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Old K&B Ferrari slot car

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    May 2022
Old K&B Ferrari slot car
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 1:10 PM

Body looks pretty good for A '60 s vintage slot car not very fast though...

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 8:51 AM

Who needs fast, what matters is you have it, other cars, and a track setup to boot.

My slot car carrying case with the cars and plug-in controller for use at our neighborhood track are one of the few things from my childhood that I seriously wish I still had.

I see your track set up now and then in pics you post, makes we want go go buy a starter set. Saw one at a Hobbytown recently, thought of yours. I was tempted.

-Greg

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    May 2022
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 4:38 PM

They are fun !The nice thing about 1/32 track is the ability to run 1/24 scale cars! 

  • Member since
    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 5:40 PM

Hey, Eugene! 

It doesn't need to be fast! That car was the jewel of my slot fleet. Ah! Those were the days!

  • Member since
    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 5:41 PM

Aha!

       You mean like badA%%^d Chevies?

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by Greg on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 6:03 PM

Eugene Rowe
They are fun !The nice thing about 1/32 track is the ability to run 1/24 scale cars!

I didn't know that. Cool! Yes

-Greg

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Towson MD
Posted by gregbale on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 6:22 PM

Greg
My slot car carrying case with the cars and plug-in controller for use at our neighborhood track are one of the few things from my childhood that I seriously wish I still had.

Memories, indeed. Long before I was building serious models, we were all racing down at the local hobby shop-slash-slot car track...and working on 'juicing' our cars at every opportunity, switching out magnets and wire wraps. A good time was had by all!

Greg

George Lewis:

"Every time you correct me on my grammar I love you a little fewer."
 
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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 6:42 PM

Yes inspired by The Two Lane Black Top Chevy but mine is a hard top that I radiused the rear wheel wells !

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    May 2022
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 6:43 PM

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    May 2022
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Thursday, March 16, 2023 2:24 PM

https://photos.app.goo.gl/B1Z4oS3yCBBvzjXUA

 

fox
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Thursday, March 16, 2023 7:50 PM

Oh Wow!!!!!!!!! Those were the days. We had a store that had a looooooong road track with all kinds of bumps & turns. All the turns were banked so we could use the speed and work to make the corners. 

He had a drag strip on the other side of the shop. The guys ran all classes of cars. Some of the dragsters only got one run in because the motor burned up. Switching the motors out between runs was ALMOST as much fun as watching the real ones. He had a very large cardboard box at the end of the strip full of small cubes of foam to stop (catch) the cars

We started running R/C NASCAR races in the parking lot too. Still have my #43 on the shelf but haven't run it for a while.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/MrUR8vVWmmzD5pb29

He was in business for about 3 or 4 years and then one Saturday we went over to have some races and the store was closed and TOTALLY gutted. Nobody new what happened. 

Stay Safe.

Jim Captain

 Main WIP: 

   On the Bench:  1/48 Tamiya - Vought F4U-1A Corsair for Group Build 'Absent Friends' 50%                                                                   1/48 Encore Models - A-37B/OA-37B Dragonfly 50%

I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

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    May 2022
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Thursday, March 16, 2023 8:37 PM

Sounds like a great place to hang out!

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