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I have been watching several of these cars on Ebay including some from each of the four major brands and they seem to be selling in the $25.00 to $50.00 range. Ofcourse, this is depending on brand and completeness of the car. I am not seeing that they are especially cheap and this is not including any additional costs to make them run. Do not get me wrong, I still think it would be fun to try these out, but let's not mislead on the cost involved on running these cars.
Rico
Don't forget the Scalextric 1967 "Year of the Legends" set. They do qualify, but I doubt anyone would be foolish enough to race them.
Rico
I might have to take you up on that someday!!!!
One possible solution would be run this vintage class as part of the Naste Thursdays, that way it would not change or interfere with the tried and true Naste formula for Saturdays. One question I have is what type of track do these cars run on? (yes, I'm that ignorant) I personally think it would be fun to try something like this as long as the chassis and motors are stock. I do not have the knowledge or inclination to rewind armatures. One additional item would be some sort of spec tire so everyone is on an equal footing. As far as bodies, I would hope that we could come up with something a little more interesting than Nascar bodies. To me, the Vintage chassis style=vintage body style. I've seen this type of chassis for sale on Ebay with both vacuum formed and hard bodies. Which style would we want to run? More decisions.....................
Rico
Monte has already provided the moving targets......your competitors cars! We better tone this down or he's gonna change his mind about having the race.
Mr. Garage Door
I think that the water heater trumps the garage door for the simple fact it's a much smaller target and farther away.......
Mr Garage Door to you
Yah......Bill, I only got the garage door
Rico
It was kinda tough to do low dollar modifications using Slot it only parts other than blueprinting and my R&D skills are still developing or non-existant, I'm not sure which.
Rico
What commercial tracks? They can't seem to stay open around here. I think it may have something to do with the active club racing that we have available in the area. I believe that the wing cars would fall under Group 7. I've seen some of them run back when Raceway USA was open and they are wicked fast.
Rico
Thanks alot Bill, that clears up much of what I wanted to know. Does anybody still use these classes or is it just people using old terminology?
Rico
Fellow Slotheads- I checked out Monte's digital system last night. It definately adds some new elements to slot car racing. You can now slam your oponents from behind as well as the standard "rub". We also had a jumping/flying contest-not sure who one.....We both had some spectacular offs. I found it to be a real challenge to get into the correct lane for pit stops and for passing. I think I was pressing the lane change button too often or too late- I don't know. Anyway it was fun.
Rico
Can anyone explain the difference between the motor sizes etc between 16D, S16D, 26D etc. In addition, what the different classes are in general. I always see Group 12, Group 15, WASP etc. I am just trying to get a wrap on all the terminology and what it means.
Thanks
Rico
As always I have to fit my slot car activities around Kelly's work schedule and the kids activities but if the schedule is clear I will try to be there. If the time and budget allow I want to try and get some type of permanent track up at my house. More than likely running 1/32 scale either in Scaley Sport or a routed track if I get really ambitious.
Rico
But once again, I am forced to miss it. This Saturday I have to go to Medford for a Sunday AM soccer game.
Rico
Looks like we missed a fun event
Rico
Random pics from Saturday.
Monte- Is the SCX system similiar to the Scalextric system? I tried the Scalextric Digital out once and you had a button on the controller that you pressed to change lanes. I was running by myself so I didn't get to experience two cars on the same lane.
Rico
Looks great, I'm really bummed I'm going to miss the Halloween race.
Rico
I can't wait..............
Rico
That would be the problem then, as I am using Internet Exploder. It also does not work with Qwest/MSN browser either FYI
Rico
Bill/Monte- I was excited because my wife was working the 5:00am to 2:00pm shift the day of the race and thought maybe I could make it down on the assumption the race was at the normal evening slot. After reading this post I found out the race is at noon instead. It would be nice if the calender was updated with times and locations for all the races that are known. It goes without saying we will not be able to make it.
Thanks for listenin
Rico
He was flying allright, off the track in the white car.
Thanks Bryan- As always it was fun
Rico
There are lots of vintage chassis/cars on ebay, and if you watch closely you can get some pretty good deals
Rico
I voted econo, but the EJ's kits would be ok by me, or something comparable. On the forum in the link for the Tifosi class, there is a post about the D3 chassis. These look interesting to me, but probably not too different from what I know of the current econo class, which is very little. The Tifosi class looks like it would be fun, but I am unsure of the format to be used, can anyone shed some light?
Thanks for listenin
Rico
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