Topic: scored a slot car set

[Scott]

I haven't played one of these since I was a kid.
My neighbor across the park is moving out and can't take it with him.

[754]

Cool we had a Eldon. With crossover lanes and a laneshifter that made you take a longer corner, if you came into it too fast. We sure had fun with that track..

[Bailgang]

Cool stuff. I had an old Aurora AFX track for years, the old style that took 2 metal alignment pins and a plastic clip to connect each section. I had been messing with them and collecting slot cars since I was a kid so I had a big collection of cars and enough spare parts to keep them working for years. I finally sold it all about 20 years ago and by that time old AFX stuff from the 60's/70's was collectible especially the cars so I got a good chunk of change out of it.

[Retro Rocket]

I got an old scalextric set in the  60's....

[ekpent]

Those look like the larger size cars ?  We used to put masking tape on the rear wheels so we could do 'burnouts' down the straights and power slides in the corners   Lots of fun back in the day.

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Shim the magnets with electrical tape. De-wind the armatures or rewind with larger gauge wire (thicker). You can even hook up a battery in the controller to provide reverse aka power brakes.

[Retro Rocket]

Those look like the larger size cars ?  We used to put masking tape on the rear wheels so we could do 'burnouts' down the straights and power slides in the corners   Lots of fun back in the day.

We put WD40 on the corners....

[dusterdude]

Had a lot of good times with slots back in the old days

[faux fiddy]

I might have some of those somewhere in the shed, maybe just the cars.  Whatcha got for trading?

[krusty]

+1 on the rewind with thicker wire. Also, used to put Oil of Wintergreen on the tyres. Made 'em real sticky.

[StClair]

Still playing with slot cars  -  built a routered track a few years ago  -  and the collection's up to about 650 cars 

[Scott]

I might have some of those somewhere in the shed, maybe just the cars.  Whatcha got for trading?

I like the idea of old slot cars if they suit this track.
As for trading, I could swap some dollars or maybe beer.  You may need to wait until next year or the year after for the beer because I'm not sure when I will get over to the States. Besides bikes what else are you into.
Scott

[Don R]

Shim the magnets with electrical tape. De-wind the armatures or rewind with larger gauge wire (thicker). You can even hook up a battery in the controller to provide reverse aka power brakes.

 I had a 9 volt battery in my hand controller, I activated it with Delco points from a GM. I did a double star wind once with #28 silver wire, It would go 1/2 way down the straight and just lock up. I think it oversaturated the magnets.  We had a drag strip too, it went 12/24/36 volts as the car went down track.