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Registrace 10. 10. 2022
I’ll be making some short vids about how to have fun casually racing slot cars at home. The whole point will be about having fun and avoiding the pitfalls most beginners and returnees to the slot car racing hobby often experience.
Barn Find 1972 Opel 1900 Sedan (aka Ascona) 19,900 miles Preserved & Runs
This 1972 Opel 1900 has been well preserved for over 50 years. These affordable cars were made by GM and sold rather unenthusiastically at Buick dealers. It is rare to see one today especially so well preserved. I forgot to show it starting & running.
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1971 Opel 1900 Sedan cold start (aka Ascona A)
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This is a very well preserved 1972 Opel 1900 Sedan (Ascona). Here’s a cold start. There’s only 19,900 miles are this car.
1936 Plymouth P2 - Well Preserved Barn Find
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I went to check out a car and the gentleman had this very well preserved 1936 Plymouth. He is now the 3rd owner and he tracked down some of the history of this “barn find”. This 90 year old car starts and run still.
Repro Aurora Stake & Dump Truck HO Thunder Jet HO Slot Car Bodies
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These are impressive 3D printed HO slot car bodies for the still popular Aurora Thunder Jet (aka T-Jet) slot car chassis. If you are interested in purchasing these please contact Robert Berry (Rberry1967@hotmail.com).
I didn’t know I needed this dragon - 2024 Woodward Dream Cruise Preamble
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I didn’t know I needed this dragon - 2024 Woodward Dream Cruise Preamble
2024 Woodward Dream Cruise -
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This is the Wednesday BEFORE the actual cruise on Saturday. There are tons of interesting vintage and relatively new cars, trucks too, already out cruising. Not the greatest video but it’ll give you an idea of the wackiness.
1973 Opel Manta at a Charity Event Honoring Bob Lutz
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This is just a brief video of my car set up at Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester Hills, Mi. I was invited to this boojie event to honor Bob Lutz and it was a charity event to raise money for scholarships.
Virtual Slot Car Racing Club on Facebook
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I really am enthusiastic about this even though it doesn’t sound like it. Here I show what I’ve done to run my times for 5 laps races as part of the Facebook Virtual Slot Car Racing Club. My times: Modified AFX MagnaTraction 13.38 seconds (best lap 2.49), Auto World 4 Gear 11.32 (best 2.17), Aurora Thunder Jet 20.58 (best 3.98), modified Thunder Jet 18.18 (best 3.49).
1966 Plymouth Valiant Signet Convertible - Exterior Trim
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I go through the exterior trim of my 1966 Valiant convertible. Many vintage cars have a lot more trim than you think and you may need to become the expert on these details for your car. I ramble on about some of the details of this with my car.
1966 Plymouth Valiant Trunk Trim
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This is a rather straightforward task but it took years to get to this point. These unique Mopars are challenging to restore.
1973 Opel Manta Original Condition Daily Driver
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This is my 1973 Opel Manta, this is a German produced by General Motors and sold in the US at Buick dealers. These superb yet afforded cars were under appreciated when new and still are.
Barn Find! Opel Manta trove in dry storage! 1974, 1973 & 1972
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This is for a Craigslist ad for these cars. There are three Opel Mantas (the nicest one isn’t shown; I’ll post a driving video of it next week). These have been in the dry and critter free storage for many years and it was hard to show them. If you are interested I will work on more videos when we can get them out and - see here for the ad: flint.craigslist.org/cto/d/flint-1974-opel-manta/77621...
1958 MacMinn LeMans Coupe - 2024 Eyes on Design
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1958 MacMinn LeMans Coupe - 2024 Eyes on Design
Muscle cars 2024 Eyes on Design
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Some interesting muscle cars such as Buick GS, some unique AMC muscle cars and some recent ones also.
