Started slot racing in 1969. At 9 years old, this hobby taught me about materials, aero, how a DC motor works, balancing, ball bearings, gear ratios, batteries, resistors, how to solder, about jigs, air brushes and running a dremel. Great video!
Not to mention painting, paint-prep, sportsmanship, manners, a healthy competitive nature, and for us "financially unsponsored" kids, the drive to go get a paper-route.
Nostalgia is fun, &all that, but as far as cheap, competitive racing goes, you just can't beat whatever version of "flexi/falcon-powered/wingless" class the local racetrack embraces...
The amount I personally care about slot cars is near zero. I didnt even know there was anything more fancy than the 2 player plastic toy you can get in a big box store. BUT I love learning about all the detail that goes into building and tuning on such a small scale. Your enthusiasm and drive to bring history to young people shows through and is enthralling
I have been racing and collecting 1/32 and 1/25 slot cars since 2003 and still doing it. I have 4500 H.O. slot cars in my collection. I'm 57 NO LIFE,NO WIFE OR KIDS.LEGALLY POOR BUT HAPPY.
I'm an old HO racer. I tried 1/24 a few years ago but time and money made me give it up. I remember reading A Guide to Model Car Racing when I was in elementary school in the '80's. It got me fascinated in competitive racing. Great video!
...we would put a AA battery in reverse on the controller for super reverse braking when you let off the trigger, going into a turn...I had a Cox Chaparal. When the La Cucaracha model came out, that one pretty much cleaned up on the track...
If you haven't already gotten the answer, your chrome Lola T70 is by MPC (Model Products Corporation?). They also made your orange Mako Shark with the nylon droparm. Your magnesium corrosion is probably caused/helped by tannic acid(tannin) being out-gassed from nearby wood. In particular, oak, walnut, & mahogany contain a lot of tannin. I'm not sure, but it may also be in wood stains & glues.
My wife and myself have just rediscovered our enjoyment of slot cars. It is something we each did with our fathers growing up. This summer we picked up a Carrera track and have been having fun running both 1/32 or 1/24 cars daily. Great way to unwind after a long day.
Hey Casey... If you're ever around, or at the Lake of the Ozarks, look up "Gerbig's Osage auto Svc".... In my auto shop, I've carved out room for a 6 lane 32x16 reverse grandstand. Allpro built by Chris Dadds. 4.5 lane spacing, 120 ft total length. I'll show you my brass chassis-work from 1970, and JUST WHAT an 11 yr old kid can scratch build... Lately, we been running an " outlaw flexi class" with 5 basic rules... Brush contained (untampered with) motor (hawk 7, falcon) any flexi chassis with side-pan mods allowed, no wings or gtp bodies, and real, rolling ft wheels required. That's it. If it passes those rules, (along with std width, clearance, & body paint/prep.) It passes. Yeah, there ARE a few other "anti-crazy" rules, like ONE guide flag per car, NO capacitors or auxiliary batteries hooked to your controller... but geeez, keep it real, and we will too. FUN TIME...
In the mid 60's my grandfather, father and I built a 180' 4 lane 1/32 track in our bike shop. We rented track time, and stocked a few kits and parts. I was about 14 or 15 at the time. I was rewinding and balancing the old Mabuchi? can motors and selling them for about $15 which was a fortune back then. We had weekly races with prizes. Because we put a sign in the window that said "SLOT CAR RACING" the FBI stopped in for a visit. Back then they only associated "slot" with one thing and it was not model cars. Before the advent of pistol controllers, we used to hold the thumb ones differently and use our index finger to work them. Just a few memories from someone who was there at the beginning.
I got into the .049 fly by wire, build yourself airplanes. Tons of fun until you cranked up the motor, got dizzy from spinning around in circles then crashing the plane into the ground. Some of the more complicated planes would take a few weeks to build from die cut balsa wood only to crash them on the first flight sometimes even destroying the motor in the crash. I don't know what was worse, losing all the invested time in the build or having to go mow a ton of lawns to replace the planes. Either way I wish I would have been able to hang on to a few of them and pass them on.
I remember as a 5 year old watching from an outside window, the bigger kids playing at the hobby shop with these slot cars. I dreamed of playing with these things but never did. Fast forward am 54 young and getting younger with getting back into slot car hobby, RC car and trucks, kitting, drones....I’m having fun! Call me a grown up kid. This hobby needs to come back as the younger people and kids today are too hypnotized with the wrong electronics of cell phone. They don’t get to be creative with hobbies. I will be introducing my teenagers into the slot car world as I pick up more and more of this hobby. God bless Casey for sharing....oh and bless you for sneezing...Gesundheit! Lol
I was born in 96 but my dad was an 80s kid and all we would do was play slot cars when I was younger I hope they still make tracks so I can show my future kids how fun they are
my dad used to race my uncle in slot cars..... my uncle always would buy the newest parts to be faster. my uncle would be mad because my dad could beat him with cheaper parts. my dad was an electric motor winder for a living...... he had taken his motor apart and removed coils on the stater/rotor... or what ever causing a increase in power. then he made some graphite lube and made any contact surface slick as possible..... anyways i recall i was always getting up and running to retrieve my dads car as he over powered the tracks....... *Casey always picks the coolest hobbies*
We had these kits the original. Never stopped amazing the new chassis that kept developing from them to now. We used to be really huge in model body CanAm racing. Making chassis with piano wire and brass plates. With 15 c can motors. It was racing at it's best. From lexon to Lazer cut spring steal chassis was all incredible. Loved long endure racing the most. We ran a 12 hour in Wisconsin was just awesome. 1/24 gtp with falcon motors on a flat hill climb. Was racing at its finest. My dad got cousins subs to sponsor our car.
