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Re: Anyone here have slot cars?
I used to race slot cars. Nothing fancy, but if you look for winged box 15 slot car videos it's what they are. I tried to add a picture but it's too big, I will edit it down tonight and get it then
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Re: Anyone here have slot cars?
DK, you brought back some fond memories.
I started with a small track at home with two lanes
and it was so much fun racing my friends.
Later, I got into larger cars 1/32nd scale, which you
would take to a commercial track with about 6-8 lanes,
can’t remember now. You would bring your car and
a controller and rent time on the track.
We would change the motors or modify the windings
on the armature, anything to make the motor faster.
We would also drill the frame and add bearings
for the axles for less friction. To make the tires
sticker, we would use dry cleaning fluid to clean
the rubber which would give you better traction.
DK, thanks for the memories. You and your husband
will have hours of fun. After a little time with the car
and controller you will stay on the track more.
cooper St That’s what I’m talking about, Wing Slot Car
racing videos
Jim
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Re: Anyone here have slot cars?
I'm hoping he sets it up in our basement and plays with it.
Just something fun he probably wouldn't have bothered buying for himself
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Re: Anyone here have slot cars?
I had them in early 80’s and between them and transformers are probably why I have a affinity for cars. Damn you dad! Now if I can just get my mustang to turn into a robot....
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Re: Anyone here have slot cars?
Originally Posted by coopers st
Nice!
It is no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
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I never had slot cars.. but when I was a kid, my older brother passed me down a very cool race track with electric race cars. I also had the hot-wheels setup, you know plastic orange track thingy...
I still have some matchboxes, newer in packaging on my knick-knack shelf... Ya know the usual, 68 Charger, a few Mustangs and of course a Ferrari F-40. I do have an old Matchbox Wildcat Mustang in the original box. Had that since I was a kid.
I had an enormous matchbox collection when I was a kid. Whenever my dad had to go to the store, I'd do a ride-along, and he'd let me poke around in the toy isle. After a while he'd come and find me and say "alright, which one are we taking home today..." He never said no... I wish I had them all today...
Thanks for the trip down memory lane Monica!
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Re: Anyone here have slot cars?
Originally Posted by Eldorado2k
Don’t kill me but when I 1st read it my mind replaced the O with a U... I was like what’s she talking about what?? Lol
That was my thought too... never heard of slot cars either... they must be like matchbox cars?
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Re: Anyone here have slot cars?
Originally Posted by Coopers ST
Doing a paint correction on those must be quite challenging, even with a 1" machine
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Re: Anyone here have slot cars?
Originally Posted by Gunslinger
...hopefully my daughter might one day have a boy I can pass it on to. ...
Why does she need to have a boy? My 4yo daughter loves car stuff (and dinosaurs, and building stuff, and...)
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