[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by OVERULD

I had the Corsair and also a P-40 Flying Tiger. I also won a 55 Chevy drag car that a Rexall Drug store gave away in a drawing. It had a couple of eyelets on the centerline of the frame and you would thread a line through them and anchor it at both ends and put a pile of pillows at the far end. You held the rear wheels off the floor, fired up the engine, throttled it up to banshee bumble-bee speed and then dropped the rear and watched an awesome burn-out for the full length of the basement floor. I can still smell the burned castor oil fuel. I never had a buddy with one of these cars to race against. Later set up a sweet jump and used to send the car sailing over the dog house, swing set, you name it! Crashed a bunch of planes too.

Anybody remember the Matel Varoom! motors? We put them on our bikes to make them look like motorcycles.

BJ

I remember a rail type drag car similar to what you describe. I also remember an indy type racer that attached to a tether and went in a circle. It was green and had the "Sprite" soft drink logo on it. I had a Testor's hovercraft in olive drab with the American star on it that did the same thing.
Not sure about the Vrooom motors...how about the Tiger head that mounted on the handlebar and you pushed a lever to make the same sound? Same one?