Slot car chassis history books

For detailed ordering and shipping information, please read the ordering section listed on the main menu. Slot car books cds catalog products available at professor motor, inc. No hobby and business worldwide gained such a tremendous amount of popularity all over the world and created so much diversity in such a short time as the slot racing industry. The history and evolution of the caterham versions of the lotus 7 since 1973. Gulf liveried slot cars are evidence of a long history of success for gulf, the global oil company, in motor sport. These will mostly be from the united states and britain, but i can add the other ones i have from france, italy, spain.

Chassis and chassis parts mid america slot car raceway. Backtrack retro pro chassis building jig for 124 slot car mid america raceway. Slot car corner carries a wide selection of scratch building parts including chassis kits and rolling chassis. I will call you back on our dime immediately saving you money. Several good books about slot car racing have been published recently. Click here to learn more about this exciting family hobby. This precision chassis fixture has front and rear axle posts for all the different wheel bases of the 4 and 4 12 f. They cover almost every kind of vehicle type toofrom race cars and sports cars to. Best car chassis, suspension, aerodynamics design books. Slot library slot car history slotblog slot car racing, slot cars, rc. A chassis, a onepiece body, hubs from the ford sierra, axles.

Ho 164 slot cars are the smallest category of slot cars, about 2 12 to 3 inches long. Scalextric a race through time the official 50year history of scalextric documented in scalextric a race through time, written in. Standard replacement and upgrade chassis for your 2 and 124 scale slot cars for scalextric. Slot car racing around the world grand prix history. More than the performance of the car, racing is about the performance, preparedness and training of the driver. The cars drew power from a toy train rail sunk in a trough that was connected to a battery.

Page 1 of 2 another slot car book posted in slot car history. A couple people have written me with questions about scratchbuilding in ho scale. This fixture is designed to work with all the chassiss, specific to the ncs series. This is strictly the chassis kit, it does not include any tubing or other pieces to complete a slotcar. I vaguely remembered articles in car model magazine, so now ive gone back and looked them up. Page 1 of 3 slot library posted in slot car history. With that the first ground effects magnet car was created certainly one of the most important developments in the history of ho racing.

Vibrant photos of these classic model cars adorn the pages as a brief history explains how they helped to propel the hobby into a global phenomenon. The fad sputtered out by the start of the 1970s as amateurs felt squeezed out at races and stayed home in additions to competitions against the radiocontrolled car market. Russells slot cars chassis design and motors technically, modern mass produced readytorun slot cars are hardly inspiring and poor chassis handling, due mainly to a lack of quality control and precision with the notable exception of cars produced by nsr, slot. Since the topic on finding the braverman book, slot car racing, seems to. Since just last year 1965 an additional 10 slot car tracks have popped up across the city. Ford gt, jcar, porsche carrera, chaparral, olds powered special, lola chevy, cheetah, ferrari dino, 365p2, chap 2h. I found this new slot car book mentioned in the electric dreams weekly email and listed on their website. Slot car, spare parts and accessories, vintage and. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. Since the topic on finding the braverman book, here is your hobby.

Brm slot car chassis and kits available at professor motor, inc. Drag racing besides road courses, slot car drag racing also had a strong following. Rodriguez was an industrial designerdraftsman by trade and did some consulting work for the slot car manufacturers including atlas, plus writing for most of the major magazines, one of which, car model he helped cofound. Slot car racing is taking hold all across america and san diego is no exception. Slot car chassischassis kits products professor motor. A history of slot racing john fords short history of the hobby from the 1940s onward. Victory in the spotlight the roadedge system of 1956 that. Here was a mass produced entry level slot car chassis that was competitive with many of the custom built brass chassis of the day. When slot cars were kings of the arcades collectors weekly. This fixture is designed to work with all the chassis s, specific to the ncs series. Slot car chassis and chassis kit products available at professor motor, inc. The various productions of cars, chassis, bodies and parts are so manifold, that it was nearly impossible to create a complete overview of this era for the collector.

In the telephone books hobby section we now also have. The slot car handbook is available now from all good hobby shops, book shops and from theslotcarhandbook website. Find the best auto racing books at the motor bookstore where we carry books on how to race cars, how to set up your car for racing, the history of racing, driver biographies and the science behind it. Guide page reference to page number of bob beers the complete color guide to aurora h. Along the way, he discusses such models as the cox chaparral 2e and the tamiya dodge charger, as well as thingies. Slot cars typical chassis chassis normally released with the car body release years production years of car body. The story of the worlds favourite model racing cars, 2002, hardcover. Scalextric put together quite an inexpensive item in that the car was a simple affair.

Im doing a bit of research, and it occurred to me that there has been a resurgence in the art of slot car chassis building, that is for the most part directly parallel to the popularity of retro racing. Supplied as a basic kit or complete kit with running gear. Electric rail racing thoughts and history a memoir of rail racing and early slot times in britain. Cars in 1963 were powered by the larger laminated openframe motors such as the pittman dc85a and ram 850. Some of the first commercial available slot cars or more accurately model electric racing cars operating under constant power were made by lionel usa and appeared in their catalogue in 1912. It takes you through the basics of slot car buying and collecting to designing and building your own circuit. Wrp products drag sidewinder chassis kit for tall tires c. Online shopping from the galaxys biggest selection of slot cars, slot car parts, drag slot cars, 1. Thingies stand proudly as slotcar rebels in this newest work by author and slotracing enthusiast carlo tonalezzi. I do not really know who all of the current crop of retro chassis builders are.

Auroras early success with ho slot car racing made it possible for them to expend the financial resources required to. Slot car books cds catalog products professor motor. Author and slotcar aficionado bob schleicher examines the most popular. The stamped steel flexi chassis, that was introduced by parma in the 1980s set the commercial slot car hobby in the united states on its ear. Unfortunately, the simple addition of traction magnets by the. This precision chassis fixture has front and rear axle posts for all the different wheel bases of. Derek brand continued to design new slot car chassis and was involved in the later development of both the aurora afx and tyco 440 magnum 1. Pcs 32 adjustable chassis kits ideal for motorising 2 scale plastic or resin body kits. The history of the slot car a wellillustrated history of the slot car hobby by dennis david. Todays slot racing has moved on from this, but i must say i still like the cars to be like real cars in miniature. This kit fits all strombecker 2 scale bodies with 3 posts. All agreed and he was promptly paid one dollar for the privilege of having his name on the document. Slot car books, journals, collectors guides and magazines.

Most were sidewinders with swinging arm pickups and chassis built using magnesium ladder type frames. During the 1960s when the slot car craze was in full swing the united states could rightfully be considered the center of the slot car universe, fast forward 50 years and italy along with spain can be described as one of the centers of multipolar slot car world, with flexi and retro racing centered in the united states, eurosport in eastern europe, 2 and 1. Commercial tracks had a small revival in the 1980s, and for awhile there were a couple competing magazines, including of course scale auto racing news, by john ford, who put out this 80 page history of slot car racing volume one the early years. Im not going to post whole scanned articles, but here are.