I still play with and race 1/32 cars in the winter. They run magnet and no-mag classes, I only build no-mag cars because they are way more fun and technical to build
You sir just earned a subscriber. I’m 30 years old and have raced slot cars on and off since I was 7. I have a bunch of 1960’s 1/24 scale cars. Mostly brass scratchbuilt. I’ve even built some myself from old eBay parts. Really cool your sharing this. Not enough people know about slot cars.
You have an amazing collection of old slot cars really enjoyed the video and leaning about them. Now we're more intrigued with more of your collection.
I'm an old model freak. I was taken to a slot car track when I was about 6 (1966). I think it was the coolest thing I had ever seen since the NY world fair model city with all the cars and trucks from the future running at different speeds down the highway - that literally blew my 2 year old mind. Anyway there was a young man with a 1/24 full body race car, may have been an impala. he had just spray painted it red and stuck it on the track and ran it to dry the paint. never will forget how cool I thought that was. I have old stuff I should give to kids too just don't know if they could understand all the steps involved. Guess that's the point. Teach a kid how to plumb a YS 1.2 four stroke for fuel - so complicated this pressurized thing. But a kid engineer could totally dig it. You are a good man for doing the educating you do!
i still love them here in Brazil....Now we race at long range flat curve raceways....In Europe also have much flat curve raceways...everything is much more precise and fast....chassis, tires, motors....
Great slot car videos! Thank you! Here in Oregon we still race those old slot cars as well as newly scratch built cars using model car injection molded bodies!
Strombecker, Monogram and Model Car & Science Magazine. Nice video. Nice thoughts. So I'm back in the '65 '66 slot car period. Looking back at 1/24th now and they're huge. The 'HO' gauge was just getting more popular in the late 60's. I was into the 1/32nd scale which were out predominately at the time. You had to actually slow down those things when you hit turns back then. I appreciate your video. Thanks -
Phillippe! He’s gotta he the king of this stuff. I met him at his shop in Santa Ana. He’s friends with everyone it seems 😆 Funny guy. Maybe I’ll tell my Dale King Story #9 which features Phillippe.
I like to race in a local with 1/32 scale slot cars and our club does not allow any magnets on the chassis or the body. With no magnets it creates a better driver. In each class everyone has to use same motor and tires. Some classes allow the use of weights. Tire truing and brush maintenance is key in winning races.
Long and drawn out video but very entertaining. I played with slot cars in my youth some were my dads and others came to me just by searching. I enjoyed it and still enjoy it. I don't race them anymore like you but I did learn alot . Unfortunately when I go to the slot car swap meets there aren't many younger people there. So Sad. Thanks for sharing
Casey, this is an enjoyable video for me to watch. I've always liked viewing what others carry in their slot boxes. Thanks for showing yours. Here's a couple commentsI I'll make on yours. The chrome Lola T70 as well as the orange Mako Shark are by MPC (Model Products Corp.). MPC also made static model car kits & maybe others. On your two green Lotus, the one with the yellow exhaust cluster on the rear deck is a Lotus 40. The one with the plain rear deck is a Lotus 30,. Both bodies on the real cars look similar, but the 30 had exhausts coming out the rear underneath the body. The corrosion on your magnesium parts is caused by tannic acid in wood out-gassing. I don't know what your box is made from, but non-white woods, such as oaks, cherry, walnut, cedar, & redwood are apt to contain much of it. It will also darken these woods to some extent. I'm guessing, but don't know, your box has some oak in it. I'm not aware if any glues or wood finishes contain tannins or tannic acid, but i'd think not.
Hey Casey just watched this video, the first car you had out is a Garvic "Lunar" and is probably the best one that they made, because it was the only inline drive car they designed, all their other cars were sidewinder chassis,with the larger 36D can motor, and were known for fall-apart drop-arm,but they did make some really cool Vac-bodies-all were thingies, they still can be found, on lower level collector value. Prices are relatively low, except for your Lunar which is one of the most sought after. One more thing they did make a McLaren Mk ll, the only car that wasn't a thingie. I collect, and can elaborate on all the cars in your collection, but If you know Philippe, as As I have- bought cars from him, for my collection years ago, before he sold Electric Dreams you could ask him, for he knows more than I. You make many excellent points on collecting, and just like full scale cars, how cost has been blown up in collecting slots also. I have a collection of approx 200+ '63 to '68 era vintage slots in 1:24 scale, and I scratch build pro cars, from period plans, found in old Car Modeler mags,and in online articles. All from period parts. In fact many of my cars were made from collecting period parts and building cars that I either couldn't find or afford to buy complete. (That leaves me with a lot of cars that need a part or two)But when I was really involved, it was part of the fun, locating that last part to complete a car. Lastly I learned a lot about '60's racing from studying books, at first just for getting Livery and coloring details ,but then reading the stories ,about the men and the teams,like Jim Hall,Dan Gourney and builders like Bob Bachalowski. I also run all my cars, (at least to test,and compare them against each other) Not many are shelf-queens. P.S I do full scale '60's cars also, mostly Ford cars, specializing in FE's, 427's Torino's ,Mustangs,and Fairlane's,and built a couple of Cleveland's,and ofcourse the 289's and 302's. Mopar's are great to, but the one I always wanted: (426)wuz too $$,But I do have a few in 1:24 scale. Thanks, I enjoy all of your RUclips videos and persona! Keep it up!
