I re-installed the unit, I realised that I would have to swap the wiring around to ensure that the car would travel in the normal direction. That made me wonder how the guide assembly could have been previously installed wrongly. The car now runs as it should so now worries.

Leo