I didn't really see the "blind" wheels listed. Were they produced after this?
They were issued in two forms in 1969 and 1970. The first type had a plain, flat face, the later type had a step. The later type looks nicer.
Also please note:
- The '66 Ford Fairlane was never issued as a RTR, and never used the hand built, prototype chassis shown on the catalogue. It was only issued as a kit (really hard one to find today) with a clear Pactra Fairlane body and a 4.5" inline standard 1967 Champion Jail Door chassis with the parallel rails, for a Mabuchi FT26 motor. Packaged in one of those white and blue boxes just large enough for the body...
If you ever find one of these kits, it is a real treasure.
- The LASCM owns two of the three "Around the world in 80 hours" record cars. Who has the other one, which is the one on the catalogue? Large finders fee paid! ![:)](http://slotblog.net/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png)
- Champion has two previous catalogues before the one Cheater posted: the original 1966 issue is much less commonly found and is made of loose sheets bound by a plastic slide. The other is the 1967 issue, identical to the above but without the added yellow pages. After the 1968 version, Champion stuck to newsletters, price sheets, and sometimes, illustrated catalogue sheets in 8.5" X 11" format. With a bit of detective work, one can figure out what was made, and what was not.
After the 1967-68 "crash" of the hobby, Champion became the most prolific supplier of slot car parts, and unlike most of the previous products by the big companies, their stuff was actually pretty decent and worked well. It will still take two more years for the motors to become truly reliable when the comms were, at last, welded and wrapped in all production armatures from Champion, Mura, and Dyna-Rewind, the three main suppliers of high performance motors.