Thats not true. The Garvic Lunar is the only open wheel GarVic thingie, however, it is not the only inline garvic chassis. Every closed wheel GarVic thingie could be had as an inline or an sidewind (and all of them were 36d, either pink can or metal finish). On top of that, every single GarVic thingie has a drop arm from the factory. The Lunar is on the cheaper end all in all, but the ones which have always commanded the highest prices though are the blue anodized chassis cars, and the orange sonic needle.
Just found ur channel,& THIS is AWESOME. I switched from HO to 1:64 SD Tracer Racers which is my new family hobby, but just ur knowledge of this great toy history, is BADASS! SUBBED!
Had to leave slotcars behind because of duty in Vietnam, but airbase had a track! Thank you Auto World! Built many piano wire and brass cars in our electronics building.
The Banshee car looked like something from the Speedracer cartoons. When I was in England a few years back I saw the Scalextric cars which are 1/32 slot cars. They really sparked my interest in getting back into slot car racing as the they have quite a selection of cars and it looked like they were pretty afforadable as well. I was really impressed with the detail of the cars but again i really don't have the space for a 1/32 track so HO may have to be the way to go again, or I may have to get a bigger house... I am also a big fan of the Chaperral cars. The 2j was pretty outrageous.
Casey: Indeed, it was called a Corvair Monza. Just like the production cars. Perhaps they added GT as a suffix. There were two different such experimental cars in the 1960s. Remember there were two options for the 1965 second generation Corvairs; the sedan-like version they went with and a more sports car looking option. Iacocca himself was quoted in Time about his surprise because the sporty Corvair option would have hurt the Mustang.
I was one of those 60's kids that loved slot cars. My first real set was a Strombecker with a huge 4 lane power pack. I later switched over to HO but I always liked the 1/32/1/24 scale better. I've considered purchasing a car kit but, raceways are pretty much non existent locally so unless it picks up, I'll probably not because it will just sit on a shelf.
great video i had every car COX made . and many most of the models you showed .. i always used the thumb controller , although trigger controllers were around . about 1/2 way though the slot car craze , the brushes moved from the back to the front ie facing the front of the car . those engines turned out to be faster for some reason . then engines from chamblee georgia started showing up.they were very fast .. i had the exact Ford GT you showed , it was a very slow motor set up . most of my cars were Ford GT or cobra bodies .
Cool! Wish I had kept all mine! I remember the Cox controller...got really hot. My dad cut out a special glove for me when using it. Lotsa tincans, I more remember the Pittmans, Rams and Kemtron motors. An older fellow came in with a Globe Screamer and beat the pants off us kids.
Nice video - thanks. Don't have a problem running my vintage slot cars, same goes for all my pals into slot cars. Most of my pals have their own routed multi lane , or at least Carrera 2 lane, 1:24th scale tracks set up in their houses or businesses.
Cool you have the old cars. I still have and use my ( O scale ?) West German made L.G.B. Train set I got for Christmas 🎄 in 1980 👍🏼. Runs like the day I got it !
Would love to see them! This was enjoyable.I had an oval track with a chicane. My cars had some interchangeable bodies and I could run go carts or Indy stole. I remember going to Mac’s Hobby Shop and if you had the money you could buy your chassis & body ( AMT ) model kit and build it. The track was huge and appeared chrome plated and they were racing stock car type cars such Chevrolet, Ford or Plymouth appeared to be USAC cars. You could come down on a race night but it was an expensive proposition! Thank You
The Banshee reminded me a lot of the hotwheels "twin mill" without the dual blowers. My dad had an original set of hotwheels from when he was a kid and had two original green "twin mill" hotwheels that I played with a lot as a kid. Also a big fan of the outrageous chaparral cars. The 2j being my favorite.
Boomer here, born in '62. I admit, I collect the 1960's stuff I didn't get to run. In my defense, I get the old cars running and take them over to an 8 lane track a few miles from me for a few hot laps every now and then. About your Cox chassis' and wheels, I've heard that lemon juice will clean the corrosion off without harming the metal. Then you should clearcoat it to keep them from getting nasty again.
I had the No. 10 Ford GT, back in the 1960s (@6:38) and the motor was called a "sidewinder" motor. I want to say it was from AMT, but I could be wrong.
That car is a K&B which was part of Aurora, the motor was called the K&B Challenger and was made by K&B/Aurora especially for slot racing they used these same motors in their 1/32 race set cars, they later came out with a faster model called the Super Challenger. These were well built cars, but so slow that you could only race them against other similar cars. My 1st slot car was a K&B Ferrari 250 GTO, I still have it, it's still slower then death.
It's interesting how different the tracks must have been. We got started with Strombecker, Then went to Cox, then Dynamic & Classic, then home made. It had little or nothing to do with how detailed the car was, it had to do with racing around the track. Winding motors, changing gears, removing weight from the chassis, lightest body, figuring out ways to get the pickup to stay in the slot, finding the best goop to put on your tires. I don't know where you raced, but I'm getting the feeling that you made motor noises when your car went around the track. I get it, I get it, but I think you've got it all wrong. The engineers when I was a kid were the kids that were figuring out how to make a car go faster. They weren't the ones staring at pictures trying to find out what color Jimmy Clark's helmet was.
First time subscriber, and l have alot of old Slotcars myself just really starting getting into them and they look So cool ,at the moment l have about 15 now and extra chassis and wheels and bodies to actually put a few more together
Like to shout out a local track in Rochester NY called Fantasy raceway. Also a newer track that recently opened in Syracuse NY. Western NY is still active COME RACE.
