Staged photos and track condition look great, for a 50 year old ready to run.
Way back then I got a Strombecker Monaco for xmas.
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Still have 2 AFX sets.
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Cool sets!!! The pics of the wrecks were real, it was cool that the cars ended up like they did. Lol.

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The old brass handbuilt cars were awesome but difficult to build and solder, later the flexi steel chassis cars made 1/24 scale slot racing cheaper and easier.
Had this Hillclimb track in the 8 car garage for a couple years.
Track took up a 4 car garage.
On race night the 20+ racers and the 8 banquet table pit area took up the other half of the 8 car garage.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1633443545.jpg
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Wow that looks seriously fun!!!

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Dig around here...

Raceway List - Slotblog

...and here:

Club & Home Raceway List - Slotblog

You may find one in your area.

Way cool.

I grew up playing with Womp Womps and brass speed cars at Circle T Raceway in North Hollywood. I still have a couple of Parma controllers somewhere with the huge heat sinks sticking out the tops. Nice lady named Harriet ran the place with her son. Some cool tracks. Sadly the building fell apart, the roof leaked when it rained. AFX and Strombecker 1/24th scale were my home setups.

Steve Foster in Santa Maria is a friend of mine. Next door to his Collision Center he has a few nice slot tracks and dragstrip that were saved and kept in great shape. They get a decent crowd racing at Fosters.




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Anyone ever play around with tether cars? I've seen some videos about them and thought they were pretty cool. The speeds that they reach are astounding!!!

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My brother got a Cox "Shrike" one year for Christmas. We tethered it to a column in the basement and let her rip. Lasted all of 5 sessions before the tether snapped and she drove full speed into the wall, lol.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1634227056.jpg

Thats awesome. :D

lol must have been a riot. My brother and i had a bunch of cox 049 teather planes and model rockets in the early 90s. A friend of the family still does the tether car racing not much tracks around anymore he helped build a bunch on long island and out west
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Yes before RC planes it was control line Cox 049 planes.
I forgot how loud they were?
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Before RC cars had these for a short time.
Cox 049 funny car, string it followed would break, should of used wire.
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I havd had this for many years. I've run the engine but sadly have never flown it. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...cb4580d152.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b6ab0ecd9a.jpg

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Awesome condition model and box. :):)

I had this when I was in 5th or 6th grade. I played with it till it was used completely up.

I know I got 319 dollars worth of fun with it. No regrets!

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Thanks. Still have all the paperwork, tools, battery case, and even still have the can of fuel that came with it.
Of course I couldn't leave it alone and painted the tires and exhaust pipe. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a1148a1fa1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c2a1b79465.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...997379ee4f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...aa0acf1f09.jpg

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Cox made some fun toys for boys.
I had the Orange Baja bug version.
Later we added a pulse RC servo for steering control.
Drove my dad crazy the little pull starter would break and dad would drive me over to a Cox repair place in near by Costa Mesa to fix it.
This toy probably lead to me having 40 real VW bugs from 16 to 40 years old. lol
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I used to have Cox/Testors control line models. My father was heavily involved in control line team racing. He went to Belgium (1972?) for World Championship competition.

We also had an 049 powered ground-effects vehicle. You would fire it up and it would pretty much bounce off the curbs in the street, since there was no directional control. Good times.

Now it might be a $400 plane to a person from Texas. :)
Exhaust pipe looks good silver.
HobieMarty did you have a Hobie Cat?
I had a 16 and an 18.
Towed the 16 with a 240Z with a license plate surround I got at the Hobie dealer.
It said "Hobie Cat have you got it up lately?"
Kind of risque back in 1982 lol.

Funny the liability, this like a street blender on wheels.

I have a Hobie 16. Yellow hulls, black trim all around, yellow nationals sails, she's a 1984 redline!!! Ah heck, here's a few pics. Lol. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fb34a58995.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...65a23ae1d4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...a7019d6b33.jpg

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