Aurora Slot Cars History

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Aurora slot cars history. The afx cars are here proclaimed the 1971 color catalog. The first afx cars were introduced 1971. Model racing cars have been around as long as there have been racing cars to model.

Aurora afx slot car history. Within five years, aurora had sold 25 million slot cars to eager kids, becoming the most successful line of slot cars in history. The afx brand continued production until the company was forced into receivership in 1983.

The size of the cars made it possible to easily set up a course on the family carpet. Allentown lehigh valley slot and toy car show. First, a quick history of g+.

See more ideas about slot car racing, slot cars, slot. This motor is sometimes referred to a pancake type. The origins of ho scale slot car racing can be traced to england, where in the late 1950’s the english inventor, derek brand first developed a small motorized car to be used with model railroads.

By 1965 aurora had sold an astounding 25 million ho slot cars, the most popular line of slot cars in history. So if you have that old aurora vibrator jaguar sitting in a box somewhere along with a thunderjet mustang, batmobile, torino, etc. We buy original aurora ho slot cars, thunderjets, vibrators, etc.

Dwarfing the sales of any other slot car company in the united states regardless of scale. These controllers were used in the early to mid 1960's. The vibrator is the first type of car.

While you could fill a book with the history of this innovative business, we will focus on their contribution to slot cars and only briefly touch on some of their many accomplishments. Jump to latest follow if you've ever been interested in the history of zee toys or maistro over the course of the 80s, 90s and into the modern day, you should come over to the hobbytalk ask me anything with chepp going live on tuesday, september 21st and running until thursday, september 23rd. These early cars were designed for use with the popular english model railroading ‘oo’ gauge, or 1:76 scale.

Such was their popularity that aurora and the ford motor company teamed up in 1962 to kick off the ford/aurora grand national contest. This is a different version of the model motoring control. These were cars so fast they left all the others at the starting line.

Note the off slow fast speeds. Aurora plastics corporation was founded in march 1950 by engineer joseph e. Hidden away just collecting dust.

The aurora plastics corporation introduced the a/fx (aurora factory experimentals, later simply afx) line of slot cars, slot car track sets, and related accessories in 1971. Aurora slot cars (493 results) price ($) any price under $25 $25 to $75 $75 to $100 over $100 custom. Aurora designed the afx cars with interchangeable car body shells usually compatible with each chassis they released during these.

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The complete color guide to aurora h.o. Some thunderjet cars stayed in the aurora catalog in 1971 and 1972, but by 1973. Is currently purchasing from one car to entire collections of original aurora ho slot car items.

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Derek brand designed the motor system. As gathered by dennis david. John cuomo, joe giammarino and abe shikes founded aurora at the beginning of the 50s and in the 60s aurora introduced the first electric powered slot cars.

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