Slot Cars

[sramirez2008]

1 hour ago, RickR said:

or slot cars)

I used to have a large amount of AFX cars and tracks. Most of friends had an AFX set and we would go to each other’s houses with our AFX car carrying case and race and work on our car. Those were the days.

[RickR]

For sure!  Same memories here.  I remember too, there was an advancement in the AFX car design...they went from a rotory design to more of a spinning cylinder, and those new cars were a TON faster. 

 

[sramirez2008]

My favorite car was the (No. 1904) Richard Petty Road Runner Magna-Traction car. One of my friends actually had that tank (No. 1924). You weren’t going to win any races with it, but it was just funny to see that thing on the track. Everyone wanted to try it out.

Edited September 30, 2023 by sramirez2008

[RickR]

Oh cool poster! 

I had "The Shadow" 3 down, 3 over.  My brother had the Porsche (5 down, 4 over).  We figured out pretty quickly that the Porsche was faster, even if you switched the bodies.  A lesson in aerodynamics for us kids!  He always won. 

We also had the yellow van and some other chunky one that I don't remember, and those always made for a more fair race. 

 

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1 hour ago, sramirez2008 said:

My favorite car was the (No. 1904) Richard Petty Road Runner Magna-Traction car. One of my friends actually had that tank (No. 1924). You weren’t going to win any races with it, but it was just funny to see that thing on the track. Everyone wanted to try it out.

 

Oh wow, that brings back memories!  I remember having an Aurora AFX race track as a kid.  One of the things I did with mine was to get the HO scale train track crossing for it.  It was kind of fun racing my brother because we had to slow down or stop when the train went by, otherwise the train would knock you off the track.  

[sramirez2008]

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Oh wow, that brings back memories!  I remember having an Aurora AFX race track as a kid.  One of the things I did with mine was to get the HO scale train track crossing for it.  It was kind of fun racing my brother because we had to slow down or stop when the train went by, otherwise the train would knock you off the track.  

AFX was synonymous with slot car racing when we were kids. Sure there were Tyco sets, but most of us in and around my neighborhood had AFX sets. 

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