At the age of 68 this brings back lots of memories as slot car racing was a big part of my life. I still have many cars, parts, and tools to work on them. We used to build tube frames and wind our own armatures. My slot master controllers are still in pristine condition. Thanks for a great video
I just bumped into this video and your comment made me feel like I just stepped into a Time Machine. I’m 68 too, I had only one car (Cox Chaparral), but my friends built their own cars as you did. I was in Jr High I believe, and sadly only enjoyed slot cars for about 2 years as I couldn’t find rides to the slot car tracks or worse, couldn’t find a steady income to pay the $$ to buy time on the track.
@@danf321 Thank you for your reply. It's always good to talk to people with similar life experiences. Slot cars were a big part of my early teen years and it's something that my father and I did together. I think two was about the life of the two slot car tracks in my town. There just weren't enough customers to keep the doors open. Have a great my friend
I also was big in to this in my younger days I no longer have any of my cars or the controller and I dont even have a clue what happened to them, but it started my love of racing that lasted to this day. I moved to a small town with no tracks about 1970. I didn't get to race again till I was 26 when I got into racing real cars, I ran figure 8's at Evergreen speedway and other classes for almost 15 years back in the late 70's and 80's. I ran Fords, mostly Mustangs and a Torino.
Back in the late 1960's, I was introduced to this brand/type of slot cars by an older cousin. I was able to get into it, just as it faded into obscurity here in the Birmingham, AL area. It was a ton of fun while it lasted, though. Even today, in my 60's, I miss it. I can't remember if I was running 1/24 or 1/32 scale. I just remember I had an Indy car and a Lotus. Old Strombecker stuff.
Big D! Wow I had no idea. Trains and cars, cool! Didn't know they had places like that for people to use. You are very kind to introduce us all. Nice display cabinet. We all have some niche hobbies when it comes down to it. Have a super week.
watching this is like riding a time machine. unfortunately i didn't value my 60's slot cars and gave them to a youth who enjoyed running them. that was in 1983. we drag raced 1/32 and 1/24 with model kit bodies as well as circuit raced both scales with brand and home builds. enjoy seeing your collection and it's great to see them run.
My dad bought me a car in the early/mid 60's. It was a "60 T-bird. I was in second or third grade. He wanted to make into a front-wheeled drive car. I remember him tinkering with it, but he never got it there. So wish I could go back to those days sometimes!!
The Cox car with knockoffs... many may not know, the axle ends were tapered and would fit only those original Cox rims. The knockoff, which required its own tool to remove or tighten, pressed the rim to the tapered axle and it would not slip. A trick on the fronts, put on the knockoffs with a tiny dab of blue Loctite or even just clean nail polish, and leave them just tight enough so the wheel did not wobble, but loose enough so the wheels would spin on the front axle. They would roll easily with no scrubbing on turns. It may not have been necessary or even really helpful, but we all did it... haha!
Thanks for sharing! Love your work and the collection. Would I like to see any of your other cars run? Yeah, pretty much all of them, but those Cobras look awfully nice! Once again, many thanks.
I'm glad that this video popped up in my feed. Back in the late 1970's, I can recall stopping by a slot car place like this in Manteno, IL when I was a kid. That place wasn't as large as the establishment featured in this video, but I do believe that the cars they raced there were 1:24 scale like those seen here (although they might have been 1:32 scale). I can also remember when I was really young that my uncle had an Eldon Top Eliminator Drag Strip slot car set. It was just about the coolest thing I had ever seen.
Hey man, do you remember a REALLY FREAKIN' HUGE slot car racing venue in a big hobby shop north of Chicago? I lived in Highland Park as a youth and my dad took me there from time to time to get a new tank model to build. I think the track was 1/24 because we had 1/32 at the house and he told me that shop's track was for bigger cars. And those cars were wicked fast, too. It was really weird because the front wheels were horizontal and off the track; they were there only to satisfy regulations requiring "four wheels." Do you remember the place I'm talking about? It was the very early seventies.
@@adamchurvis1 No, sorry. The place in Manteno was the only one of its kind that I've been to in my life. I can still remember that it struck me as a bit of a time warp even back then in the 70's. The place that you're referring to sounds like it must have been a real trip.
@@VirtualGuth Oh, it was! I'd never seen slot cars that fast -- especially around corners -- and the sound of all those cars racing at once welded my little-boy eyeballs to the scene like the kid in Close Encounters when he's looking at the alien in his living room. My Inner Spock came out: "Fascinating..." Do you also find yourself smiling as you watch these nostalgic videos? Remember taking apart a controller for the first time? My father used the occasion to explain what a Variable Resistor was. Some of the very best times of my entire life. Rock on, my friend.
