Slot car picture thread

Here's my track... 16'x4' 4 lane made to look like a dirt track
The corners available at the time weren't wide enough so they are cut apart with little straight parts put in between to make them wider....A friend of mine built it and I got a long time later after it had been cut in half to move out of a basement and all the hand painted signs were taken off of it too unfortunately.

Still have it all piled over with stuff in my parents basement.

 

man ,that is a sharp set up!

 

There was also a track in Duncanville ,Texas just south of Dallas. I used to visit my sister and brother-in-law and go to the track. I believe it was called " The Hobby House"

 

Started mine around late 60's, early 70's. We had a large Tyco set that I added a lot of track to, and my brother was into trains so we merged the 2 in HO scale on a 4x8 table. We used to sheets of sterofoam to landscape with and scratch built most of the buildings. I used to import a lot of stuff from AutoWorld in Scranton Pa. or haunt Ye Olde Hobby Hut in Winnipeg when I got into town. I added a few Aurora cars because they stood up better, including a black 55 Chevy I later painted black to look like the American Graffitti/2 Lane Blacktop car. The track stayed together until I got married in the early 80's. Just a warning, that old plastic gets brittle and the little tabs break off now when I try to reassemble it. If it's not kept in a dry place, the rails will rust as well.

 

I have a question.
How well do Hot-Wheel bodies adapt themselves to H.O. racing chassis?

 

Love this thread

Got the Aurora HO set when I was a kid. Still have it all and have bought everything I could at toy shows and swap meets over the years. The Grand-kids have a ball with it.
Thanks For The Memories.
Mark

 

They fit, but are too heavy to race with.

 

I remember drilling out the rivets to get the body off, but yes too heavy.

 

need more pictures guys!! seriously, some amazing tracks and cars you guys are posting! funny how after finding my dads slot car drag strip and seeing all of the ones on here, how much time ive been spending moving stuff around in basement planning to set up the tracks!

 

You won't regret it. I was so itching to drive when I was 14, I had to have those tracks of mine to keep my sanity. We had a basement back in the house I grew up in and there was this ginormous heater in the middle. There were these huge ducts coming out of it from all sides. It was a monster. I had a ton of Aurora HO track so I set it up all around that heater. I had to make sure I had an "extra" buddy there to get the cars on the other side of the heater back on the track when they went flying off. I was not into cameras quite then, so unless my sisters have any photos of the setup, I doubt any exist. For a while we hooked it up to my Dad's HO train set. There were a few wrecks with the cars and trains. Loads of fun!

 

Does anyone from the Pittsburgh area remember Tom Thumb Raceway on Rt.51 SawMill Run Blvd. in the South Hills ? Spent many a Saturday there and a lot of my grass cutting money.

Mike

 

ok, I'll add some pics from an estate sale find from maybe 10 years ago:



The coolest is the custom made laker:

 

Have any of you guys been to the Slot car race track in Joplin. We always go over and watch the drag cars. Brings back a lot of memories. I used to have an AFX set, as I recall it had the bre datsun race cars but I had a brown 57 Nomad and a light green 55 Chevy that were really cool.

 

This thread brings back lots of memories.

First attempt at slot car racing was in 1966 with factory Dyno 1/25 Pontiac GTO. This thing ruled the local roost until the rewinds became popular. All I ever raced was 1/24, 1/25, and 1/32.

It looked to me like front wheel drive might be the way to go, because one would not spin out on the corners. I designed and built my own front wheel drive 1/32 car. From a rolling start pretty much unbeatable. From a standing start, I was two laps down before I could get it up to speed (very little initial traction). Once to speed, any fool could run it, as it would run wide open around the entire track. I still have it (somewhere). The battle-scarred GTO is in my GTO display.

Jon.

 

My 8 & 4 year old boys just got a HO scale track for Christmas this year...... I think the bug has bit!! LoL!


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Yes, but there are guys that use hot wheels bodies to makr molds, then cast bodies from resin.

http://www.slotmonsters.com/Resin-Casting-Molding.ashx

Mark

 

I bought 2 of those TOMY Giant sets on clearance some years back.....

 

When I was in the Navy stationed at the NavRadSta in Thurso, Scotland in 1967/68 there was a large track in town that I used to go to when I wasn't in the pubs drinking or at the chip shop eating. If I remember correctly it was open Wednesday evening for all-comers.

 

I think we used to use the Mattel vac u form to make ho bodies from hotwheels, been a long time ago.

 

Nice layout!!!!!.....
Gotta let me race on it.... I'll bring the beer and a couple of my a/fx cars...

 

anyone using theirs???

 

Some nice cars guys! I'll have to upload my HO collection.

 

I've got an AMT 1/24 set, with the steering wheel controller, as well as an A/FX H.O. set and several cars from the 70s. I'll try to gig them out and post some pic's. Also, a "modern" Dukes of Hazard set. "Hot pursuit!!"

 

Great thread. Working on a 4' x 16' 1/32 track.

Thanks for sharing your vintage slot car pics.

 

Have a few photo's of some of my cars.

My 1/32 Conestoga It's more finished now, but no current picture.


A couple of my faster, more expensive cars (1/24)



The undersides of the two cars on the left above.


Will try to post more later

Mike

 

Here are two HO cars I built in the late 60s, early 70s. Both were for Auto World mail in contests. The Willys was mailed in but it had a broken lead line so didn't run on a track which was a rule. It is a fiberglass body made from a carved wood mold. It has a Tyco can motor and soldered brass chrome frame. Front axlewheels steer. Front wheels are 1/4" ball bearings with O-ring tires.

The second is an LSR car that was finished but Auto World went out of business before calling for the cars to be mailed in. It to is a fiberglass body from a carved wood pattern. Rules I remember are max wheel diameter was 3/4" and had to use a then new ThunderJet motor they were promoting. I went a step farther and spliced two ThunderJet chassis together! They didn't say I could't do that. I turned the wheels on a lathe from aluminum bar. Put in stainless steel hypodermic needle bushings to firm up drive axle, rewound the motors for a LOT lower resistance.

I never have run either cars, never had a track!

 

those are awesome

 

This Tyco '57 followed me home from the last swap meet.

 

Here are some of mine. They are for sale if anyone is interested.

 

That Eddie Hill twin engine dragster slot car on the magazine cover is really neat. Thanks for sharing that!