It’s not the classic stuff but I busted out my Tyco set I had when I was a kid. My kids are having a blast playing with it and I’m glad I’ve got a couple of beater cars I don’t care much about when I watch them fly off the track. I’m not a fan of the cliffhanger loop but I loved it when I was a kid and my kids love it so I toss it in. With all the rain we’ve had here recently, I’ve been having a blast creating different tracks and racing too.
Book on 60s slot car racing
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SWED67barracuda
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I´ve got this Strombecker 66 Barracuda kit .
340doc
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What a fun post! Reading them stirred a lot of memories. Me and a couple buddies ran at our local track in the early 80's. I still have my stuff packed in a box somewhere but the tracks long gone. It sounds like there's still some tracks out there, wouldn't it be great if it got popular again. Sometimes I think some of the things we had growing up need to come back. I feel it would get more kids together out of the house.
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Still building these from 1960s NOS parts...except the wheels and tires.
Here’s my vintage 1/32 fleet of cars I’m working on.
It seemed like slot car racing has always been about building & tuning your car to be better than the other guys car. But I now do it differently to make it more fun especially for beginners. So I try to get groups of cars that have close to identical performance and run them on a four lane track at a low voltage, like 10 volts.
The old Monogram chassis are great. And the new slot car bodies by Monogram & MRRC use the same body mounts or I add body mounts.
Here’s the first group with the brass chassis. The #3 Chaparral has the aluminum home set chassis with the plastic wheels replaced with aluminum ones - this runs well.
Here’s some home set cars, I’ve replaced the axles & plastic wheels but I don’t think that was really needed. With a guide pin instead of a flag they are super easy to put on the track after an off. I might use these chassis on some more cars
Here’s the cars I need to finish. MRRC Ford MarkIV & Chaparral 2f plus Monogram Ferrari & Cobra all will be mounted on the first version of the brass chassis. These bodies are superb.
It seemed like slot car racing has always been about building & tuning your car to be better than the other guys car. But I now do it differently to make it more fun especially for beginners. So I try to get groups of cars that have close to identical performance and run them on a four lane track at a low voltage, like 10 volts.
The old Monogram chassis are great. And the new slot car bodies by Monogram & MRRC use the same body mounts or I add body mounts.
Here’s the first group with the brass chassis. The #3 Chaparral has the aluminum home set chassis with the plastic wheels replaced with aluminum ones - this runs well.
Here’s some home set cars, I’ve replaced the axles & plastic wheels but I don’t think that was really needed. With a guide pin instead of a flag they are super easy to put on the track after an off. I might use these chassis on some more cars
Here’s the cars I need to finish. MRRC Ford MarkIV & Chaparral 2f plus Monogram Ferrari & Cobra all will be mounted on the first version of the brass chassis. These bodies are superb.
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