tjd241 gave me what I thought was a great idea :thumbsup: for a thread.......



What 1:1 race cars do you know of that were sponsored in part or in whole by a slot car company (i.e. sticker, patch etc on the car or driver)? I don't care if it is drag racing (A/fx doesn't count BTW), Can-Am, NASCAR etc.


Here are those that I know of:

Autoworld - 1970's McLaren Can-Am
Cox - 1960's Chaparral USRRC and Can-Am
Cox - 1960's Lotus USRRC
Cox - 1960's Cheetah USRRC
Eldon - 1960's Lotus USRRC
Russkit - 1960's Lola T-70 USRRC
K&B - 1960's McLaren Elva USRRC
Aurora - 1970's Formula Ford style cars
AFX - 1980's NASCAR thunderbird
Revell - 1960's SCCA Mustang ?
Slot Car Johnnie's - 1990's East Coast Asphalt modified
FLY - 1990's Marcos LM600
johnny Lightning - 1990's Indy car (But before they actually produced slot cars)

Anyone know of any others?


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Eldon:


http://photos.hobbytalk.com/data/511/medium/Eldon_Special.jpg

Marty

In the 1968 Can-Am, Skip Hudson drove a Lola T-70 MKIII sponsored by Lancer. You may recall that Lancer had a great selection of late 60's vac-formed Can-Am and Sports Car bodies. Owner Lloyd Asbury is also resonsible for mastering the new TOMY Ford MKII body. I've attached pictures of a 1/43rd scale model of the car.

Russ

it wasn't a slot car.... but JL also sponsored an AJ Foyt's 1970 Indy winning car, didn;t they?

it wasn't a slot car.... but JL also sponsored an AJ Foyt's 1970 Indy winning car, didn;t they?

JL Sponsored Al Unser's 1970 and 1971 Indy winning cars. Models of the two cars are shown below.

The yellow AFX Datsun Baja pickup #211 is a replica of an actual truck that raced and had Aurora AFX sponsorship.

Since you have diecast co that made slot cars later then you have to go with Kyle Petty's Hot Wheels NASCAR. Raunchy

ah yes, Unser... thanks for setting me straight on that one

The yellow AFX Datsun Baja pickup #211 is a replica of an actual truck that raced and had Aurora AFX sponsorship.

Kraz-

I agree Aurora did a set with AFX stickers and even had a line drawing on the box of what looked like real cars in the desert....but I can not find a "real" pic of 1:1 cars w/ Aurora or AFX decals....can you provide?

Subject is of interest right now, so I'm rying to put a collection of pics together.

Thanks

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I do have an old 'Simoniz' magazine ad from the mid-70's that features a large picture of the truck with Aurora AFX decals on it. However, that stuff is buried and might take me a few days (or weeks) to get to it. As a side note, the decals made by "H.O. Express" to turn the AFX slot body into a much more accurate replica also includes these sponsorship decals.

Do you have a pic of the T-Bird? I've never seen that one.

Thanks to a little help from my friends......Winners circle - Talladega 500, 1987.

Note patch on left shoulder!

http://wowway.com/~scj/AURORA_NASCAR.jpg


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Aurora had an AFX sponsored series in England in the late 70s, teams typically used one or two year old cars and there was a AFX sponsored car.
I think Scalextric also sponsored some Formula2 or 3 teams in the 60s.

Trivia - There were actually three Johnny Ligthning indy cars, there were the two indy 500 winners in '70 and 71 plus in '70 Joe Leonard ran a JL sponsored #15 car identical to the winning car of Al Unser.

It took some digging, but here it is!

http://www.sportscarworld.com/scwelise1.jpg

John,

Frank from Slot Car World has sponsored many different race cars over the years. If you contact him, I am sure he has more info on other race cars sponsored by other slot car related companies. Has vast collection of images from way back when....

Jeff

sponsored by Aurora AFX!! I wish I had a color picture of it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/mrtc4w/slot%20cars/AFXFunnyCar.jpg

I guess we know why Aurora had the Vega F/C w/Specialty chassis!

And yes that is a see through top on the woman!


Marty

Didn't AFX sponsor a Nissan Skyline in a Japanese series? Seems I remember reading about it when Tomy released the skyline bodies.

sponsored by Aurora AFX!! I wish I had a color picture of it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/mrtc4w/slot%20cars/AFXFunnyCar.jpg

I guess we know why Aurora had the Vega F/C w/Specialty chassis!

And yes that is a see through top on the woman!


Marty

im sure you cn find a full color picture of the car on the net.there are lots of web sites that have funny car/drag photos posted.i was looking for a few nickey chevrolet photos and i found them.

if you do find images of that voodoo car you should post them.the car looks cool in black n white.im sure it will look awesome on color.

OK, so this guy said he had color pictures of the AFX sponsored VooDoo Funny Car. I get these pictures, but can't find the car!:confused:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/mrtc4w/slot%20cars/Voodoo02s.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/mrtc4w/slot%20cars/Voodoo01s.jpg:D:D

Marty

If there was every a great time for the folks from PETA to pull a fur coat off of somebody...

Wow, at 400%, I still can't find the car...

What car?

Heck, I don't even see a fur coat let alone a car!

:confused::drunk::confused:

LOL......you guys are sick, that's my grandma!

Do the math.....


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If there was every a great time for the folks from PETA to pull a fur coat off of somebody...

:woohoo: HUBA........HUBA........HUBA........HUBA :woohoo:

:confused::drunk::confused:

LOL......you guys are sick, that's my grandma!

Do the math.....


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Well John you may well become our Grandson, lol...

Grandmas didn't look like that when I was a kid.

Russkit sponsored the following:

1965 Lola T70 Ronnie Bucknam (or early 1966)
1965 Porsche 904 Scooter Patrick
1966 Porsche Carrera 6 (906) Scooter Patrick
1966 Porsche Carrera 6 (906) Ken Miles

Russkit also was a minor sponsor of Dan "Hoss" Blocker's car in 1964, or 65 and one other that I can't remember.

Russkit sponsored the following:

1965 Lola T70 Ronnie Bucknam (or early 1966)
1965 Porsche 904 Scooter Patrick
1966 Porsche Carrera 6 (906) Scooter Patrick
1966 Porsche Carrera 6 (906) Ken Miles

Russkit also was a minor sponsor of Dan "Hoss" Blocker's car in 1964, or 65 and one other that I can't remember.

:thumbsup:

Very Cool......any pics (black & white or color) by chance?

BTW, could the other one be the K&B sponsored Elva?

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You can actually see the car! There are no women to distract you (sorry)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/mrtc4w/slot%20cars/VooDooracing.jpg

Marty