Afternoon all

After a few random eBay purchases I've ended up with a load (26) figures I have no use for.

I think most of them are from Scalextric, probably from around the 80's as that's what the rest of the stuff was in the purchase.

They all look like I've painted them (ie they do not look good!!)

Some a smaller, I have no idea what brand but look like 1:48 scale possible.

I not looking for anything for them (unless you wanted to swap any old scrapyard 911's ) as long as you cover the postage costs happy for them to go to someone who might get some use out of them.  

First reply on here gets them.

Thanks

Rob

A buddy of mine is looking for information on what these old 1/24 scale slot cars are worth. He was going to sell them at a fleamarket, but asked me if could find out what they might be worth. 

             
The orange car is a Cox La Cucaracha in very good shape (one recently sold in similar condition on feebay for $270). The silver Champion is a Porsche 906, the blue one is a Ford GT40 Roadster, both with some body damage, but the chassis are in good shape, though some of their tires will need to be replaced. The controller is an MRC. None of these cars have been tested and have been in storage for a long time. 

                                     
Comes with the case and extra armature as shown. Any idea on value for the lot? Any interest, let me know and I'll pass on the info to my friend.

Thanks for your help!

- Jim

These three pictures were posted by Alberto Ranz (CEO of Avant Slot) on his own Facebook timeline last night...

   
   
   

On the post, Alberto wrote...

Quote:I have the pleasure to share the next project that will see the light. We expect the first injection tests in two weeks and will be producing in September. Due to the current situation we have preferred to pause other projects and that this is the next new plastic model.
The Subarus, service vans and other projects will not be affected and are still underway.

The 3D CAD renderings certainly got me thinking of Tom Selleck in Magnum PI, but the photograph is of a Group B 308 GTB that was rallied in Italy from 1984. The Group 4 and Group B GTBs only differed very slightly on the outside, so that allows Avant Slot a choice of many different liveries, including road cars too.

   

The 308 GTB / GTS is one of my favourite Ferraris - in part because of my impressionable age back in the late 70s and early 80s. It was the Ferrari of my youth. The beautiful body was designed by Pininfarina's Leonardo Fioravanti - who was also responsible for the Dino and 365 Daytona and would go on to design the Testarossa and F40. The lightweight 308 - with it's transverse mid-engined V8 - also seemed an ideal platform for 1970s Group 4 rallying.

   

The 308 GTB rally car program began in 1977-8. Parent company Fiat's official rally programme was based around the Lancia Stratos and then the Fiat 131. The task of developing a Group 4 308 GTB  was taken up by the Michelotto workshops in Padua, with funding and encouragement of local driver Nico Grosoli and low-key factory support from Maranello.

Ferrari supplied the bare chassis and V8s to Michelotto, who turned the supercar into a racer. Two visible differences from the road car are the increased ride height and wider rear wheels covered by flared arches. Eleven Group 4-spec rally cars were produced by Michelotto, the 308 making its rally debut in 1978. The car showed its promise on tarmac rallies in Italy and four 308s were built for Charles Pozzzi's French team for 1981 - Jean-Claude Andruet driving the Pioneer-sponsored car to victory at the Targa Florio Rally, the Rally 4 Regioni, 24 hours of Ypres and Tour de France Auto, plus runner-up at the 1982 Tour de Corse...

   

When the FIA introduced Group B regulations in 1982, Michelotto began preparing four new Group B spec 308s - the first for Spanish driver Antonio Zanini. Four Group B cars would be completed, with significant engine upgrades and small changes to the bodywork. The regulations meant the car was 30kg heavier than the Grp 4 versions, but upwards of 400 bhp made up for that somewhat. Zanini won the 1984 Spanish Championship with his 308...

   

One car made its way to the UK...



This is certainly exciting news from Avant Slot. I am still in a state of "wow!". Their 308 GTB is bound to make a competitive track and slot rally car... nice and low and light and wide, plus that very pokey Avant Slot long can motor - just like the real thing. Fingers-crossed they make a better job with the shape of the car than Scalextric did recently - SCX's older version was much more like it. In my opinion, Avant Slot could do with keeping the pop-up headlights down and leave the auxiliary light rig as a optional extra. Both ruin the lines. I can't wait to see the first test moldings and to hear what liveries will be arriving later this year.

I will let the pictures do the talking. Actually they do not portray just how nice this car is. Has an 050 motor with slot.it type geras - really a superb little car.

