Anybody ever have/seen one? I got one for Christmas in the 60's and it was so cool. Came with 2 slingshot dragsters that did wheelies. It had a tree and winner indicator. So.....anybody got one rat holed away that we can look at?
Those surface on ebay every so often. They bring good money. I have never seen one in person but they really look cool.
Thought about Ebay after I posted this and sure enough there is a car and a partial track set for sale.
I used to put playdoh on the rear of my cars so they would wheelie all the way down the track. Learned about weight transfer at an early age!
Tommy the original came with putty for that purpose if memory serves me. I had one in 68 they sell for 500 bucks on ebay in decent condition. I have a large 1/43 collection from that era more road race stuff but I covet that set. It taught me to respect electricity at an early age.
Came across this old thread on google after I was searching for info on it. I just found my dads old set from 1965, one side of the box was half chewed from mice but looks to be all there. Starting to put the track together then realized it is 17 1/2 feet long so need to find a bigger room with open space. Anyone else still run these? and if so know if these older cars work on other newer tracks and vice versa? Havent had a race car set in years so i have no clue whats what these days.
WOW......flashback! I got one for Christmas in 68......maybe 69....totally forgot about it till I saw this thread. Those pictures are COOL....thanks for posting them! Hey! I'm not an FNG anymore!
I had a Eldon set but not the drag strip set but I did have a Cox Stinger Funny Car while my cousin had the Cox Dragster and we would race. And speaking of slots anyone ever seen Cox gas powered slot car set?
man, thats pretty wild..love to see more might have to make a slot car picture thread..i better search first..
had 2 sets when they first came out $29.98..bought them for the kids at christmas ..wish we had them now
I started a picture thread if anyone wants to add to it that be great..love to see some old slot cars.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=849021
Neighbor had one when we were kids. Lots of fun. Put scotch tape on the slicks for burnouts! I had 2 Strombecker sets, wish I still had 'em. We later put a bunch of Eldon sets together and made a huge dragstrip 40'+ in a store basement. Had a high banked turn in the shutdown area, & used all the curves for the return road. Great times!
I have one but i need a power supply and one roll cage is missing off the dragster, can anyone help me out?? I'm going to frame the box cover it's way cool and hang it on the wall in the shop Thx
All of us would love to see a video of the cars in action if you can. THAT would bring back some good memories!
i'll find out tomorrow if i get a chance, got it put up so little fingers cant play with them.. "All of us would love to see a video of the cars in action if you can. THAT would bring back some good memories!" when i clear a space long enough to put the whole track down ill take a vid.
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