Casey, you're good at presenting. Drop the baby boomer stuff, though. It's tired. All hobbies go through phases of intense interest and then either survive in some form, or die. An example would be the impending extreme drop in motorcycling interest in America. Lots of bike owners are going to have rusting machines in their garages.
I had a Banshee as a kid . I could out race the bigger kids with ease .I was probably in the 5th or 6th grade . Don't know where my old stuff went, that Banshee was never beaten at our local track... 'siiiiiiigh....'
@@CaseyPutsch That's too funny, that's exactly what happened growing up when we played with the HO scale cars. I still have resentment from the Christmas of 93. Hahaha
If you drift thru a corner and I'm passing you on the outside with cash on the table, the corner marshall will be picking you up. I expect the same in return, it's racing.
"Aaahhh my museum isn't doing so well! Better make an admission fee and not consider updating how we do things to make it interesting." Honestly, I'd be more willing to go out to a museum, but as it stands the internet has many resources to pull away from that museums have to innovate a bit innovate for me to even consider going down to see them.
I was told that there is a place to slot race in Wayne Michigan. my son and I we built a track 20 years ago it was awesome we're thinking about building a really big track in one of my buildings in Ottawa lake i was in 1/24 scale slot Racing big time my father and I Travel the the United States and Canada just to race so it was our big part of my life seems like it was for you to.so the old book you are talking about i still have it I checked it out so much that the library and she gave it to me. So we're now are talking with a guy in California to design a 300' track 6 Lanes for us. This is a amazing hobby
@@raceoramahobbiesraceways602 yes I plan on coming down with my grandkids we are Currently in the process of building a giant track just in Ottawa lake.
Yes they were tried in period and when you went into a corner the driven front wheels (that didn't turn) drove the car right into the wall on the outside of the corner.
the motor looks like a ahm or tyco train you know locomotive ho motor ho trains yea bring it all out even your ho slot cars and every thing in between I would really like to see them I also had an arorua set and a 1/24 scale cheeta that I raced at Fitts photo in Fitchburg Massachuttes
Noticed your growth has slowed a little, the way you describe things and your humor I feel if you add like 1-2 car reviews a week into your channel you will take off. Maybe 1 modern car and 1 classic that would be different. I’m sure you have access to some unique vehicles
Hi Casey! I keep watching this video over and over...it is great to experience your excitement about the classic slot cars! I am now subscribed to your awesome channel...please check out my slot car scratch build of the Munsters Dragula over on my channel! One note, I lived in central Ohio for many years- I was a disc jockey on WCOL, 92x, and WNCI for many years during the 1970s and 1980s. Congrats on your wonderful channel...keep up the great work. Doug @ Full Earth Workshop
Dyno-can is the name for the car motor used in the Lola. The corporate name was MPC. MPC made a few slot cars as well as some 1/25 scale model car kits.
Started slot racing in 1969. At 9 years old, this hobby taught me about materials, aero, how a DC motor works, balancing, ball bearings, gear ratios, batteries, resistors, how to solder, about jigs, air brushes and running a dremel. Great video!
Not to mention painting, paint-prep, sportsmanship, manners, a healthy competitive nature, and for us "financially unsponsored" kids, the drive to go get a paper-route.
I never knew about the world of slot cars. I definitely like the older ones more than the new ones. Make slot cars great again
Nostalgia is fun, &all that, but as far as cheap, competitive racing goes, you just can't beat whatever version of "flexi/falcon-powered/wingless" class the local racetrack embraces...
It may not be viral material, but you all asked for it and I got you covered!
Love it Casey! Too young to have had them as a kid and now I'm intrigued
The amount I personally care about slot cars is near zero. I didnt even know there was anything more fancy than the 2 player plastic toy you can get in a big box store. BUT I love learning about all the detail that goes into building and tuning on such a small scale. Your enthusiasm and drive to bring history to young people shows through and is enthralling
I'm a young adult that likes slot cars. Yes, we still exist. Also, would like to see more of your collection too.
Casey Putsch Perfect... both videos so good
I have been racing and collecting 1/32 and 1/25 slot cars since 2003 and still doing it. I have 4500 H.O. slot cars in my collection. I'm 57 NO LIFE,NO WIFE OR KIDS.LEGALLY POOR BUT HAPPY.
I'm an old HO racer. I tried 1/24 a few years ago but time and money made me give it up. I remember reading A Guide to Model Car Racing when I was in elementary school in the '80's. It got me fascinated in competitive racing. Great video!
...we would put a AA battery in reverse on the controller for super reverse braking when you let off the trigger, going into a turn...I had a Cox Chaparal. When the La Cucaracha model came out, that one pretty much cleaned up on the track...
If you haven't already gotten the answer, your chrome Lola T70 is by MPC (Model Products Corporation?). They also made your orange Mako Shark with the nylon droparm. Your magnesium corrosion is probably caused/helped by tannic acid(tannin) being out-gassed from nearby wood. In particular, oak, walnut, & mahogany contain a lot of tannin. I'm not sure, but it may also be in wood stains & glues.
Thank you!!!
My wife and myself have just rediscovered our enjoyment of slot cars. It is something we each did with our fathers growing up. This summer we picked up a Carrera track and have been having fun running both 1/32 or 1/24 cars daily. Great way to unwind after a long day.
This was a real treat. Thanks for listening. It was fun watching you open your box for the first time in a while. Your excitement came through.