Tony Barr’s 1975 Lamborghini Urraco being judged at the 2024 Eyes on Design Car Show
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Tony Barr’s 1975 Lamborghini Urraco being judged at the 2024 Eyes on Design Car Show
1967 Chevrolet Astro 1 at 2024 Show Car Eyes on Design
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1967 Chevrolet Astro 1 at 2024 Show Car Eyes on Design
1967 Chevrolet Astro 1 Show Car 2024 Eyes on Design
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1967 Chevrolet Astro 1 Show Car 2024 Eyes on Design
1959 Alfa Sprint Speciale & Ferrari Lusso at 2024 Eyes on Design
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1959 Alfa Sprint Speciale & Ferrari Lusso at 2024 Eyes on Design
2024 Eyes on Design Car Show - Exotic Design
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2024 Eyes on Design Car Show - Exotic Design
My 2002 Bordeaux Vintage Slot Car Race 1/32 Cox Chaparral 2d
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My 2002 Bordeaux Vintage Slot Car Race 1/32 Cox Chaparral 2d
Lower Lap Times - Virtual Slot Car Racing Club Facebook Group
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Lower Lap Times - Virtual Slot Car Racing Club Facebook Group
Virtual Slot Car Racing Club FaceBook Group - Oval Track
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Virtual Slot Car Racing Club FaceBook Group - Oval Track
Mid Century Slot Car Racing Dreams - AMT Cox etc
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Mid Century Slot Car Racing Dreams - AMT Cox etc
MEV Resin HO Slot Car Bodies - Retro Aurora Thunder Jet
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MEV Resin HO Slot Car Bodies - Retro Aurora Thunder Jet
Vintage Aurora HO Slot Car Collection
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Vintage Aurora HO Slot Car Collection
Pasteiners Cars & Coffee -May 25, 2024
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Pasteiners Cars & Coffee -May 25, 2024
Cars & Coffee at Chrysler Tech Center May 19, 2024 - 50s Buick, Austin-Healey 3000, TVR & 70 Charger
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Cars & Coffee at Chrysler Tech Center May 19, 2024 - 50s Buick, Austin-Healey 3000, TVR & 70 Charger
1989 Chrysler TC by Maserati - Cars & Coffee at Chrysler Tech Center May 19, 2024.
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1989 Chrysler TC by Maserati - Cars & Coffee at Chrysler Tech Center May 19, 2024.
great advice.
Thanks for This .
Yeah Well , I Thank You For The Idea . Not Everyone Can Afford What The Other Controllers Cost ! Plus I Too Have Big Size Hands . I'm Running Autoworld Cars on A Older Tyco Track They Run Perfect. But The Controllers Are Small . So If I Find the Older AFX Aurora Controllers Cheap Enough. I Will Try This . Do the Tyco Have The Same Resistors As The 120 Ohm New Aurora AFX ? Anyways Whatever the Resistance is In My Controller is Perfect. Just Would Also Like The Old Size Controller.
Based on the Daytona platform.
These look well made, Will have to get in the near future
The trucks would be great for customizing
Thankfully GM in america didn't intervene much in opel developments and production lines otherwise they would be a disaster 😭
@sen_1504 Agreed. This cars design was overseen by a yank, Chuck Jordan, who go on to head GM design.
Very cool truck,, I would like to get a few of them
@John-el8dy I thought they were very cool. You can contact Robert at: Rberry1967@hotmail.com
I Think That Truck Came Out Nice. And It Is Cool ! I Did Have the Aurora Dump Truck as A Kid. I Remember It Had Dual Slot Pins One on Each End . How I Remember I Don't know Other Than It Was The Only Car With One .
@wayneo7307 It’s great & I’ve never had a truck before.
I love the trucks. Nicely done.
@busterkurtz1835 Thanks. I probably should have detailed it and run it for the video. But I thought that would take me too long to get around to it.
Like Harry at HomeRacingWorld said about no-mag Ninco Classics - Twice the fun at half the speed!
My brother had these and it was lots of fun upgrading the cars. I just bought the AW Victory 400 set and loving it after a 50 year hiatus from slot cars
I just started collecting and the Aurora cars are $50 on EBay now
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awesome! Nice group of muscle.
I'm looking for the Plymouth Trim piece, that goes across the bottom of the trunk. Anybody got one,?
I had a 73 in the Early to Mid 80's , Loved that car!
Thanks for sharing. 1. we shim the magnets, simply add tape behind the magnet to shim the slop out and pushes it closer to the arm for more power, and second they dont fall out. 2. we would clean the comm and brushes with pink eraser. then lube with Aurora red racing lube (very little, came in a 1 oz tiny jar, and its pretty thick), and oil the arm shaft, gears and shaft with ball bearing oil (zero issue of it getting on the comm). 3. You forgot to check pick up shoe wear and correct if necessary, and clean them with pink eraser.
great video
Nice ride - I've been looking for the rear top spears for my 66.....
@zb1083 I think I may have some. You can contact me via this Craigslist ad detroit.craigslist.org/okl/pts/d/pontiac-1966-plymouth-valiant/7759040649.html
You are too cool for school, Jewel. Meadowbrook, nice. Maximum Bob. He was the man. Still is. Nice looking Manta. Always liked them. Thx posting.👍👍😎🇺🇸
@shiftintohigh5564 I’m not sure I’m cool but I was able to slip into this event.
Cool car you have !
@thedude4321 Thanks, it’s a fun car but it’s not a fast car.
@nitromancer6460 To me it's not about speed it's about a good looking car
Nice car 🚘
@blueovalracing1582 Thanks
Make sure for your official races you’re using the phone apps with the flying start or your first lap will be slower and ruin your overall time.
