Anyone here customize slot cars?

[Wingman]

Way Cool now we are talking . are these Wing Sars ... Did you glue race ???

Before Drag Racing I was caught up in Gp 12 / 15 Wing Cars 1nc a week on a pinched Blue King With a healthy bank ....160 ft
had Wing cars that would make what is it... 3 lefts & 4 right turns or vise versa ... cant remember ...in rite at 3.oo0 / 2.90 seconds on real good nite ... 3 min heats ... lol Man What EPIC Wars in Racing LOL

You haven't lived till you glue raced . Any one here done this .

I can't imagin hot the Gp. 7 Open guys did it .... 2.0 1.97 lap times on the King ... a blur

ALSO ... Do any of you still have a Comercial track still open in the hood ??

 

[65rat]

Yes we were glue racing with wing cars, I raced Pro Gr12 and Int15 Am C12 and semi Pro. I've Been 1.69 on a 155 ft King track. Met alot of Cool people. When my son won Int 15 we was at Buena park Ca.

 

[aka_locojoe]

ALSO ... Do any of you still have a Comercial track still open in the hood ??

I recall this post http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewto ... 11&t=10962

 

[65rat]

We still have a track in Wichita. It's called Need 4 Speed . It's @ MtVernon and Grove. It used to be called Rebel Raceway. The owner passed away and a fellow racer bought it. There used to be another track in town DJ's, He passed away too and his stuff was liquidated.

 

[mopedrodder]

Hi all. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I was SERIOUSLY into the slot car scene in the 1960s, after I got an Eldon set for X-mas back in '62 (which I gave to a friend to add to his own set around '65), graduating to Pittman and Mobuchi-powered, scratch built cars that soaked up all my spare cash. Anyone out there do their own rewinds? My friends and I used to, with varying results :lol:

Getting back to that Goat, here's a history lesson: A guy named Herb Adams took his wife's '64 Tempest, put a destroked Poncho in it (303 CID) and went Trans-Am racing. Google to find out more.

 

[necessaryevil]

ALSO ... Do any of you still have a Comercial track still open in the hood ??

I recall this post viewtopic.php?f=11&t=10962

Thanks for that link, never saw that thread before. 8) Started on a new car. I have a little Willys that was set up for the newer digital track (headlights,tailights, lane change) and it was red with dorky graphics. Gutted all of the unnecessary wires and weight, painted it metalflake lime. There's a slot car shop a little north from me, need to check him out and see what he's got. I'd love to find a decent motor and some drag wheels and tires, but it seems like there's almost nothing for 1/32 drag racing.