Oh man me and my dad use to build our frames out of brass tube and solder then paint the bodies ourselves. We raced them every week. And that was in like 1967-68. What a great hobby for any family to engage in.
I had a 1/24 Cox Chaparral in the 60’s, moved to HO for a long time only to discover 1/32 cars about 25 years ago. Been kitbashing 1/32 cars for a wood-routed home track every since. Great hobby!!
Very cool video. Reminds me when I would sit and watch my dad build his slot cars from kits and take them to local commercial raceway. He'd take me with him, I was only 4 but I remember because he built my two favorite cars from the 1960's TV shows - Batman's Batmobile and Green Hornet's Black Beauty. I'm 49 now, got back into the hobby 10 years ago. I have my grandsons started with their own set which they've taken good care of over the past two years, I love that they love this hobby too.
I had to respond to this ! My interest in slot cars ,dates back to the early '60's , with a friends Strombecker home set. Later, I came to learn of 1/24 scale racing on commercial tracks. There was one, in "inner city" Detroit, "Hobby City" that a West Indian guy operated. I loved going there ...
My dad used to take me every week.Parma raceway in Parma Ohio.I last raced in long Beach CA. MY last car was group 20 with thin plasticity car body.I LOVED IT.AND MISS IT.
I started slot cars in 1962 or 63 .and now have a track 4×8 in one of my boys bedroom after he moved out. Still have the Lotus ,Austin Healy from back then.
When my dad got the track it was up in Alaska and sometimes you couldn't go outside it was -65 degrees so we couldn't go out for a few days. I still have about
I loved this hobby as a kid. I was terrible at it and a guy sold me a slot car with a Pittman motor for $10 bucks that was a lemon. But my friend, David, my same age, could build his own cars. A little engineering genius.
Absolutely Love it! Greatest Hobby in the World!!! One of the most preserved Hobbies in the country!!!
Oh man me and my dad use to build our frames out of brass tube and solder then paint the bodies ourselves. We raced them every week. And that was in like 1967-68. What a great hobby for any family to engage in.
I had a 1/24 Cox Chaparral in the 60’s, moved to HO for a long time only to discover 1/32 cars about 25 years ago. Been kitbashing 1/32 cars for a wood-routed home track every since. Great hobby!!
Very cool video. Reminds me when I would sit and watch my dad build his slot cars from kits and take them to local commercial raceway. He'd take me with him, I was only 4 but I remember because he built my two favorite cars from the 1960's TV shows - Batman's Batmobile and Green Hornet's Black Beauty. I'm 49 now, got back into the hobby 10 years ago. I have my grandsons started with their own set which they've taken good care of over the past two years, I love that they love this hobby too.
I had to respond to this ! My interest in slot cars ,dates back to the early '60's , with a friends Strombecker home set. Later, I came to learn of 1/24 scale racing on commercial tracks. There was one, in "inner city" Detroit, "Hobby City" that a West Indian guy operated. I loved going there ...
My dad used to take me every week.Parma raceway in Parma Ohio.I last raced in long Beach CA. MY last car was group 20 with thin plasticity car body.I LOVED IT.AND MISS IT.
I started slot cars in 1962 or 63 .and now have a track 4×8 in one of my boys bedroom after he moved out. Still have the Lotus ,Austin Healy from back then.
Growing up in Thousand Oaks, CA circa 1965 I bought a 1/24 scale 1963 Corvette slot car. The only track in town had just shut down. : (
I used to race at a track in Leominster, Mass back around 1965, 66, 67.
Watched this is Batman the TV series 1966, seems like it was pure joy for the whole family.
Thanks for sharing this history
I had my home-built slot track on the floor of the loft with my trains running around the edge on a knee-high shelf. All made by myself and my father.
When my dad got the track it was up in Alaska and sometimes you couldn't go outside it was -65 degrees so we couldn't go out for a few days. I still have about
1950, 1960 remember cars! very well! classic slot cars.
been there and loved it, raced at all the local tracks, as a teen...
I had a Tyco and AFX home set. Used to drive the cat nuts, used old books to make the overpasses
I can't believe there are only 41 comments in 14 long years.
I have a couple of these a Ford GT (ecoboost sadly) a Ford Mustang a la Ferrari and a back to the future Delorean
Born slotcarcrazy 🏁🏁
I loved this hobby as a kid. I was terrible at it and a guy sold me a slot car with a Pittman motor for $10 bucks that was a lemon. But my friend, David, my same age, could build his own cars. A little engineering genius.