Hey Casey... If you're ever around, or at the Lake of the Ozarks, look up "Gerbig's Osage auto Svc".... In my auto shop, I've carved out room for a 6 lane 32x16 reverse grandstand. Allpro built by Chris Dadds. 4.5 lane spacing, 120 ft total length. I'll show you my brass chassis-work from 1970, and JUST WHAT an 11 yr old kid can scratch build... Lately, we been running an " outlaw flexi class" with 5 basic rules... Brush contained (untampered with) motor (hawk 7, falcon) any flexi chassis with side-pan mods allowed, no wings or gtp bodies, and real, rolling ft wheels required. That's it. If it passes those rules, (along with std width, clearance, & body paint/prep.) It passes. Yeah, there ARE a few other "anti-crazy" rules, like ONE guide flag per car, NO capacitors or auxiliary batteries hooked to your controller... but geeez, keep it real, and we will too. FUN TIME...
In the mid 60's my grandfather, father and I built a 180' 4 lane 1/32 track in our bike shop.
We rented track time, and stocked a few kits and parts. I was about 14 or 15 at the time.
I was rewinding and balancing the old Mabuchi? can motors and selling them for about $15 which
was a fortune back then. We had weekly races with prizes. Because we put a sign in the window that
said "SLOT CAR RACING" the FBI stopped in for a visit. Back then they only associated "slot" with one
thing and it was not model cars. Before the advent of pistol controllers, we used to hold the thumb ones
differently and use our index finger to work them.
Just a few memories from someone who was there at the beginning.
I got into the .049 fly by wire, build yourself airplanes. Tons of fun until you cranked up the motor, got dizzy from spinning around in circles then crashing the plane into the ground. Some of the more complicated planes would take a few weeks to build from die cut balsa wood only to crash them on the first flight sometimes even destroying the motor in the crash. I don't know what was worse, losing all the invested time in the build or having to go mow a ton of lawns to replace the planes. Either way I wish I would have been able to hang on to a few of them and pass them on.
I remember as a 5 year old watching from an outside window, the bigger kids playing at the hobby shop with these slot cars. I dreamed of playing with these things but never did. Fast forward am 54 young and getting younger with getting back into slot car hobby, RC car and trucks, kitting, drones....I’m having fun! Call me a grown up kid. This hobby needs to come back as the younger people and kids today are too hypnotized with the wrong electronics of cell phone. They don’t get to be creative with hobbies. I will be introducing my teenagers into the slot car world as I pick up more and more of this hobby. God bless Casey for sharing....oh and bless you for sneezing...Gesundheit! Lol
I was born in 96 but my dad was an 80s kid and all we would do was play slot cars when I was younger
I hope they still make tracks so I can show my future kids how fun they are
my dad used to race my uncle in slot cars..... my uncle always would buy the newest parts to be faster. my uncle would be mad because my dad could beat him with cheaper parts. my dad was an electric motor winder for a living...... he had taken his motor apart and removed coils on the stater/rotor... or what ever causing a increase in power. then he made some graphite lube and made any contact surface slick as possible..... anyways i recall i was always getting up and running to retrieve my dads car as he over powered the tracks....... *Casey always picks the coolest hobbies*
We had these kits the original. Never stopped amazing the new chassis that kept developing from them to now. We used to be really huge in model body CanAm racing. Making chassis with piano wire and brass plates. With 15 c can motors. It was racing at it's best. From lexon to Lazer cut spring steal chassis was all incredible. Loved long endure racing the most. We ran a 12 hour in Wisconsin was just awesome. 1/24 gtp with falcon motors on a flat hill climb. Was racing at its finest. My dad got cousins subs to sponsor our car.
I still play with and race 1/32 cars in the winter. They run magnet and no-mag classes, I only build no-mag cars because they are way more fun and technical to build
Dan the man Carlos! Great comment! Ill be down to race on Wednesday, 2.5.20 hope to see you there
You sir just earned a subscriber. I’m 30 years old and have raced slot cars on and off since I was 7. I have a bunch of 1960’s 1/24 scale cars. Mostly brass scratchbuilt. I’ve even built some myself from old eBay parts. Really cool your sharing this. Not enough people know about slot cars.
You have an amazing collection of old slot cars really enjoyed the video and leaning about them. Now we're more intrigued with more of your collection.
Thanks Casey for sharing your collection and memories. At that age in my youth I had Faller, really small, and my best friend had Scalectric.
I'm an old model freak. I was taken to a slot car track when I was about 6 (1966). I think it was the coolest thing I had ever seen since the NY world fair model city with all the cars and trucks from the future running at different speeds down the highway - that literally blew my 2 year old mind. Anyway there was a young man with a 1/24 full body race car, may have been an impala. he had just spray painted it red and stuck it on the track and ran it to dry the paint. never will forget how cool I thought that was. I have old stuff I should give to kids too just don't know if they could understand all the steps involved. Guess that's the point. Teach a kid how to plumb a YS 1.2 four stroke for fuel - so complicated this pressurized thing. But a kid engineer could totally dig it. You are a good man for doing the educating you do!
A great show. Enjoyed it very much. I raced alot in the 60 & 70s. 1/32 & HO..
Gotta check out vintage tether cars, especially the nitro ones. those things can go over 200mph on a tether ring in the 50s! go for even crazier money
Love seeing your collection. I should start buying up some of the axf cars for my track to show my son when he is a bit older how to race
i still love them here in Brazil....Now we race at long range flat curve raceways....In Europe also have much flat curve raceways...everything is much more precise and fast....chassis, tires, motors....
