Since we're on the subject,

[boatdoc55]

Let's talk SLOT CARS. Damn we had a bunch of them. I remember an Orange Car named La Cocaratcha or something like that. Franks hobby store, maybe another name before on Tustin Ave in Orange was our hangout!! Put the dime in and turn the knob and a kid was in 7th heaven for 10 minutes.

 

[rivermobster]

Put a dime in and turn the knob??

The place I went to had a pretty big track. It was in a strip mall kinna deal, and took up two of the units! One track took up one whole unit, and their was a smaller track for practice in the other unit with the cashier, parts counter and shit like that. You would pay at the cashier for X amount of time on the track.

It was the cool place to hang out when I was in grade school. All my paper route money went into my car!

 

[82daytona]

I still have a few

 

[bocco]

I remember the Cucaracha. It had a magnetic spoiler that popped up. I actually had a batmobile. Also had cool green one called the Asp. Sice I lived in Daly City I used to go the Playland in SF. They had 5 or 6 different tracks. One was huge. The straight away must have been 25 ft long. Had some fun HO cars as well.

 

[bocco]

Found a picture.

 

[mjc]

Had lots of those growing up. My dad and me built ours from scratch from brass tubing and all the trick motors.

 

[RitcheyRch]

Had a bunch growing up. I built a track on a large piece of plywood with a pulley system in our patio.

 

[RiverDave]

I have a pretty big four lane tyco style
Track I’m gonna setup in the garage when I’m done moving out of it.

 

[Slink]

Let's talk SLOT CARS. Damn we had a bunch of them. I remember an Orange Car named La Cocaratcha or something like that. Franks hobby store, maybe another name before on Tustin Ave in Orange was our hangout!! Put the dime in and turn the knob and a kid was in 7th heaven for 10 minutes.

Remember Frank's.....grew up at Tustin / Taft.

 

[The Prisoner]

 

[bonesfab]

I grew up with AFX slot cars. Still have them and even have bought a few off ebay. Bought a new Afx setup. Those cars haul ass. They have a 3 position switch, Beginner, intermediate and expert. Expert you better have the railings on the track because they won't stay on the track.

 

[RiverDave]

I grew up with AFX slot cars. Still have them and even have bought a few off ebay. Bought a new Afx setup. Those cars haul ass. They have a 3 position switch, Beginner, intermediate and expert. Expert you better have the railings on the track because they won't stay on the track.

That’s what I bought my son.

 

[brgrcru]

So much fun !

 

[Lumpy]

If I have time to run to storage tomorrow I'll take a couple picks...I got more slot car shit than ya can shake a stick at.

 

[bocco]

My first HO set war Aroura with what was called the pancake motor. Then worked into AFX. Learned about brushes and motor windings.

 

[Dan Lorenze]

I have memories of my Dad racing slot cars in the late 60's. There was a race track on a pier, like near Redondo Beach. I was like 3 or 4 years old, but I remember. Growing up in the 70's my buddy and I would go to the Simi Swap Meet and buy and collect AFX slot car tracks. We would join them altogether and make a massive track. Those were the days.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

We had tons of AFX track and cars

 

[bonesfab]

The black plastic case I have since I was a wee child. The board is under the pool table so we can play when we want.

 

[The Prisoner]

The black plastic case I have since I was a wee child. The board is under the pool table so we can play when we want. View attachment 1075076 View attachment 1075077 View attachment 1075078 View attachment 1075079

Since you are busy with the cars, you don’t have time for Eddies guitar so you can sell it to me!

 

[boatdoc55]

Remember Frank's.....grew up at Tustin / Taft.

Tustin/Collins, across the street from Handy School. Handy Hornet until 5th grade

 

[cakemoto]

We had a track in Burbank for awhile then we went to Monrovia

 

[82daytona]

At one time there was three tracks in my local area

 

[92562]

I raced at the track in Hobby Town on Beach Blvd.

 

[Wheeler]

I have memories of my Dad racing slot cars in the late 60's. There was a race track on a pier, like near Redondo Beach.

King Harbor, lower level at the horseshoe pier. a couple of the Redondo high teachers started it with one or two tracks that came out of the old Hawthorne race track on Hawthorne blvd.

@obnoxious001

 

[76 Hondo]

Remember Frank's.....grew up at Tustin / Taft.

Grew up in Orange, still came bye Frank’s’s in HS, we would bring him an fresh orange juice slushy from the stand up on Hews

Tustin/Collins, across the street from Handy School. Handy Hornet until 5th grade

One of my buddies lived right on the corner of Collins and Handy, his Mother taught at Handy.

 

[WhatExit?]

I had slot cars with the plastic tracks that used pins and U connectors to put together. What brand was that?

 

[bonesfab]

Since you are busy with the cars, you don’t have time for Eddies guitar so you can sell it to me!

Just sitting in the corner collecting dust. Should get it out and fondle it sometime.

 

[Dan Lorenze]

King Harbor, lower level at the horseshoe pier. a couple of the Redondo high teachers started it with one or two tracks that came out of the old Hawthorne race track on Hawthorne blvd.

@obnoxious001

Whoa!! Mind blown! haha yeah.....

 

[pkrrvr619]

This brings back a lot of memories. My dad used to take my bro and I every weekend and we would build the cars up with a new part. Great times.

 

[rivermobster]

Found a picture.

That's what I'm talking about!!

 

[boatdoc55]

Put a dime in and turn the knob??

The place I went to had a pretty big track. It was in a strip mall kinna deal, and took up two of the units! One track took up one whole unit, and their was a smaller track for practice in the other unit with the cashier, parts counter and shit like that. You would pay at the cashier for X amount of time on the track.

It was the cool place to hang out when I was in grade school. All my paper route money went into my car!

Ya, you could put whatever coin in and turn the knob and that started the countdown. That was way over 50 years ago but my mind seems to think one could gather up folding money, $1.00, and give it to the kid behind the counter and he could turn it on for whatever one could afford. A $1.00, that was a lot of scratch back then, hell you could buy a Revell model from the other side of the Hobby Shop for $.98 and $.2 tax for that buck. Decisions, decisions for a young kid!!!!! And for that matter, the fricken candy shop was right up the street. Damn, how'd I make it to this age with options like that!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Nordie]

I used to do 1/24 drag racing, we had a slot car track pretty close to my house. I mowed a lot of lawns to support that hobby.

All of my stuff was stolen with my tools in 2016, except one car that's just basically a shelf ornament now. I think there are 2 tracks still left in Vegas, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[bocco]

I had slot cars with the plastic tracks that used pins and U connectors to put together. What brand was that?

That was the early Aroura track. The cars were called Thunderjet.

Pancake (slot car) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[B59]

I raced at the track in Hobby Town on Beach Blvd.

That was my track too.

 

[BigRedBryan]

Found the old body I won in Tulsa with, good times that weekend.

 

[BigRedBryan]

Found my old stuff at my parents, a couple cars I used to race at in Buena Park and Vegas. Good times back then.

 

[HubbaHubbaLife]

I can still smell the electric & oil smell just looking at those pics... great times.

 

[retaocleg]

i had a set with a reverse button on the controller, hit it and they'd do a u-eeee and run the opposite way.......good times indeed