Scale car racing circuit

by **christer** » 07 Dec 2006 20:58

Is there anyone else who thinks that this is a nice collectible? I know that I have posted a couple of pic´s of it before but I can´t find them right now. Is it a costly item? $200+ isn´t exactly what you can call cheap.

Btw; Does anyone know how it works? Do you change gear in a similar way as you do in a real car, for instance?

Cheers
Chris

by **christer** » 07 Dec 2006 21:03

...and for those who prefer Plymouth´s:

This is a 1969 Plymouth drag race slot car set. This is the Shutdown race set that was sold through Plymouth dealerships in 1969. This set comes with the control base with 2 4-speed shifters,energizer,drag strip,and 1 1969 GTX and 1 1969 Road Runner. These drag strips have markers on the track that indicate when you shift to the next gear.If you miss a shift,you lose the race.They also have a reverse gear for driving the car back to the start of the track. Was sold through Sears.

by **christer** » 07 Dec 2006 21:05

..and for those who prefer Chargers:

by **jh27n0b** » 07 Dec 2006 21:11

Very cool. Would love to have the Challenger set. A guy that I work with has said that when he bought his Challenger new that he received a set. I have never seen a set in person. Now I know that he is not totally crazy.
Bob

by **spitfire9137** » 08 Dec 2006 3:27

Nice sets.

BTW nice to have you back, havent seen you in awhile.

by **ianandjess** » 08 Dec 2006 8:26

pretty damn cool if you ask me but at this stage i'd rather put my money into the real 1
cheers ian

by **Eddie** » 08 Dec 2006 15:40

Very cool dude, where on earth did you get those? Looks like somebody forgot they were stashed away at a C/P/D dealership. Those are worth big bucks to the right guy, see SJ.

by **rockanimal** » 08 Dec 2006 20:07

Hi Christer! Did you get the Challenger one on e-bay? I remember seeing one there a while ago, with the orange car a little broken. I had never seen it before and thought about bidding too, but changed my mind. The closet is getting full of weird, cool things ("pure trash" if you ask my wife...).

Robert

by JJ » 08 Dec 2006 21:04

Christer, this is exactly what I want under the christmas tree. And I am sure all the others would love it too. Thanks for posting the photos.

by **christer** » 09 Dec 2006 11:09

jh27n0b wrote:Very cool. Would love to have the Challenger set. A guy that I work with has said that when he bought his Challenger new that he received a set. I have never seen a set in person. Now I know that he is not totally crazy.
Bob

Me too. Not long time ago I was bidding on a set but I can´t justify to spend all that kind of money right now. My Chally-project needs them more.

Btw; Can you believe this: I looked at the winners feedback and the lucky ba**ard has bought THREE sets during the last three months!!!!!! Since all of the sets are incomplete or damaged, I suspect that he is trying to collect spare parts so that he gets one or two complete sets.

by **christer** » 09 Dec 2006 11:10

spitfire9137 wrote:Nice sets.

BTW nice to have you back, havent seen you in awhile.

Thanks!

It is nice to be back!

by **christer** » 09 Dec 2006 11:13

airfuelEddie wrote:Very cool dude, where on earth did you get those? Looks like somebody forgot they were stashed away at a C/P/D dealership. Those are worth big bucks to the right guy, see SJ.

I have got the pic´s from ebay. Three Dodge sets have been bought by the same buyer. He has paid $200-$290 for each of the sets. None of them has been in mint condition, they have been partly damaged or missing parts and so on. The Plymouth set sold for $76.

by **christer** » 09 Dec 2006 11:16

rockanimal wrote:The closet is getting full of weird, cool things ("pure trash" if you ask my wife...).

Robert

I fully understand you! Nice to hear from you!

by **christer** » 09 Dec 2006 11:17

JJ wrote:Christer, this is exactly what I want under the christmas tree. And I am sure all the others would love it too. Thanks for posting the photos.

You are welcome. :s025:

by **christer** » 03 Jan 2007 7:58

.....and here is one of the 1972-1974 versions. It has a less appealing box (my opinion) compared to the 1970 version.

by **christer** » 29 Jan 2008 6:16

christer wrote:..and for those who prefer Chargers:

Here are some more/better pic´s of the same raceway:

"Eldon Dodge " 3 in 1" race Stunt'n drag slot car track from 1973. Sets up three ways, road race layout, drag race layout, or jump road race layout."

You can call me a picture collector if you like.

by **christer** » 14 Apr 2008 14:05

1968 Plymoth Drag Race game. Avalible from Plymouth dealers only in 1968 and early 69.

by **christer** » 02 Jun 2008 20:47

....and here is another one of the 1972-1974 versions. It has a less appealing box (my opinion) compared to the 1970 version.

This is the Scat City race set that was sold through Dodge dealerships,only this one was sold through Sears for kids. This set comes with the control base with 2 4-speed shifters,energizer,drag strip,and 2 1972-1974 Dodge Challenger Funny Cars.One red,one blue. These drag strips have markers on the track that indicate when you shift to the next gear. If you miss a shift,you lose the race. They also have a reverse gear for driving the car back to the start of the track.

by **christer** » 03 Jan 2009 9:03

christer wrote:Btw; Does anyone know how it works? Do you change gear in a similar way as you do in a real car, for instance?

Hi Christer! I have managed to find an article in High Performance Mopar describing this. Happy reading!

//Chris

by **patrick** » 04 Jan 2009 7:29

Never had anything, that cool. I was into AFX slot car's. The kid's saw my old set's downstair's, and wanted me to set it up. The car's were more like 1/64th scale. I set up the whole track inthusiastic, like my eight year old, inner self. I got the car's out, ready to race. :s003:

All the frickin' tire's have rotted off... On every car. :s001:

Neadless, to say. They did great burnoff's. :biggrin:

Just didn't go anywhere. :bonk:

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