[Firedup6975]

Originally Posted by poncho-mike

I bought too many 1:18 scale cars over the years, have taken a few of the non-Pontiacs to Autofair and sold them. At one point, I probably had a hundred or more of these stashed in a closet.

Does anybody remember the slot cars of the late 60s and early 70s? My uncle was only about 10 years older than me, and when he was in his early 20s he would take me to a slot car track where you could race your slot car against other people. You paid to enter, and the track operator paid prizes to the winners. The track operator had multiple tracks set up, with different entry fees and age limits. It was a blast. If my memory is correct, it all came to an end when my uncle found a girlfriend and I had no way to get to the track.

One of the cars I raced was a white early 70s Camaro with a big white stripe like the 70-72 T/A. My uncle was a Pontiac guy, and he owned a 64 GTO tripower 4-spd (which he destroyed trying to beat a train across a railroad track, almost made it). I came across a box of slot car stuff when we were cleaning out my parent's place after mom passed. It's in my attic now.

Mike

I have a few Firebird slot cars in my show cases those suckers are expensive.