Description FOREWORD by Philippe de Lespinay (Los Angeles Slot Car Museum Curator).
Ready to race right out of the box, they were aggressive looking-and, most importantly, they were fast.
So the Futuristic dream cars, or Thingies, were born.
The Manta Ray was extremely well received, and other "rebels" soon joined the gang: the BZ Banshee, Classic Industries ASP, Dynamic Bandit, and Cox La Cucaracha, to name a few.
His efforts materialized as a Ready-to-Run Slot car released by Classic Industries.
The void was filled by an industrial designer named John Power.
To the newcomer who wanted to be competitive on the racetrack but didn\'t have the time or means to build a model from scratch, enough was enough.
The hobby industry knew something had to be done.
Hobby companies, themselves competing against one another for the highest profits, were spitting out chassis, gears, and kits faster than the average racer could put them together; and by the time they did, an even faster car had made their new model obsolete again.
The pool of racing enthusiasts who had the time and money to keep pace with Slot racing technology was shrinking.
But with this heightened spirit of serious competition came a decrease in the number of fans who could keep up.
As model car racing refined itself and became more competitive, enthusiasts started to make their own chassis, wire their own motors, and pursue faster and faster cars. "Coffee Table" style photo book with over a hundred big size color pictures.
All photos taken on American Model Car Raceways vintage tracks.
Enjoy images of the BZ Banshee, Classic Industries ASP, Dynamic Bandit, Cox La Cucaracha, and many more.
Vibrant photos of these classic model cars adorn the pages as a brief hiStory explains how they helped to propel the hobby into a global phenomenon.
Thingies stand proudly as slot-car rebels in this newest work by author and slot-racing enthusiast Carlo Tonalezzi.
Description FOREWORD by Philippe de Lespinay (Los Angeles Slot Car Museum Curator)
