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But the wire contacts for the track had to be put in by hand. 5 out of 5 stars.

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Vintage 1960's injection molded 1/32 heads.

Eldon slot cars facebook. A lot of the early eldon cars were no more than cartoon characitures of real cars, having rather crude and fairly robust construction. Slot car/ vintage, allendale, michigan. The first slot car sets of this design were produced by ungar, which was an abbreviation of ungar electric tools.

The 1st photo i show is the real 311 set with the cars assembled. Eldon vintage slot car power pack made in canada toy transformer for eldon track 1/32 scale tested. 1/32 heads full face helmet.

In 1961 eldon bought them but the sets still use left over ungar parts and would say both ungar and eldon. Slotcars manufactured by eldon, in the innovative hobby supply slot car museum. 2,137 likes · 2 talking about this.

Eldon slot cars of the 60's and 70's has 953 members. Dedicated to afx magnet cars. Eldon slot cars and road race sets (toykingwonder.com)

Vintage aurora afx slot car ho scale 9” radius curve track pieces 1/4 circle 11 pieces total 2519a. Gave some serious thought to getting things up and running again. Come on in, browse to your heart's content.

Welcome to the innovative hobby supply slot car museum. I got some eldon track for free & knowing that eldon track is pretty much the bottom line as slot cars track & lots of slot car guys hate it (some with a passion) mostly because of the narrow rails , shallow slot depth & lane spacing. They really pioneered cheap slot racing sets in the mass market and helped in a large way to bring slotcars to the attention of the general shopping public.

Eldon industries was a major player in home slot car racing, mostly in 1/32nd scale. Email us your phone number and we will gladly call you, or call us during regular business hours. If you are an administrator of a slot car group that would like to be included on this page, please send your link with facebook groups in the subject line to:.

Feel free to buy anything you see, or simply kick a few tires. It was an odd set in that it was a single lane track with bumps, a section of tight esses, a timing clock and a jump. Pre 1970 ho slotcars only.

So each piece of track did have to be assembled 1st. As a kid this was my favorite toy and the beginning of my love for automobiles of all kinds, small and large. Eldon slot cars of the 60's and 70's.

Originally founded as the ungar company, eldon industries was established in 1962 to carry toy and hobby lines. This page is for the slot car enthusiast and a way to find like minded people created tuesday march 23 2010. 5 out of 5 stars.

#3 · 5 mo ago (edited) cox was bought by leisure concepts, who also owned eldon. I still had the track and 4 cars. When i was 10 in 1964 i got a eldon test track set for christmas.

In 1958, eldon bought a controlling interest of ungar electric tools, but ran the companies independently, to a point. My brother and i spent many hours racing 1/32nd scale eldon cars back in the late 60's and early 70's. The car was a mustang fast back.

I found this history of eldon: Everyone is invited to talk about and share photos of eldon slot cars. The closeup shows the cars came unassembled.

Eldon slot cars and road race sets. Due to the quantity of junk faxes we have been receiving, we have discontinued using our fax machine. This is a page for information about eldon industries, maker of slot car sets in the 60's and 70's.

Ungar made wood burning kits and other items as well.