Recently aquired this from Chech republic. I have a BRM P160 coming and which I will put up when it arrives.

   

   

   

   

   

   

Ever since I was a young boy I loved comics. In the weekly they would print 2 pages of a story and then you had to wait for a whole week before you could read the next 2 pages.  

One of the stories would be about Michel Vaillant, this is how I got into cars and racing at a young age.
Now I have the complete collection, numbers 1 to 75 and all the issues from the next series.

But I though that there should be more, so I searched the web. Found a couple of very nice comic books I didn’t know. Translated from French to Dutch, insiders know France is the pinnacle of comics.

Here the 4 I just bought. Maybe you have some as well?

The first one is a story that is situated at the Nürnberg Ring:
   

The second one is about a mechanic that meets a wannabe team owner.
   

The third one is about Porsches great victories (part 1)
   

The fourth one is about the Ferrari vs. Ford battle
   

   

Carrera 27657 Dodge Charger 500 #1 Pete Hamilton. Available now. £41.95 at Pendle Slot Racing.

It has been tricky to get news about Carrera releases in the UK this year following the handover of distribution from The Hobby Company to Revell UK. However, the Carrera Evolution models still make it into the country and into the hands of customers, mostly thanks to Pendle Slot Racing. The latest arrivals are two 2021 models in the classic stock car range - a Norm Nelson Plymouth Superbird and Pete Hamilton's 1968 Dodge Charger 500.

No offence to Norm Nelson, but I'll look at the Charger 500 - certainly the car that's on my wishlist. I am a big fan of the Carrera stock cars, but I prefer them without all the aerodynamic nonsense.

   

Son of a Massachusetts college dean, Hamilton began his racing career in 1962 at the local short track - Norwood Arena Speedway. He rose rapidly through the junior classes to become the 1967 NASCAR national Sportsman division champion. The following year, he moved up to the Grand National division - the pinnacle of stock car racing...

   

Initially driving Rocky Hinton's mauve #5 Ed Griffin Ford Torino, Hamilton made 16 starts in 1968. The final six were in the #1 King Enterprises Dodge Charger 500, filling in for regular driver Bud Moore. Overall, he scored three top-5s and six top-10s - his best in the Charger was seventh at Charlotte.

   

At the end of the season, Hamilton was crowned NASCAR Rookie of the Year...

   

Hamilton shifted to the new NASCAR Grand American division for 1969, a series for Trans-Am style pony cars. He won twelve of the twenty-six races but also suffered a neck injury that would increasingly trouble him over the following years. Although missing out on the Grand-Am title, Petty Enterprises snapped him up for sixteen Grand National races in 1970. He paid them back with three big wins - the Daytona 500 and the both Talladega races - and twelve top-10 finishes (10 top-5s). An incredible return on his sixteen races - and a Daytona 500 winner to boot...



However, the neck continued to bother him and after driving Cotton Owen's Plymouth in 1971, Hamilton retired in 1973. He really should have been a contender...

   

   

NSR have commissioned a series of videos looking at the maintenance and tuning of their cars. The first, "Level 1 - Maintenance of the slot car" is aimed at beginners and shows the process of keeping a well-used car in good racing condition...



I really enjoyed watching one of the NSR team dismantle and clean their Mercedes GT3, re-fit the axle and change the braids. Simple, but invaluable.

Coming soon are "Level 2" videos to help tune your car - and looking specifically at gears and suspension. Keep an eye on the NSR YouTube Channel and I'll share them here when there's more.

A useful companion to the videos is the pdf guide to NSR products, deigned to help with setting up and racing cars on different tracks and surfaces. It's available free in Italian and English here: www.nsrslot.it/assets/download/download_guide

   

Adrian Norman has just announced the publication of the first two volumes of his new project - the ultimate Scalextric Ultimate Guide. It's the ninth edition of the book first written by Roger Gillham. Adrian has been talking for a while about how he might utilise modern publishing techniques to create a bigger and better guide that can be updated more easily. And this is it.

   

Each of the ten volumes - spelling S-C-A-L-E-X-T-R-I-C across their spines - will be published as  print-on-demand titles. Adrian has chosen the Lulu platform to achieve this. With between 250 and 350 pages, each volume will be made available in choice of three formats...

