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 Posted - March 29 2010 : 01:11:28 AM
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Does any members on here sell, or use for themselves AFX cars  ]
Anyone sell or use old style Tyco slot car track that connects like this? [center]  [/center
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Posted - March 29 2010 : 12:54:14 PM
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I do, PM me if you have any questions
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Posted - March 29 2010 : 10:37:25 PM
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quote:Does any members on here sell, or use for themselves AFX cars
Anyone sell or use old style Tyco slot car track that connects like this? [center] [/center
Originally posted by walt - March 29 2010 : 01:11:28 AM
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I have some as well, use it? Well, one day I HOPE when I have space. That quite a few RR crossing slot car tracks you have! Wow. Love that AMC Matador Taxi, btw...I have some AMC slot cars, from Gremlins to AMX to Javelin to the Matador sedan ( taxi ) and Coupe ( race cars ). Nice pics! Selling or just touching base with us other slotters?
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Posted - March 29 2010 : 11:09:45 PM
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 May get into this stuff BUT I'll look for Tyco Life-Like & the others only Not that cheap crap for kids 
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Posted - March 29 2010 : 11:35:02 PM
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Thanks Bob!.... Jerry, Actualy I am thinking of going on a slot car buying spree... I have collected a ton of the old track with good connecting tabs. It's just a habit now for me to by the old style white painted track. But I really need to start on getting more slot cars. I favor the AFX cars....
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Posted - March 30 2010 : 07:03:38 AM
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quote:| Jerry, Actually I am thinking of going on a slot car buying spree... I have collected a ton of the old track with good connecting tabs. walt
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They're expensive if you collect the older ones....then again, in this eco-downturn, you may get some good deals on people liquidating collections. I bought many of the Johnny Lightning ThurnderJet 500 pull-back cars some years ago for the retro bodies, and I have quite a few. I personally collect AMC slot cars actively, but I have most of them now, so don't search as hard for them. Good luck with your collection! - jerry -
quote:| It's just a habit now for me to by the old style white painted track. But I really need to start on getting more slot cars. I favor the AFX cars.... walt
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The better chassis's today are G-plus, and they snap onto the old AF/X bodies. I intend to upgrade a few AMCs to give me some real power, with bottom magnets, they really hold the track! - Jerry -
P.S. - I think you have a small fortune in railroad crossing slot track, those things sell for ridiculous prices on Ebay.
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Posted - March 30 2010 : 11:45:42 AM
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Hey Jerry! I remember having some of the G Plus cars in the later 70s. As a boy I had some T Jets, Tyco & AfX cars. Seems like there was Cigar Box cars early on...but can't remember if they were slot cars or not. This time I will stick to the AFX cars . I have followed prices on all the brands slot cars over the recent years on Ebay...
I once bid $52.07 on a Road & Rail Crossing in its blister package. Thankfully, I was suprised to be outbid!!! What was I thinking??
It was quite a job to round up all of the Road & Rail Crossings and Intersections! I started buying the unpainted "later version" track then decieded I wanted to use the early Tyco S series track with added detail.. I believe I have one more NOS road Rail crossing that is not in the photo. These crossings were a blast as a kid, but we sure tore up a lot of cars and trains with them. I have managed to get 14 nice pieces of the "bridge track" and I have curves of all radius.
AMC cars? I remember how happy my mother was in late 1968 driving her new 1969 Rambler home from Gil Galyan AMC dealership. It was Beal Street Blue....
Walt
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Posted - March 30 2010 : 7:07:52 PM
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quote:Hey Jerry! Seems like there was Cigar Box cars early on...but can't remember if they were slot cars or not. This time I will stick to the AFX cars .
AMC cars? I remember how happy my mother was in late 1968 driving her new 1969 Rambler home from Gil Galyan AMC dealership. It was Beal Street Blue....
Originally posted by walt - March 30 2010 : 11:45:42 AM
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The Cigar box cars were by Aurora, they ventured out (briefly, it seems ) into the diecast car market, but apparently didn't last long. They had special chrome paint that collectors love today. I just bought some in February when I found an antique shop with a case full of old toys, I got a Lionel milk car for $9, some N gauge hustler engines, and about 10 diecasts, one of which was a pinkish Aurora Cigar box car, I forgot which model I bought now.
Gotta love those old Ramblers, they were cheap but usually reliable. I have 9 Gremlins currently,and a "few" other AMCs ( about 7 more ). :)
Jerry
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Posted - March 30 2010 : 8:56:40 PM
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Hi Guys
Got some aurora stuff for sale
if you have any offers
i'll be happy to ship 'em
everything works
includes a lap counter and a car sound unit that plugs into the handles
tx
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Posted - March 30 2010 : 9:22:22 PM
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Yes, I remember the Cigar Box cars being in chrome or kandy colors maybe. As a kid I never liked the "chrome look" on cars or trains like Golden Eagle or Silver Streak. I guess I knew that I had never seen a chrome car as a kid, now as a 30+ year auto restorer / body man, I know why I've never seen one!
The old Rambler (American) $2,200 out the door.. Mom kept it, when she passed in late 1991, dad sold it. I remember Mom laughing as it was the only car in the neighborhood that would start on a real cold winter day!
I love to see old Ramblers, wagons, and low dollar cars at a car show. My favorites are mid 55 56 57 Chevy Convertibles & Thunderbirds, and the big block Chevy powered cars of the late 60s to 72.
Walt
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Posted - March 31 2010 : 10:02:20 PM
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Nice bunch of AFX Lexlie ! I like the old Grand Stand & Pit Garage...
Walt
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Posted - April 01 2010 : 6:07:27 PM
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Hi Walt
those were brand new and sealed
took a chance on evil bay and got 75$ for the grandstand and 60$
for the pit stop....
for stuff that came as a bonus with a train bundle it's not bad....
PAT
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Posted - April 01 2010 : 8:04:43 PM
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quote:took a chance on evil bay and got 75$ for the grandstand and 60$ for the pit stop....
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aw nuts   I like that stuff too
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Posted - April 01 2010 : 10:50:47 PM
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Yes Lexlie, I knew those kits are pricey!! Nice G plus cars too! My layout doesn't call for Indy car bodies and I know they snap off. But I have no loose bodies to use on them... I only have about ten slot cars so far. These are the rescue & Police vans (which handle horrible) and the Police & Fire cars with lights (that are slowed by the blinking lights robbing power). Ive got a silver & black Corvette by Tyco and a few others.
About 12 years ago, my young nephew gave me a newer Tyco slot cars set that included two extra Indy cars. I kept the cars & sold the remaining set for pennies on ebay... I kept the cars because he wanted me to have them...
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