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[TSR]

The Revell 1/24 and 1/32 scale kits must have either been built in huge quantities or did not sold well because they are about the most abundant out there, which keeps their prices relatively low.

In fact they are well made but on-track performance is, to say the least, rather poor due to their very high center of gravity, especially the 1/24 scale models. This was in an era when engineers wanted the lightest chassis as possible but ignored the fact that the body weighed a ton. Not a good mix!

They make very nice shelf pieces, or actually we keep them in their pretty boxes as a souvenir of a past era.

There are two versions of these 1/24 scale kits. The common ones have the large blue Mabuchi FT36 motor with the "melt-o-matic" endbell, the later and rather scarce kits have the silver "Fireball" FT16D motor with the brush heat sinks. Another version was in the works and prototypes were concocted but Revell had already begun on their line of vac-formed kits and RTR cars and the "series 2" Corvette, Ferrari, and Cobra with inline brass frames were never issued in the 1/24 scale. They were in the 1/32 scale and are some of the toughest slot car kits to find today.

[slotcarone]

I found a pic of the album in case anyone is masochistic enough to comb yard sales to unearth one.

Yes, that's the one!!!

[S.O. Watt]

That's me in the right lane with my '51 squared off against a rather hot '66 Caliente.

[Tex]

Grabbin' some air! GO!!!

[Cheater]

Tom,

If you remember, tell us about the engine in your car.

If it's still a VeeWee boxer motor, it's gotta have seen some serious mods to put the nose in the air like that...

I ran a non-poptop Westphalia for a bunch a years with a low-buck dual port. It would cruise at 100 mph on the flat if you didn't mind putting center mains in it every 25-30,000 miles... LOL!

[Vay Jonynas]

Philippe:

There are two versions of these (Revell) 1/24 scale kits. The common ones have the large blue Mabuchi FT36 motor with the "melt-o-matic" endbell, the later and rather scarce kits have the silver "Fireball" FT16D motor with the brush heat sinks. Another version was in the works and prototypes were concocted but Revell had already begun on their line of vac-formed kits and RTR cars and the "series 2" Corvette, Ferrari, and Cobra with inline brass frames were never issued in the 1/24 scale. They were in the 1/32 scale and are some of the toughest slot car kits to find today.

Drat! Sometimes the more I "learn", the more confused I become.

My 1/24 scale Revell Lotus 23 #R3153 has an SP510X motor with a grey housing. Now where does that fit into Revell's product line?

I also have a 1/32 scale Revell Ferrari 250 GTO #R3101:600 with an SP500 motor. It, however, has a full picture box as opposed to my 1/24 scale Revell kits which all have boxes where a single solid colour predominates as in those pictured above. Does a full picture box indicate an earlier generation of kits or were the 1/32 scale kits all packaged by Revell in full picture boxes while the 1/24 scale kits came in the solid colour boxes?

[Flower]

It has long been rumored that Kenny Bernstein is a distant cousin of mine...

[Flower]

I guess that would make Brandon Bernstein a relative too...

[Vay Jonynas]

That's me in the right lane with my '51 squared off against a rather hot '66 Caliente.

It seems though as if spectators were staying away from your battle in droves. Just goes to prove that you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him watch the drag boat race or something like that, I think. I know there's a pond included in the infield at Daytona anyway...

[Vay Jonynas]

Don "The Snake" Prudhomme owned NHRA's AA/FC class while he was running his Army-sponsored Monza funny car. He won a simply incredible six of eight national events in 1975 and seven of eight national events in 1976 with this car!

[Flower]

I'm a fan of A.J. Foyt and of Foyt Racing, too!

[Tex]

I grew up in Houston just a few blocks from where A.J. USED to live; he had moved to more "comfortable" accomodations before I was old enough to walk and talk.

I always was a fan of A.J.'s just because he was a fellow Houstonian. As a "hero", it wasn't the easiest thing to accept his sometimes "gruff" manner... a bit of a hardcase actually. But I think times were different then and one probably had to be a hardcase just to survive.

One of my brushes with fame came when I was working at a Jack-in-the-Box and served him a "coke" at the drive-thru, probably the summer of '68.

[Vay Jonynas]

One of my brushes with fame came when I was working at a Jack-in-the-Box and served him a "coke" at the drive-thru, probably the summer of '68.

The "brush with fame" thing is one of the reasons I like Don Prudhomme and his funny cars.

I was driving west along the 401 in my Dodge Charger through northern Toronto in the summer of 1978 when I noticed a trailer with the markings of the Snake's funny cars. "Hmmmm. They must be coming from the Grand National in Montreal" I thought. When I looked up into the cab of the truck, it was Don himself doing the driving! "Hooray!" I thought. "I just blew by 'The Snake' driving his funny car!"

[Lou Cicconi]

This is my idea of fun!!! Cox made this in 1967....

[Bill from NH]

Lou, you'd have disappointed me if you posted a photo of anything in this thread but a Super!

[Tex]

Looks like he's flat-spotted or blistered the left front!

[Noose]

That's cuz he used Speed rubber.

[Flower]

I wish that I could find a Revell M & M 1/24 scale plastic model kit.

[Vay Jonynas]

This is the best one of them all! The wildest paint job I've ever seen on a stock car is on the 2005 version of the Jeff Gordon Foundation Monte Carlo. Here's the die-cast model:

[Flower]

I love this car.

[Flower]

I really like these Batman cars.

[Flower]

I just found this JLA car.

[Vay Jonynas]

Wow! I love the paint jobs on the comic and cartoon NASCAR stockers.

[Vay Jonynas]

Here's a beauty of a M.I.B. kit that got away from me on Ebay, a K & B Aurora Chaparral that was sniped away from me with mere seconds to go!

[Flower]

Wonder Woman.