These were in a lot of '60s slot car chassis parts I recently got, they are made of brass, I have no idea what they are, or if they are even slot car related, anyone know?
Are these slot car parts?
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, Aug 24 2016 07:43 AM
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Posted 24 August 2016 - 07:43 AM
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Posted 24 August 2016 - 08:00 AM
Weights for Strombecker slot cars.
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Posted 24 August 2016 - 08:04 AM
A half hearted attempt to make a poor design grip the track and not just spin the tires. As a kid that had those cars with the front motor and long driveshaft, I can give first hand testimony about their poor desing and poor tires. I wonder now how many of the junk cars from the early race sets would have actually ran OK with silicone tires.
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Posted 24 August 2016 - 09:18 AM
Ok, thx for the id and info, I'm glad they're at least slot car parts and not venetian blind mounting brackets, you never know what you'll find mixed in with slot car part lots.
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Posted 24 August 2016 - 03:53 PM
recycling can lead to invention....
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Posted 24 August 2016 - 06:21 PM
A half hearted attempt to make a poor design grip the track and not just spin the tires. As a kid that had those cars with the front motor and long driveshaft, I can give first hand testimony about their poor desing and poor tires. I wonder now how many of the junk cars from the early race sets would have actually ran OK with silicone tires.
When did slot car manufactures start utilizing magnets for traction? First I remember were Aurora Magna-Traction HO cars.
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"Fool me once, same on... shame on you. Fool me... you can't get fooled again."
George W. Bush
"If you have integrity, nothing else matters, and if you do not have integrity, nothing else matters."
Robert Mueller, special counsel (2013)
"... because people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook."
Richard M .Nixon, Nov 17, 1973
"Fool me once, same on... shame on you. Fool me... you can't get fooled again."
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