• PB – standard colour printing in paperback
  
• HB – standard colour printing in hardback
  
• DL – rich photographic-quality paper in deluxe hardback
  

Beginning late April 2021, volumes 1 and 2 will be available and then each remaining volume will be released monthly, but not necessarily in numerical order. The books can be purchased online via Lulu or at UK slot car shows swapmeets where they can be purchased from Adrian and taken away on the day.

Without further ado, this is the Scalextric - the Ultimate Guide Edition 9...

Vol 1. THAT INITIAL SPARK – when electricity and plastic evolved model car racing

• The Tin Age, Development, Tinplate Cars and Sets, The Plastic Age
  
• Development
  
• Tinplate Scalextric Cars and Sets
  
• Plastic Scalextric Cars — The first 40 years
  
• Sets in the UK
  

Vol 2. AROUND THE WORLD – Argentina, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA

• Introduction and History
  
• SCALEXTRIC Manufactured in, or produced for, ARGENTINA
  
• SCALEXTRIC Manufactured in, or produced for, AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND
  
• SCALEXTRIC Manufactured in, or produced for, CANADA and USA
  

Vol 3. AROUND THE WORLD – Europe, Russia and Scandinavia

• Introduction and History
  
• SCALEXTRIC Manufactured in, or produced for, FRANCE
  
• SCALEXTRIC Manufactured in, or produced for, GERMANY
  
• SCALEXTRIC Manufactured in, or produced for EUROPE
  
• SCALEXTRIC Manufactured in, or produced for, RUSSIA
  
• SCALEXTRIC Manufactured in, or produced for, SCANDINAVIA
  

Vol 4. AROUND THE WORLD – Spain and Mexico

• Introduction and History
  
• SCALEXTRIC Manufactured in, or produced for, SPAIN
  
• SCALEXTRIC Manufactured in, or produced for, MEXICO
  

Vol 5. SCALEXTRIC IN PRINT

• Generating the excitement
  
• The Bulletins
  
• Catalogues of the Tri-ang, Rovex and Hornby Hobbies eras
  
• Range Leaflets, Flyers, Posters, Stickers, Point of Sale, Licensed products, Ephemera
  
• Service Sheets, Track Plans, Price Lists
  
• Listings
  

Vol 6. SPECIAL MODELS, EVENTS & COMPETITIONS

• Competition and event models
  
• Trade exclusive models
  
• Code 3 models
  
• Livery and decoration : tests and rejects
  
• Scalextric competitions and roadshows
  
• Club racing
  
• Home racing and scenic modelling
  
• Special events and records
  
• Listings
  

Vol 7. TRACK & TRACKSIDE ACCESSORIES

• Track and Trackside Accessories
  
• Standard Track
  
• FEATURE – Race Management
  
• Specialist Track
  
• Trackside Accessories
  
• Buildings
  
• FEATURE – Super 124 system
  
• Track plans – Famous Circuits Around The World – Analogue and Digital
  

 
Vol 8. SCALEXTRIC CARS - A to M 

• Film, TV and fiction
  
• Karts
  
• Kits
  
• Motorbikes
  
• Gallery and Listings – A to M
  

Vol 9. SCALEXTRIC CARS - N to Z

• Presentation Box Sets
  
• Quickbuild
  
• Super 124
  
• Trucks
  
• You Steer
  
• Gallery and Listings – N to Z
  

Vol 10. PRODUCT LISTING - Chronologically and Numerically

• Listings – every item by year
  
• Listings – every item by reference number
  

   

Volumes 1 & 2 are available from Lulu here. You will find the prices for the three different versions of each volume on the relevant  listing. As with any print-on-demand publication, I would recommend checking each page when you receive the book. If you spot any printing errors, including blank or missing pages, Lulu will ask for images and then send you another copy.

OK, the first is a 'concrete' barrier but made by whom and to fit what track please? 

Height exc. clips 25mm. Length 45mm.

   

Is this mystery object anything to do with Scalextric, or any other 1/32 slot racing kit?

   

 It takes three AA batteries and has a fly lead connector as shown.

   

Dimensions: 20mm H. x 60mm W. x 100mm L. inc. connector

Remember Boaty McBoatface? The NASCAR race at Kansas Speedway on Sunday was sponsored by Busch Beers and they thought it would be a really good idea to let the fans name the race. A vote cost a $1 donation to charity (which was matched by the brewers) and the winner was 'Buschy McBusch Race 400'!

I do love it when the general public takes the wee wee and top marks to Busch Beers and NASCAR for joining in the joke. Quite appropriate that Kyle Busch won the race as well.