Have any footage of the red F355 Berlinetta that was there? I believe it was a 97
@jacobshank9362 Some of my videos were banned for the copyrighted music in the background. So I’m sorry I can’t post anymore videos I have.
Your turns are 18Inch radius.
@johndoub1030 Yes 18” radius curves. That’s what the virtual racing group is doing. They also are using a different layout with 9” turns. And they also will be using the Auto World “four gear” XTraction cars.
Love these races. Look forward to the next one. Thanks for sharing!
More to come!
I am racing on the oval and El Broko in the virtual club, nice to see your races.
@manchildmotorsport3531 This is such a cool concept. I wanted to show how basic my setup is, it doesn’t really take much. I hope this helps other join in.
@@nitromancer6460 Yes, I love it. I don't have anyone local to race, so this brings that joy into it for me.
I dont use the brake control for any of my racing. I like your cars and your controller! Thank you for helping us find more racers!
I hope this helps everyone.
What a homely front end 😂
@classic287 it really looks like they ran out of time or budget. The ‘66 Barracuda is just a mess too with a similar center with horizontal grill and side grill that have a really nice egg crate look but they clash.
I am rebuilding the same car. There was only about 2500 Signet Convertibles built in 1966. I want, and have collected, the same options as yours. I agree with you about finding the trim for a Signet, because I see you need the same Trim piece across the bottom of the Trunk lid, with the Valiant call out. Maybe someone could contact us with one?
@mycoalamana414 glad to hear I’m not the only one. It’s really a wonderful car and it’s great having something unique. There wonderful support on the ForABodiesOnly.com forum - you should join if you haven’t already.
I want to do something like this but live.
@slotcarsandhotrains That’s a great idea.
@@nitromancer6460 Me and Bob Electric Avenue were talking about this. If we could get a few more guys it would be fun.
@@nitromancer6460 Me and @bobattheelectricavenue were talking about this a few months ago. I think it would be fun.
they sell 1/4 inch sheets or hardboard that are not very expensive, but the cardboard works fine too.
You had an oval... Now you have a Super speedway!
Very nice!
Thanks!
Cool timer. Best luck. Will we see other contestants on YT?
@shiftintohigh5564 I hope so. It’s just getting started. There’s a lot of potential and there’s a lot of different ideas that could be added. I hope you can participate on Facebook.
@@nitromancer6460 👍Not on FB currently. But we will see.
Nice, you have me beat LOL
Are you on Facebook? You should be racing with us.
@@StingrayJohnnysSlotCarTi-ob2ot I am racing in the oval and El Broko if that is what you are talking about.
@@manchildmotorsports3531 awesome.
Lovely looking car imo, but the cam in head engine is a slug. The chassis rails are very close together so getting a v8 in is very tight, a straight six would be a better option. The gearbox is tiny and so is the tunnel and the back axle is an oddball too. Do your research before you decide to hot rod a manta A would be my advice.
@jaws6869 I agree, but these are really low compression engines and have a lot of potential for improvement. The best place to start is Opel GT Source Here’s their Manta catalog: opelgtsource.com/system/notes/files/000/000/004/original/04OpelMantaDigitalIndex.pdf?1540358579
Omg! I had the same exact car, same color, motor (1.9) etc. Is yours the dual carb? I loved that car! Back in ‘74 it was FAST! and fun!
@philiplngber No this is a single carb - I think all Mantas in the US had one carb.
I love it Rich! I know you had one already that you sold. This one obviously was too nice to pass over. Those taillights are used on many of the Italian exotics (or perhaps very similar to those). My first car was a 1970 Opel GT that I fixed up as a teenager and really enjoyed. I always thought the Manta styling was OK, but as it ages (or as I age) I now love the styling. Great video as usual!
Sweet I like the “muscle” looking front end / grille / lights Yes, thanks for sharing Looking to forward with update vids regarding ownership experience or repairs if you post..
Thanks! I do need to make some more videos about this car.
My nephew Mike has one if it's original them motors are weak just conversation this car . Street rod .
@jimmyhammer6041 I agree but more vintage cars are pretty weak. I know that these can be made to be really nice running and reliable cars. Oh & parts to keep them running are available here: opelgtsource.com/system/notes/files/000/000/004/original/04OpelMantaDigitalIndex.pdf?1540358579
I owned several kadetts but always wanted always wanted the manta or GT (little vette)
This car was our driver education car. Great car to drive.
Gr8 little ride back in yhe day!
Great video Rich!
Nice to see if it gets going.... any more details on it, do you have a working plan for this project? will like to know.... Good luck.
There's my delorean
Pretty stylish. Glad Chrysler could support their reemergence.
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