slot cars

bob 351 · 15-05-2007, 07:10 PM

anybody got slot cars i used to love playing with slot car's in my early day's used to go to local slot car track dont know if there are any running anymore

sneaky · 15-05-2007, 07:29 PM

i've got an old flex sitting in the garage. the place we used to go to burnt down (model autosports in newcastle) they re-opened in a different location without the track.

there is another track near me now (charmhaven on central coast nsw) but i haven't got around to going yet

mcooper · 15-05-2007, 07:40 PM

I'm half way through building myself a routed wooden track, like the commercial ones but only around 14m track length. Its easy to do if you're reasonably handy - there's heaps of instructions around the web - and loads cheaper than buying plastic track. I'll take some pics and post them up if you're interested.

bob 351 · 15-05-2007, 07:41 PM

i used to live in suburban melb there where two tracks i used to go too one was in boxhill the other was in mont albert

bob 351 · 15-05-2007, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by pfm_editor

I'm half way through building myself a routed wooden track, like the commercial ones but only around 14m track length. Its easy to do if you're reasonably handy - there's heaps of instructions around the web - and loads cheaper than buying plastic track. I'll take some pics and post them up if you're interested.

yes please would like to see your handy work

The Mighty Red · 15-05-2007, 07:54 PM

I remeber when i was younger there was a slot track In Barmera In SA ,It had about 6 or 8 lanes ,dont know if its still there or not

bob 351 · 15-05-2007, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Our Blue XR6

I remeber when i was younger there was a slot track In Barmera In SA ,It had about 6 or 8 lanes ,dont know if its still there or not

good clean fun back them days it makes me shudder to think what kid's get up too these days slot car and ten pin bowling good stuff

BA_BOSS · 15-05-2007, 08:18 PM

Used to love going to the slot car tracks in Parramatta & Chester Hill. Long time ago now and I don't believe those 2 tracks exist any longer.

Agree, it was good fun back then....

bob 351 · 15-05-2007, 08:32 PM

been thinking of getting a scalextrix for my son he he he ulteirior motive going on here me thinks

falzoony · 15-05-2007, 09:27 PM

I love good 'ol slotties! i havent been for a couple months though. If you lived in adelaide i could tell you some good places to go, but that would be usless to someone in victoria.

bob 351 · 15-05-2007, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by falzoony

I love good 'ol slotties! i havent been for a couple months though. If you lived in adelaide i could tell you some good places to go, but that would be usless to someone in victoria.

bother there are none hear where i live

RSgerry · 15-05-2007, 11:33 PM

I used to love my Scalextric. I lost interest a bit when they introduced magnets onto the bottom of the cars. They went faster, but were no way near as much fun. My favourites were a Ferrari GTO and a Porsche 959. Both very quick cars and loads of fun. Now my garage is full of real cars, I have nowhere to play :-(

**Linz** · 15-05-2007, 11:35 PM

Used to be a good one at Annerley in Brisbane years ago...too many computer games nowadays to keep the kids occupied unfortunately.

BJ · 15-05-2007, 11:39 PM

There is a slot car track in Dandenong, its been there for 10 years or more, me and some of the mates drag race there every few months.

I use to mange the one in Boxhill Bob it was called Tom Thumb and there use to be ones in Springvale, Brunswick, Rosebud, Chadstone as well as two other one's in the city as well as a couple of others around Melbourne, but one of the biggest was one called the Power Station, it was in Northcote in an old power station funnily enough.

XW_GS · 16-05-2007, 08:24 AM

I have a few in a box in the garage... a few flexies with super 16D motors and 2 wingies with group 20 motors in them, i used to get sub 3 second lap times at the old adelaide track but i blew one of them in a comp race in Dandenong.

The Dandenong track is here: Shop 3/111 Lonsdale Street (Princes Hwy) DANDENONG

For an Aussie directory go here

http://www.auslot.com/trackdir/index.php

I used to be right into them, want the kids to enjoy them also, they are at the right age now so i might take them down to Dandy

bob 351 · 16-05-2007, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by XWGS351

I have a few in a box in the garage... a few flexies with super 16D motors and 2 wingies with group 20 motors in them, i used to get sub 3 second lap times at the old adelaide track but i blew one of them in a comp race in Dandenong.

The Dandenong track is here: Shop 3/111 Lonsdale Street (Princes Hwy) DANDENONG

For an Aussie directory go here

http://www.auslot.com/trackdir/index.php

I used to be right into them, want the kids to enjoy them also, they are at the right age now so i might take them down to Dandy

sound like a plan

bob 351 · 16-05-2007, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by BJ

There is a slot car track in Dandenong, its been there for 10 years or more, me and some of the mates drag race there every few months.

I use to mange the one in Boxhill Bob it was called Tom Thumb and there use to be ones in Springvale, Brunswick, Rosebud, Chadstone as well as two other one's in the city as well as a couple of others around Melbourne, but one of the biggest was one called the Power Station, it was in Northcote in an old power station funnily enough.

so how long ago was that as it was about 1975 when i used to go there and from memory there were two track's in there one was flat the othere had a large hill on it. The other track i used to go to was in surrey hills that was a good one

Uncle Raggy · 16-05-2007, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BA_BOSS

Used to love going to the slot car tracks in Parramatta & Chester Hill. Long time ago now and I don't believe those 2 tracks exist any longer.

Agree, it was good fun back then....

I spent a lot of time at G&D at Parramatta. Yeah, it's long gone now. I went to the model park at Luddenham a few years ago and Geoff was running the track out there. But the last couple of times I've been there was someone else there. As far as I know Hornsby slot car track is still around, but I haven't been there in at least 10 years. I sold all my cars on Ebay last year, one went off to Italy, the rest of my gear went down Canberra way.

bob 351 · 16-05-2007, 01:18 PM

thinking i might get some again and have a second childhood

farah9 · 20-05-2007, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BA_BOSS

Used to love going to the slot car tracks in Parramatta & Chester Hill. Long time ago now and I don't believe those 2 tracks exist any longer.

Agree, it was good fun back then....

I used to go to the one at parramatta every weekend, was that the one upstairs near the mall.