Great slot car videos! Thank you! Here in Oregon we still race those old slot cars as well as newly scratch built cars using model car injection molded bodies!
Strombecker, Monogram and Model Car & Science Magazine. Nice video. Nice thoughts. So I'm back in the '65 '66 slot car period. Looking back at 1/24th now and they're huge. The 'HO' gauge was just getting more popular in the late 60's. I was into the 1/32nd scale which were out predominately at the time. You had to actually slow down those things when you hit turns back then. I appreciate your video. Thanks -
I was into the A/FX cars as a kid and I'm into the 1/32 cars now.
Sooo much more fun than silly video games.
Phillippe! He’s gotta he the king of this stuff. I met him at his shop in Santa Ana. He’s friends with everyone it seems 😆
Funny guy. Maybe I’ll tell my Dale King Story #9 which features Phillippe.
Have the book he made many years ago, superb.
I like to race in a local with 1/32 scale slot cars and our club does not allow any magnets on the chassis or the body. With no magnets it creates a better driver. In each class everyone has to use same motor and tires. Some classes allow the use of weights. Tire truing and brush maintenance is key in winning races.
Long and drawn out video but very entertaining. I played with slot cars in my youth some were my dads and others came to me just by searching. I enjoyed it and still enjoy it. I don't race them anymore like you but I did learn alot . Unfortunately when I go to the slot car swap meets there aren't many younger people there. So Sad. Thanks for sharing
Casey, this is an enjoyable video for me to watch. I've always liked viewing what others carry in their slot boxes. Thanks for showing yours. Here's a couple commentsI I'll make on yours. The chrome Lola T70 as well as the orange Mako Shark are by MPC (Model Products Corp.). MPC also made static model car kits & maybe others. On your two green Lotus, the one with the yellow exhaust cluster on the rear deck is a Lotus 40. The one with the plain rear deck is a Lotus 30,. Both bodies on the real cars look similar, but the 30 had exhausts coming out the rear underneath the body. The corrosion on your magnesium parts is caused by tannic acid in wood out-gassing. I don't know what your box is made from, but non-white woods, such as oaks, cherry, walnut, cedar, & redwood are apt to contain much of it. It will also darken these woods to some extent. I'm guessing, but don't know, your box has some oak in it. I'm not aware if any glues or wood finishes contain tannins or tannic acid, but i'd think not.
Hey Casey just watched this video, the first car you had out is a Garvic "Lunar" and is probably the best one that they made, because it was the only inline drive car they designed, all their other cars were sidewinder chassis,with the larger 36D can motor, and were known for fall-apart drop-arm,but they did make some really cool Vac-bodies-all were thingies, they still can be found, on lower level collector value. Prices are relatively low, except for your Lunar which is one of the most sought after. One more thing they did make a McLaren Mk ll, the only car that wasn't a thingie. I collect, and can elaborate on all the cars in your collection, but If you know Philippe, as As I have- bought cars from him, for my collection years ago, before he sold Electric Dreams you could ask him, for he knows more than I. You make many excellent points on collecting, and just like full scale cars, how cost has been blown up in collecting slots also. I have a collection of approx 200+ '63 to '68 era vintage slots in 1:24 scale, and I scratch build pro cars, from period plans, found in old Car Modeler mags,and in online articles. All from period parts. In fact many of my cars were made from collecting period parts and building cars that I either couldn't find or afford to buy complete. (That leaves me with a lot of cars that need a part or two)But when I was really involved, it was part of the fun, locating that last part to complete a car. Lastly I learned a lot about '60's racing from studying books, at first just for getting Livery and coloring details ,but then reading the stories ,about the men and the teams,like Jim Hall,Dan Gourney and builders like Bob Bachalowski. I also run all my cars, (at least to test,and compare them against each other) Not many are shelf-queens. P.S I do full scale '60's cars also, mostly Ford cars, specializing in FE's, 427's Torino's ,Mustangs,and Fairlane's,and built a couple of Cleveland's,and ofcourse the 289's and 302's. Mopar's are great to, but the one I always wanted: (426)wuz too $$,But I do have a few in 1:24 scale. Thanks, I enjoy all of your RUclips videos and persona! Keep it up!
Thats not true. The Garvic Lunar is the only open wheel GarVic thingie, however, it is not the only inline garvic chassis. Every closed wheel GarVic thingie could be had as an inline or an sidewind (and all of them were 36d, either pink can or metal finish). On top of that, every single GarVic thingie has a drop arm from the factory. The Lunar is on the cheaper end all in all, but the ones which have always commanded the highest prices though are the blue anodized chassis cars, and the orange sonic needle.
Just found ur channel,& THIS is AWESOME. I switched from HO to 1:64 SD Tracer Racers which is my new family hobby, but just ur knowledge of this great toy history, is BADASS!
SUBBED!
Had to leave slotcars behind because of duty in Vietnam, but airbase had a track! Thank you Auto World! Built many piano wire and brass cars in our electronics building.
The Banshee car looked like something from the Speedracer cartoons. When I was in England a few years back I saw the Scalextric cars which are 1/32 slot cars. They really sparked my interest in getting back into slot car racing as the they have quite a selection of cars and it looked like they were pretty afforadable as well. I was really impressed with the detail of the cars but again i really don't have the space for a 1/32 track so HO may have to be the way to go again, or I may have to get a bigger house... I am also a big fan of the Chaperral cars. The 2j was pretty outrageous.
