68 Dodge Dart slot car

[69roadr]

Got a 1:24 scale model kit from Spring Fling for dirt cheap and turned it into a slot car. Can't wait to try it out!

 

[Hikin Mike]

My dad and his brothers made a 1/32 scale slot car track in the basement. Spent many hours watching and racing as a kid. When my grandparents passed, the house was sold and that track was demo'd.

 

[Budnicks]

Thanks for sharing,
looks pretty cool,
hope it survives the hi-speed launches off the tracks
the slot car bodies were really flexy, not stiff like models IIRC

I use to love slot cars
my stepdad Bob got me into them
we had some bigger ones & smaller ones
carry case & extra motors & brushes tires tec.
I was all decked out for a youngster
not 100% sure of the scales now,
I want to say 1/24 or 1/18
we use to go to a place in Concord
that had a couple killer banked tracks
several different styles, had a drag-stip too & assorted scales
Buzzy Bees off Concord Blvd.

I had a Lionel railroad set & Aura slot-car track
on pulleys/blocks attached to a couple pieces of plywood
that lowered down out in the garage
painted landscapes, scenery, tunnels, stops & crossings etc.

bring back fond memories, lots of hours spent out there

I had a couple cool exotics & a couple of old
30's hotrods & Willys etc. my fasted IIRC was a
late 60's Lambo Miura, the white tires IIRC were fast & great grip
My stepdad Bob made his own frames out of brazing wire
trick high wind count motors special brushes etc.

 

[steve from staten island]

Slot cars were big in the later sixties and i was big time into them. Eventually got into making frames, had this little frame jig. What i really was into was rewinding motors. We'd buy the wire on a spool, all different sizes, take off the old wire, use some kind of shellac then count the turns. I remember you had to not get to crazy as the controller would get really hot, even melt! Could you even think of kids today building those cars and rewinding motors. Those were fun days

 

[Frank Mopar]

I had a whole box of cars back in the day. Anybody remember buring their fingers on the controller shaft? Yeah we lived on the edge as kids!

My favorite, my buddies Little Red Wagon wheelstander

Today I have Carrera digital set up for my grandkids. It actually for me but my wife buys it when the grandkids need a new car