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[MattD]

 

This showed up on Ebay and I was curious about two of the track designs.   They are unknown to me.   

Has  anybody ever seen a track like  red track at right of the envelope or the yellow one at the bottom of the envelope?

[old & gray]

The red track looks like it could be a hillclimb, with crossovers.

 

The yellow track you are referencing is the elusive Emperor track, and yes I have seen and raced on one (and only one.)

[MSwiss]

Yes, the Red piece is a hill climb.(you can see a small notch, on the straightaway, after the driver's panel, that represents one of the crossovers.

 

Here is one of the few pics of an Emperor, at Buzzy's.

 

[MattD]

would that be an Aristrocrat?   I didn't see it as a hillclimb, but I do now.

 

Yellow design was the Emperor, new one to me.

 

thanks guys

[MSwiss]

Yes, an Aristocrat.

 

When I got back into slots in 1981, there was one in the area, but we never called it an Aristocrat.

 

Just "Lee's bumpy Hillclimb". LOL

[old & gray]

would that be an Aristrocrat?   I didn't see it as a hillclimb, but I do now.

 

Yellow design was the Emperor, new one to me.

 

thanks guys

 

Yes the Aristrocrat is another name for what has become known as the Hillclimb. Here is a picture of a restored Aristocrat.

 

There were so few Emperors it is not a surprise that most people haven't seen one.

[MSwiss]

What sticks out is that there is 2 Blue Kings in that set, but not an Imperial Red.

[philk]

Am I the only one that noticed the leggy turn marshal ?

[Half Fast]

The turn marshal was one of "Buzzy's Bunnies".

 

Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end

 

But they did.

 

Cheers

[Mike Patterson]

The "red" track in question is actually orange, which would make it a Monarch.

 

Matt, did you notice how much the set sold for?

[MSwiss]

Mike,
He was asking about the red piece above the Orange Monarch.

[MattD]

Mike, I didn't follow the auction to see what it sold for.   I guess it was something crazy.    the guy had some of those original pictures of the different tracks and I think he had them at $299   Made me think I should dig out the couple I have.   Mine are not mint, so I would settle for $50 apiece or so!!!

[Mike Patterson]

Mike, the Aristocrat piece does not appear red on my monitor, hence my reply. The only one I ever raced on had the economy wood paneled sides, not laminate.

 

Thanks for the info, Matt. I don't follow slot stuff on ebay because I don't collect it, except for what I bought BITD.

[MSwiss]

Just curious, what color does it look like?

Of the two I've raced on, one was wood paneling, and one was extensively refurbed.

The refurbed one is currently upstairs at HMS.

PS- Was there a Red Imperial piece?

[bradblohm]

Yes on red Imperial.  In Ron's thread showing photos of the tracks, deep in the thread there is a picture showing the Imperial, but it's missing the Aristocrat and Emperor.

[MSwiss]

Thanks, Brad.

 

I thought they were in that (long /terrific) thread

 

Interesting, it's a Red with a round donut.

 

PS - I added the pic in post 1 to that thread, (post #234), along with adding it to this post, to have them all in one spot, in a couple of places.

 

http://slotblog.net/...designs/page-10

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

[Mike Patterson]

Mike, the Aristocrat piece looks purple to me, more so than the Sovereign.

[MSwiss]

FWIW, on my both my phone and PC monitor, they look Red and Purple.

 

On the Purple Mile, on my PC, when I scroll up, it does sort of change to Black, right before it goes off-screen.

[MattD]

They look correct on my computer.

[bradblohm]

Thanks Mike for getting the photos together so that all pieces (at least I think all pieces) are visible.  I have looked for at least 20 years to get a set!  Any available on the pay site I've always missed seeing.  When these were shown in the "tracks" thread I thought I should just trace the shapes, draw onto sheet styrene, cut and shape, then make molds and pour in color-matched resin.  I know I'm sick, but these are just too cool!