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Mister Coney
02-04-2008, 10:16 PM
Greetings Fellow Slot Car Enthusiasts,

Can anyone from this group help me ID this group of 12 slotcars...
http://www.slotcarvideos.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8ab9159f51fd0297e236

Here is a matrix to represent the pattern that the video was shot in...

A | B | C | D
E | F | G | H
I | J | K | L
M | N | O | P

I know that L & P are Amrac and the rest are Rokar. I would like body styles, models, years manufactured, etc.

Thank you.

Mister Coney

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micyou03
02-04-2008, 11:21 PM
Those trucks are cool!!!

66GTODON
02-05-2008, 03:46 AM
The two yellow cars ( in lower right ) are AMRAC which then became ROKAR ( the rest of the cars ) and then became what we now as LIFELIKE . The ROKAR bodies will inter change with LIFELIKE But the AMRAC won't . Other AMRAC bodies will fit ROKAR and LIFELIKE and both companies used the datsun and porche bodies. Im thinking it was late 70's or early 80's ?

Don

Slott V
02-07-2008, 05:25 PM
Most of those Rokar Indy cars came out @ 1989-1990 and are likely the newer "M car" version. I have a 1991 Autoworld catalog showing those Indy cars as "New for Rokar". That red one on the top left is more rare I believe.

The Amrac cars you have were the last ones produced between the "Galoob" venture and when Rokar took over and are the older chassis design that is very similar to an Aurora G Plus. Hard to trace the date, but according to this break down of the Cox to Lifelike transition, Amrac went broke @ 1985.

http://slotcar.zanzaman.com/showcase/amrac-lifelike/index.html

-Scott

Slott V
02-07-2008, 05:35 PM
Oh and I think the trucks came in a set but not sure. Those and the Corvette were probably released @ the same time as the Indy Cars, but could have been released into '91-'92.

joez870
02-07-2008, 07:58 PM
I bought the LL (red) truck in 91 along with the #5 vette (yellow & blk, but same body as your #11) in '91 from TRU.
The blue (obviously Rokar and earlier) I got second hand. Body mounts are the same.

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/attachment.php?attachmentid=47298&d=1191734245