@@adamchurvis1 Yeah, it's pretty interesting what you can find on RUclips. I was into anything with wheels from a very young age. I rode BMX before BMX was officially a thing because my dad was into motorcycles. I made drawings of Grand Prix cars for my pediatrician (who was a ringer for John Belushi), only to learn from a relative that he still had them hanging in his office two decades later. I started riding motorcycles myself when I was 10 years old. So it's fun finding old videos about bmx, cars and motorcycles from back in the day. But when my brother an I spent time inside, we built a sizable Tyco AF/X slot car track that we mounted to a huge sheet of plywood. I remember that we would intentionally put a small amount of oil on the track in some corners just to make things more challenging. At some point the cars got so fast/good and stuck to the track like glue that it took some of the fun out of it, lol. All good memories - a great time to be a kid. Take care.
@@VirtualGuth I remember the very first time I saw a BMX bike and the very serious riders who raced them. It's one thing to twist a throttle grip; it's a whole different thing to have to eek out that horsepower from your own legs, eh? My hat is off to you, sir. I had very strong legs back then but I didn't have the stamina to do BMX, that's for sure. My, how the bikes have changed since then. Good times!
I ran one OVSRL 1/32 scale car race at Fast Eddie's on the orange hill climb track (2010maybe?) and had my largest margin of victory in my career, (28laps). It would be nice to see some cars run on that track too. :-)
thanks for taking me back a few years. My friend loved 1/4 mile cars and spent lots of money balancing armatures on 85's and 65's....do you remember that motor?
What is the advantage of running a "drop arm" chassis? My BZ Little Red Wagon has a drop arm, I thought it was specifically designed to just "wheelie"?
It was to help it stay in the track, even on a road racing track, if the nose lifted on acceleration or if the track was a bit bumpy. Drop arms were eliminated on high-end slot cars in the 70s, but are still used on some commercially made cars and in our vintage races, I ALWAYs use a drop arm on my cars...
At the age of 68 this brings back lots of memories as slot car racing was a big part of my life. I still have many cars, parts, and tools to work on them. We used to build tube frames and wind our own armatures. My slot master controllers are still in pristine condition. Thanks for a great video
I just bumped into this video and your comment made me feel like I just stepped into a Time Machine. I’m 68 too, I had only one car (Cox Chaparral), but my friends built their own cars as you did. I was in Jr High I believe, and sadly only enjoyed slot cars for about 2 years as I couldn’t find rides to the slot car tracks or worse, couldn’t find a steady income to pay the $$ to buy time on the track.
@@danf321 Thank you for your reply. It's always good to talk to people with similar life experiences. Slot cars were a big part of my early teen years and it's something that my father and I did together. I think two was about the life of the two slot car tracks in my town. There just weren't enough customers to keep the doors open. Have a great my friend
I also was big in to this in my younger days I no longer have any of my cars or the controller and I dont even have a clue what happened to them, but it started my love of racing that lasted to this day. I moved to a small town with no tracks about 1970. I didn't get to race again till I was 26 when I got into racing real cars, I ran figure 8's at Evergreen speedway and other classes for almost 15 years back in the late 70's and 80's. I ran Fords, mostly Mustangs and a Torino.
It’s a sickness ! Love it 😊 . Very nice collection ! Greetings from Portsmouth England 🏴
Back in the late 1960's, I was introduced to this brand/type of slot cars by an older cousin. I was able to get into it, just as it faded into obscurity here in the Birmingham, AL area. It was a ton of fun while it lasted, though. Even today, in my 60's, I miss it. I can't remember if I was running 1/24 or 1/32 scale. I just remember I had an Indy car and a Lotus. Old Strombecker stuff.
Amazing set of cars. thanks for video!
Race On!
Loove seeing the back end slide out
Big D! Wow I had no idea. Trains and cars, cool! Didn't know they had places like that for people to use. You are very kind to introduce us all. Nice display cabinet. We all have some niche hobbies when it comes down to it. Have a super week.
Hi that's really cool. I didn't know a place like this existed. Awesome collection of cars. 👍👍 Thanks for the show.
watching this is like riding a time machine.
unfortunately i didn't value my 60's slot cars and gave them to a youth who enjoyed running them. that was in 1983.
we drag raced 1/32 and 1/24 with model kit bodies as well as circuit raced both scales with brand and home builds.
enjoy seeing your collection and it's great to see them run.
My dad bought me a car in the early/mid 60's. It was a "60 T-bird. I was in second or third grade. He wanted to make into a front-wheeled drive car. I remember him tinkering with it, but he never got it there. So wish I could go back to those days sometimes!!
Beautiful collection
Wow! Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
The Cox car with knockoffs... many may not know, the axle ends were tapered and would fit only those original Cox rims. The knockoff, which required its own tool to remove or tighten, pressed the rim to the tapered axle and it would not slip. A trick on the fronts, put on the knockoffs with a tiny dab of blue Loctite or even just clean nail polish, and leave them just tight enough so the wheel did not wobble, but loose enough so the wheels would spin on the front axle. They would roll easily with no scrubbing on turns. It may not have been necessary or even really helpful, but we all did it... haha!
Very nice collection!
Thanks for sharing! Love your work and the collection. Would I like to see any of your other cars run? Yeah, pretty much all of them, but those Cobras look awfully nice! Once again, many thanks.