Casey: Indeed, it was called a Corvair Monza. Just like the production cars. Perhaps they added GT as a suffix. There were two different such experimental cars in the 1960s. Remember there were two options for the 1965 second generation Corvairs; the sedan-like version they went with and a more sports car looking option. Iacocca himself was quoted in Time about his surprise because the sporty Corvair option would have hurt the Mustang.
Very cool that you are going through your vintage stuff. :) Funny that I discovered your videos today- I got a nice toy in the mail today from Latvia.
I was one of those 60's kids that loved slot cars. My first real set was a Strombecker with a huge 4 lane power pack. I later switched over to HO but I always liked the 1/32/1/24 scale better. I've considered purchasing a car kit but, raceways are pretty much non existent locally so unless it picks up, I'll probably not because it will just sit on a shelf.
great video i had every car COX made . and many most of the models you showed .. i always used the thumb controller , although trigger controllers were around . about 1/2 way though the slot car craze , the brushes moved from the back to the front ie facing the front of the car . those engines turned out to be faster for some reason . then engines from chamblee georgia started showing up.they were very fast .. i had the exact Ford GT you showed , it was a very slow motor set up . most of my cars were Ford GT or cobra bodies .
That’s cool. Guess we know what Casey is going to be restoring today. Have a good one.
Wow so many memories. You got a new follower
GREAT COLLECTION. I STILL HAVE MY COLLECTION-I HAVE MOSTLY ELDON, AND A FEW STROMBRECKER.
Cool! Wish I had kept all mine! I remember the Cox controller...got really hot. My dad cut out a special glove for me when using it. Lotsa tincans, I more remember the Pittmans, Rams and Kemtron motors. An older fellow came in with a Globe Screamer and beat the pants off us kids.
Hell yeah keep going down memory lane love the videos. I graduated in 98 from high school and I dont have much hair either 😂😂
Nice video - thanks. Don't have a problem running my vintage slot cars, same goes for all my pals into slot cars. Most of my pals have their own routed multi lane , or at least Carrera 2 lane, 1:24th scale tracks set up in their houses or businesses.
Sweet thank you thumbs up stay awesome.
🏁😎🏁 Gentlemen, start your RUclips engines. Gotta get a coffee and settle in the chat. Happy days, racing your way.
THAT #5 CAR , AT 29 MIN. IS A CORVAIR MONZA GT, DESIGNED BY LARRY SHINODA. THAT IS THE CAR I BUILT IN 1964 AND I STILL HAVE IT.
Awesome collection thanks for sharing the stories
mid 90s Parma sticker....dig it !
My first car in 1968 was a Jim Hall Chaparral open cockpit. White. Don't recall who made it. Cox? Soft plastic as I recall.
Cool you have the old cars. I still have and use my ( O scale ?) West German made L.G.B. Train set I got for Christmas 🎄 in 1980 👍🏼. Runs like the day I got it !
Would love to see them! This was enjoyable.I had an oval track with a chicane. My cars had some interchangeable bodies and I could run go carts or Indy stole. I remember going to Mac’s Hobby Shop and if you had the money you could buy your chassis & body ( AMT ) model kit and build it. The track was huge and appeared chrome plated and they were racing stock car type cars such Chevrolet, Ford or Plymouth appeared to be USAC cars. You could come down on a race night but it was an expensive proposition! Thank You
The Banshee reminded me a lot of the hotwheels "twin mill" without the dual blowers. My dad had an original set of hotwheels from when he was a kid and had two original green "twin mill" hotwheels that I played with a lot as a kid. Also a big fan of the outrageous chaparral cars. The 2j being my favorite.
Forgot to add, YESS please do more content on these little machines! It's very intriguing.
Boomer here, born in '62. I admit, I collect the 1960's stuff I didn't get to run. In my defense, I get the old cars running and take them over to an 8 lane track a few miles from me for a few hot laps every now and then. About your Cox chassis' and wheels, I've heard that lemon juice will clean the corrosion off without harming the metal. Then you should clearcoat it to keep them from getting nasty again.
The BZ banshee reminds me of twin mill from Hot Wheels And I have always loved how that body flows.
I had the No. 10 Ford GT, back in the 1960s (@6:38) and the motor was called a "sidewinder" motor. I want to say it was from AMT, but I could be wrong.
That car is a K&B which was part of Aurora, the motor was called the K&B Challenger and was made by K&B/Aurora especially for slot racing they used these same motors in their 1/32 race set cars, they later came out with a faster model called the Super Challenger.
These were well built cars, but so slow that you could only race them against other similar cars. My 1st slot car was a K&B Ferrari 250 GTO, I still have it, it's still slower then death.
It's interesting how different the tracks must have been. We got started with Strombecker, Then went to Cox, then Dynamic & Classic, then home made. It had little or nothing to do with how detailed the car was, it had to do with racing around the track. Winding motors, changing gears, removing weight from the chassis, lightest body, figuring out ways to get the pickup to stay in the slot, finding the best goop to put on your tires. I don't know where you raced, but I'm getting the feeling that you made motor noises when your car went around the track. I get it, I get it, but I think you've got it all wrong. The engineers when I was a kid were the kids that were figuring out how to make a car go faster. They weren't the ones staring at pictures trying to find out what color Jimmy Clark's helmet was.
How can you not admire this man? His enthusiasm is so admirable.
Thanks Casey. That really took me back.
Yes, do you still remember Buzz's on Church Ave?
Casey with the daily upload. BMF.
Very good collection ! Congratulations from Portugal.
