Scalextric stuff

[spyderpit13]

bloody hell gaz......  did you have a shop or somthing? i have the audi set too......

[NORTY40]

Great collection Gaz 

It's just like being in a toy shop bitd 

joff, did i get the scalextric cars  out when you came round some time ago?? oh, we used to stick plastercine in the cars to weight therm down......

There were a few on the shelves Tony but you did say you had a lot more     ...... i was too engrossed in all the old die-casts you had and that i had as a kid , thunderbird2 , batman , batman boat , lady P , numerous James Bond cars .... i need another visit Tony !!


Gaz ...... i can assure you anything going to Tony is going to a genuine collector (hoarder !!) 

[spyderpit13]

any time joff.... id like to think i was a collector, but our lass would agree with the (horder) .....

[Jaan]

You can beat yer friends, you can beat the bends, but you can't beeeeeat SCALEXTRIC!
You can overtake and accelerate but you can't beeeeat SCALEXTRIC!
Real engine sounds when I'm changing down.. You can't beat SCALEXTRIC!
Turn on your lights, you can race all night.. But you can't beeeeeeat SCALEXTRIC"

or something like that.. I still find myself singing it from time to time 

[NORTY40]

   Oh dear 

here ya go Chris ....

[KeithyT]

  at the old advert theme tune.

My Dad has a got a superb set-up in his conservatory (some of it my old stuff), on a board at waist height supported by the windowsills.

Just been there for his 65th this weekend and had a few Scalextric races with him, he's got a new start gantry light thing (not the old beige coloured one) and the carbon fibre effect lap counter and timer, he's built all these grandstands and even portaloos and vending machines  nutter!

I showed him this thread last night but he didn't spot anything he wanted at the moment. He knew all the sets and cars though. Great pics! 

[pickle]

and you've got no pictures of this amazing sounding creation?    come on, get some up 

[KeithyT]

and you've got no pictures of this amazing sounding creation?    come on, get some up 

This was at Christmas before he added more stuff 

[spyderpit13]

thats a wicked set up dude.....

[pickle]

Keithy, that looks fooking awesome!  would love to do something like that if i had the space 

[Taipan]

KeithyT wheres the pic gone?

[pickle]

nowhere, i can still see it

[Taipan]

 

[KeithyT]

He had a birthday "race" night with my rellies a week before I went home and took out that chicane on the start finish straight cos he thought it would cause too many red-mist crashes 

He's now added this electronic start gantry, it's fantastic to watch the lights and hit the trigger on green! and he has the Dunlop bridge at the right hand side of the picture (just out of shot on the above pic).

In that pic above we were racing Le Mans style sportscars with lights. My old cars were a BMW and TR7 rallycross type, I also had the Police Rover with siren. We had a 76 McLaren (James Hunt job) and a Walter Wolf F1 car, he's got loads more cars now and has added the magnatraction strips to most of them (honestly the cars fly off all over the place much more often without them).

He's 65 and a bigger kid than me 

[pickle]

sounds like a great night Keith!  i remember i had the March 6 wheeler and the TR7s, got they handled rubbish!  loved my old BMX M3 though and my MKI escorts (black with gold stripes and biege with brown roof) 

[KeithyT]

I was a bit obsessed with TR7s back in the day. I thought they were the coolest car ever, I had the Red one with blue and white stripes (true Brit     ) but you are right - rubbish handling. The BMW (white with green/orange bonnet and roof stripes) was much better.

I remember the Escort Mk1s (they also introduced those with lights I see to recall) and the 6 wheeler March (green and white?). Good times. 

[80sBMXer]

I've got a few bits, there is quite a bit more still in storage, don't want to hijack the thread but offers welcome