Hot Rods Drag racing..... slot cars?

I just brought back a thread on Slot cars,I started a few years ago. Lots of great stuff on there. Check it out...
"Remember Slotcar places?"

 

If you're adverse to the drag race scene... This is an awesome track to race on!

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And how about this for traditional...

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aint that the truth,lets see.......DeFalco controler $250,Slotbox for 12-16 cars etc.$225.thats not the motor box or tool box,tools required (frame jig,GOOD solder iron,cordless dremmel with bits.etc,) yeah it can add up but DAMN ITS FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Is this track open on Saturdays? My family will be in town the last weekend of Feb. We will have to bring some cars with....

 

Bob, it was posts like that that made me check out the local slot track. Now we go back often..

Jeff

 

Friday...5 to 9.
Saturday....12 noon to 6, and later if buisy.

There phone....651-646-0441.

 

A new track opened 1 mile from my house in Mount Holly NJ, road course, oval and a 1/4 mile drag strip. My 2 kids and I are back into it full bore. I've built 12 cars since November.

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Willys Gasser

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Those are some cool cars... I am working on a new willys gasser to replace one that crashed.

 

cool videos, thanks for posting.

 

We race clesses that spec super 16D motors. We build our own chassis from brass, and we make our own controllers from PVC tube and Radio shack. I've got large fishing takle boxes to transport them in. I haven't got $250.00 in our whole fleet of cars!

 

There is a place in town that has 2 figure 8 tracks and they run sprint cars mostly but you can rent one of theres or bring your own .
I wish they had some drag race tracks there , I would love to build a gasser for that and would really be a hell of a lot cheaper than the real deal , but nothing replaces the real deal when it comes to racing !

RetroJim

 

i love slot cars! never really got into the drag racing though. my local track never had one but i did build 3 of them.

heres my dads old box his grandfather made for him in the 60s

 

John, you have done some great work on those, great way to pass the time this winter.

Jon

 

You'll have to PM me when you stop down to Scale Model next time and I'll see if I can stop down.

 

I like the 16d idea I ran some unlimited hardbody stuff in the northwest,y favorite controller for drags was a 60s COX plunger with a microswitch inside thru a "extra" 9volt battery...........can you guys run a hardbody w/o a driver inside?? we had to finish the car off to run back 5 years ago

 

The most fun I ever had was running the index classes like S/G. In Southern Ca. they run it on a 1.200 Index. It's heads up on a .400 pro light. Only real rules are you have to look like a real Super Gas car. Any motor. no minimum weight. I'd use a super 16D motor with scale 1 5/16 full width tires for realism, and use about 8-56 gear. One hell of a 60' but it would spool out about 3/4 track. You could adjust the E.T. by deep or shallow staging just like a real car!!

 

Nice box! Do ya still have your cars? Pics?

 

I'm going to plan on being there the last Saturday in Feburary so I can meet hiboy32. But useually, I'm there at least one day on the weekends.

Well, ya useally get a bunch of shit for not having a driver, but like I do with some of my cars, I tint the windows black and no one can tell who's driving.

 

That would be cool, we will have to plan on some time after lunch. I am going to be going to the carshow while in town also.



Jeff

 

Here are a few pics of my drag cars:

 

Man I miss slot cars. We'd ride our bikes 7 miles to the Hobby City where they had 4 tracks. 8 lanes per track. .25 for an hour. I built a Tom Daniels model of the Boot Hill Express and put it on the slotty frame. It was top heavy and in the first turn, KAPLOOEY. Boot hill express all over the track. Every body thought it was cool till the track had to shut down for cleanup.
If my kids arent too busy jumping over barrels and getting bananas that represent more lives, they still wouldnt give a hoot.

 

Those are some cool cars. Did you build the chassis?

 

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102224&highlight=slot+cars

Here is a cool thread about drag racing slot cars.

 

Yes, out of brass tubing.

 

We use to have a track about 20 mins from me. It closed up. I'm hoping when we get a new house I'm going to build one in the basement. God I miss it!!!!!!!!!! Drags only.

 

heres my dads Cox BRM, he had a Cox cheetah and a monogram 55 chevy! ahh but he through them away along time ago.

 

Just finishing this one up. Should be hitting the track this weekend.

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Thanks, took some doing to get it to run right. I had to tuck the rear tires under the body and put some weight in the front to make it run smooth. went 1.240 last Saturday with a Parma 16D. Need more gear next.

 

Thanks Jon, it's highly addicting. Next best thing to the real deal.