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AFX body shells encompassed a variety of themes including the Can-Am racing series, NASCAR and Trans-Am series stock cars, Formula 1, Funny Car Drag Racing, sports cars, off-road cars, and street cars, as well as custom designs. Aurora contracted with race car drivers whose images and endorsements appeared on AFX Slot Car sets.
In only a year or two, Scalextric's 1:32 cars and Aurora's "Model Motoring" HO line had set off the "slot car craze" of the 1960s. [24] An Aurora "Thunderjet-500" HO chassis and motor, 1963-1971. The slot car craze was largely a US phenomenon, [25] but, commercially, it was a huge one.
In the late 1950s, Aurora acquired the rights to the Model Motoring slot car racing system from UK toy manufacturer Playcraft. Aurora's first HO-gauge racing sets appeared in the fall of 1960. [citation needed] The cars were originally driven by a unique, vibrator drive system based on a door "buzzer."
By 1983, Aurora ceased operation ending the pancake motor era. Perhaps because armature space was never at a premium in the larger bodies, the pancake-style motor has seldom been seen in 1:32 or 1:24 scale cars, though Aurora did use the design in its short-lived line of 1:48 scale slot cars. [4]
A vintage Aurora HO slot car, the AMC Matador stocker, approx. 1:64 scale, circa 1975. There are three common slotcar scales used for competition: 1:24 scale or 1/24, cars are the largest slot cars commonly raced. A typical 1:24 car might be 7 to 8 inches long (18–20 cm). 1:24 cars require a course so large as to be impractical for many home ...
Strombecker/Bachmann – American manufacturer started in 1962. 1:32 slot cars. Formerly Strombecker was a separate company making slot cars and Bachman, electric train sets. Studio 27 – High end scale model and accessory manufacturer from Japan [87] Sun Star – Chinese mostly 1:18 scale. Nicely done, especially limousines and pickup trucks.
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1:24 is the largest of the traditional slot car sizes - and the earliest. Lionel's (USA) 1:24 electric autos of 1912-1916 became the first known commercial slot cars. [1] In 1955, the Model Automobile Racing Association of Kalamazoo, Michigan, built the first track for electric rail-racing (the short-lived immediate predecessor to slot racing ...