I'm glad that this video popped up in my feed. Back in the late 1970's, I can recall stopping by a slot car place like this in Manteno, IL when I was a kid. That place wasn't as large as the establishment featured in this video, but I do believe that the cars they raced there were 1:24 scale like those seen here (although they might have been 1:32 scale). I can also remember when I was really young that my uncle had an Eldon Top Eliminator Drag Strip slot car set. It was just about the coolest thing I had ever seen.
Hey man, do you remember a REALLY FREAKIN' HUGE slot car racing venue in a big hobby shop north of Chicago? I lived in Highland Park as a youth and my dad took me there from time to time to get a new tank model to build. I think the track was 1/24 because we had 1/32 at the house and he told me that shop's track was for bigger cars. And those cars were wicked fast, too. It was really weird because the front wheels were horizontal and off the track; they were there only to satisfy regulations requiring "four wheels." Do you remember the place I'm talking about? It was the very early seventies.
@@adamchurvis1 No, sorry. The place in Manteno was the only one of its kind that I've been to in my life. I can still remember that it struck me as a bit of a time warp even back then in the 70's. The place that you're referring to sounds like it must have been a real trip.
@@VirtualGuth Oh, it was! I'd never seen slot cars that fast -- especially around corners -- and the sound of all those cars racing at once welded my little-boy eyeballs to the scene like the kid in Close Encounters when he's looking at the alien in his living room. My Inner Spock came out: "Fascinating..." Do you also find yourself smiling as you watch these nostalgic videos? Remember taking apart a controller for the first time? My father used the occasion to explain what a Variable Resistor was. Some of the very best times of my entire life. Rock on, my friend.
@@adamchurvis1 Yeah, it's pretty interesting what you can find on RUclips. I was into anything with wheels from a very young age. I rode BMX before BMX was officially a thing because my dad was into motorcycles. I made drawings of Grand Prix cars for my pediatrician (who was a ringer for John Belushi), only to learn from a relative that he still had them hanging in his office two decades later. I started riding motorcycles myself when I was 10 years old. So it's fun finding old videos about bmx, cars and motorcycles from back in the day. But when my brother an I spent time inside, we built a sizable Tyco AF/X slot car track that we mounted to a huge sheet of plywood. I remember that we would intentionally put a small amount of oil on the track in some corners just to make things more challenging. At some point the cars got so fast/good and stuck to the track like glue that it took some of the fun out of it, lol. All good memories - a great time to be a kid. Take care.
@@VirtualGuth I remember the very first time I saw a BMX bike and the very serious riders who raced them. It's one thing to twist a throttle grip; it's a whole different thing to have to eek out that horsepower from your own legs, eh? My hat is off to you, sir. I had very strong legs back then but I didn't have the stamina to do BMX, that's for sure. My, how the bikes have changed since then. Good times!
greetings from Hamilton New Zealand.... lovely cars.... I have the sickness too lol x
Greetings from northern Alberta Canada..nice collection you have.
Takes me back ❤
Thank you! Nice video!
I ran one OVSRL 1/32 scale car race at Fast Eddie's on the orange hill climb track (2010maybe?) and had my largest margin of victory in my career, (28laps). It would be nice to see some cars run on that track too. :-)
Wow I had that Shelby back in late sixties, used to take it to local tracks, I was probably 13 years old😊
thanks for taking me back a few years. My friend loved 1/4 mile cars and spent lots of money balancing armatures on 85's and 65's....do you remember that motor?
Nice collection.
I really like the hard body Number 11 Stock cars. They look great!
Waouuuhhhh nice !!!
Chidren' dream 😍😍😍 and adult 😍
Love them I have it bad 800 1/24 old slots.lol.
Very nice
Very cool!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome collection very cool
Can you still buy the the vacuum formed hot rod body like the yellow model A you featured in your video?
I may just have to visit Indiana and search out a slot track!
What is the advantage of running a "drop arm" chassis? My BZ Little Red Wagon has a drop arm, I thought it was specifically designed to just "wheelie"?
It was to help it stay in the track, even on a road racing track, if the nose lifted on acceleration or if the track was a bit bumpy. Drop arms were eliminated on high-end slot cars in the 70s, but are still used on some commercially made cars and in our vintage races, I ALWAYs use a drop arm on my cars...
Hello fellow dinosaur; your 50 yr. old sponge tires still work?! I'd suggest Paul Guage (Canada)
No, the classic brand sponge seems to work like the day they were new
Whay is the orange track in the back ground ??
Fast Eddy rules!
I have been waiting to get in touch with you for quite a while! I have the AMT model Turnpike complete set I wanted to talk to you about
Any LaCucarachas, Dynocans or asps?
Absolutely priceless
where is the slot car track Virginia? i found one that looks like it two years ago on my way to tennessee!
No it is in Richmond Indiana
@@bigdmc1 looks awesome tho!
Nice slot cars
Is that John Milner I see inside that hot rod 8:37
Big DMC!!
nice
have a vintage collectory here too...Hey , EJ got a bunch o new stuff just last year...mite wanna chk'im out
Hey, do you do commissions?
Not sure what you’re talking about but no