rec.autos.simulators

> FYI Eldred, do you know about alt.hobbies.slotcars? Its still active.

> --
> Tony Whitley
> Former 1/32 scale scratch-builder :-)

> win.server.ntlworld.com>:

> >Also in a bizarre coincidence I was sent this link earlier this evening,
you
> >may enjoy it :)

> >http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> >Cheers

> >Phil

> That's cute. I used to be a total slot car junky, spending all my time and
> money*** out at commercial 1/24th scale slot car tracks. This was
nearly
> 35yrs ago, there were national slot car champions, magazines, it was huge.
I
> still have the gear that I've been saving waiting for 1/24th scale to come
> back, but I don't know of any tracks, at least not in the Vancouver B.C.
area.

> --
> Don Scurlock
> Vancouver,B.C.
> GPLRank -11.67

> Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> >I was also a big fan of slotcars in my youth (mid-1960's).  There were
three large
> >1/24th scale tracks within a couple of miles of where I lived in
Torrance/Redondo
> >Beach, California. I remember racing even before I had saved up for a
controller -
> >just touching the wires to the terminals (kind of like trying to play GPL
with the
> >keyboard).  I had a futuristic concept car called a Manta Ray, a Cobra
Daytona,
> >and later the Cox Chaparral 2E (or was it a 2G? - one of those two winged
winged
> >Can-Am cars).  The Chaparral wasn't the fastest - a little too heavy with
too much
> >drag, but as a huge fan of Jim Hall/Chaparral, I had to have one.

> I was stuck in Anchorage, Alaska, but they did manage to have a couple
> of tracks, too.  God, I used to drool over every issue of the Auto
> World catalog I could get!

> >There was also a track in nearby Hermosa Beach that had a 90 degree
banked turn
> >(i.e., completely vertical.

> Los Angeles was like "The Promised Land" for slot car racers back
> then.

> >I also had a couple of home sets.  First an HO one, and later a deluxe
Revelle
> >1/32nd scale, four lane model - very cool.  I believe the latter came
with a
> >Gull-wing Mercedes, a Corvette Stingray, a Jaguar XKE and one other I
can't
> >recall.

> If you were into Aurora HO, then search on "Model Motoring" and you'll
> find someone's bought the license to the name and is manufacturing
> track, cars, and complete kits once more.  There is also about a
> billion new-old-stock Thunderjet chassis out there and you can buy
> them all day for less than $10.00 a pop.  Several folks are casting
> drop-dead gorgeous replicas of the original bodies as well as some
> that never were, but darned well should've been.

> You can still buy Revell track!  They sold the stuff to R.E.H.
> Distributing in Ohio and he makes it and sells it as Riggen.  I think
> North Coast Hobbies sell them.  R.E.H. is also the one who bought
> something like 3 full tracter trailors full of  the Aurora chassis
> when the company bailed out of the market.  (imagine how many chassis
> it would take to fill three tractor trailers!)

> >Those were the days.

> And some are reliving them today.  Although if you want another Manta
> Ray or La Cucaracha in mint condition, be prepared to hock an
> offspring or something, the collectors market has gone nuts because of
> old farts like us getting nostalgic about this stuff again...  LOL

> Regards,
> Brett C. Cammack

> (remove the DOTs from my return address to reply privately)

>He knows, Tony. He even posts there occasionally.
>It is a bit like r.a.s. in maturity, tone, etc. with several nice guys
>answering questions from newbies and others. They even have a longish
>FAQ (cut'n paste) for the monthly "Which set should I buy?" question. :-)

>Cheers,
>Jens

>> FYI Eldred, do you know about alt.hobbies.slotcars? Its still active.

>> --
>> Tony Whitley
>> Former 1/32 scale scratch-builder :-)