Cox Marck IV controller was the best 60`s controller.
I met the legend, Jim Hall, and Johnny Rutherford, just a couple of weeks ago. Mr. Hall’s Biography book release.
First time subscriber, and l have alot of old Slotcars myself just really starting getting into them and they look So cool ,at the moment l have about 15 now and extra chassis and wheels and bodies to actually put a few more together
Honored to have you
Hello my friend , I never saw a Drag race in the 1/24 or the 1 /43 Scale ( why is that ?? )
Woo-hoo!!! I was hoping there would be enough requests!
cool vintage slot cars Casey
Like to shout out a local track in Rochester NY called Fantasy raceway. Also a newer track that recently opened in Syracuse NY. Western NY is still active COME RACE.
Careful, it's an old box from your youth you haven't looked in .. could be full of stick magazines and mouldy joints lol
Not quite. :)
Casey, you're good at presenting. Drop the baby boomer stuff, though. It's tired. All hobbies go through phases of intense interest and then either survive in some form, or die. An example would be the impending extreme drop in motorcycling interest in America. Lots of bike owners are going to have rusting machines in their garages.
I had a Banshee as a kid . I could out race the bigger kids with ease .I was probably in the 5th or 6th grade . Don't know where my old stuff went, that Banshee was never beaten at our local track... 'siiiiiiigh....'
Casey, were there cars designed to specifically slide and push others cars off the track in corners but not come off themselves?
They aren't designed that way, but you can drive with that technique. You won't make friends in racing though, but its fun to do to your brother.
@@CaseyPutsch That's too funny, that's exactly what happened growing up when we played with the HO scale cars. I still have resentment from the Christmas of 93. Hahaha
If you drift thru a corner and I'm passing you on the outside with cash on the table, the corner marshall will be picking you up. I expect the same in return, it's racing.
So what would you guys say is a good modification of your car to start with?
The yellow Garvic slot car is a Lunar
That last car (the dark blue one) looks like a GT40 Spyder
Well there goes the christmas budget. Awww yeeee new hobby time.
Yeah, let's see the other scales! :)
"Aaahhh my museum isn't doing so well! Better make an admission fee and not consider updating how we do things to make it interesting." Honestly, I'd be more willing to go out to a museum, but as it stands the internet has many resources to pull away from that museums have to innovate a bit innovate for me to even consider going down to see them.
I was told that there is a place to slot race in Wayne Michigan. my son and I we built a track 20 years ago it was awesome we're thinking about building a really big track in one of my buildings in Ottawa lake i was in 1/24 scale slot Racing big time my father and I Travel the the United States and Canada just to race so it was our big part of my life seems like it was for you to.so the old book you are talking about i still have it I checked it out so much that the library and she gave it to me. So we're now are talking with a guy in California to design a 300' track 6 Lanes for us. This is a amazing hobby
Bradley Recon Vaughn I have a slot car shop in North Baltimore, Ohio just 15 minutes south of Bowling Green Ohio
@@raceoramahobbiesraceways602 I will definitely try and come over next early week sounds good
@@reconmodelsvaughn469 currently we are open Fridays from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturdays 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., the phone number is 419-334-2100
@@raceoramahobbiesraceways602 yes I plan on coming down with my grandkids we are Currently in the process of building a giant track just in Ottawa lake.
Thanks for the memories
Asp
Dessicant packets in the box may help with corrosion.
Anyone ever try an AWD slot car?
Could you imagine one that torque vectors to push it around the corner!
Yes they were tried in period and when you went into a corner the driven front wheels (that didn't turn) drove the car right into the wall on the outside of the corner.
Well that doesnt sound like fun
I just sold my Classic Stinger thingie oh eBay ($500) b/c Covid, & now I'm watching this & getting all sentimental 😥.... 😂😂😡
I'm glad I stopped buying after 30 vintage 1/32 cars and Marklin slot set that is like a train set but cool bodies.
1960's. Playland at the Beach. San Francisco.
Do you know anyone that knows the history of Cox slot cars.
Plymouth is from Testors
YES!!
the motor looks like a ahm or tyco train you know locomotive ho motor ho trains yea bring it all out even your ho slot cars and every thing in between I would really like to see them I also had an arorua set and a 1/24 scale cheeta that I raced at Fitts photo in Fitchburg Massachuttes
The mako shark was also made by 'Dyno-can"
The motor was called a Dyn-O-Can, the car and motor were made by MPC
Noticed your growth has slowed a little, the way you describe things and your humor I feel if you add like 1-2 car reviews a week into your channel you will take off. Maybe 1 modern car and 1 classic that would be different. I’m sure you have access to some unique vehicles
Hi Casey! I keep watching this video over and over...it is great to experience your excitement about the classic slot cars! I am now subscribed to your awesome channel...please check out my slot car scratch build of the Munsters Dragula over on my channel! One note, I lived in central Ohio for many years- I was a disc jockey on WCOL, 92x, and WNCI for many years during the 1970s and 1980s. Congrats on your wonderful channel...keep up the great work. Doug @ Full Earth Workshop
The lola T-70 was made by " Dyno-can"
Dyno-can is the name for the car motor used in the Lola. The corporate name was MPC. MPC made a few slot cars as well as some 1/25 scale model car kits.
Great !
That was cool
I have my moms old one about to sale it
When the grandchildren arrive...
Want to watch old men go toe to toe race slut cars lol. My thumb broke too many times and my index mountain bikes.Then the 90s and tech changed x 10
super cool i was born in 65