I think I bought this from AutoWorld during the Kovelski era.Not bad performance & I was thinking of a prototyped longer version in resincast.Any thoughts ?

Neal :dude:

I think I bought this from AutoWorld during the Kovelski era.Not bad performance & I was thinking of a prototyped longer version in resincast.Any thoughts ?

Neal :dude:

Neal,

That is neat. Never seen one of dem before. :)

Bob...thanks for Sharron...zilla

Not sure 'bout that Neal.

While it is novel and nifty for the era and a rare piece of slot history. My second thought is that it would be impractical for anything but stock/standard ride height cars. She's quite fat right where many of us counter sink the guide bracket and or shave the screw head. We all have our little trickeypoos up front and I'd have that thing pounding the track joints in no time.

Not sure 'bout that Neal.

While it is novel and nifty for the era and a rare piece of slot history. My second thought is that it would be impractical for anything but stock/standard ride height cars. She's quite fat right where many of us counter sink the guide bracket and or shave the screw head. We all have our little trickeypoos up front and I'd have that thing pounding the track joints in no time.


I was thinking of extending the guide pin so it can drive the TOMY track better.



Neal:dude:

mmmmm????? let me think for a moment............no.....JK

You could always try one and see if you like it.

I have some of those and tried them out way back when I actually used to race these things. They actually slowed the car down and after looking at it I figured it was because of the extra friction. You have the added friction of a blade vs. a pin, plus possibly more friction of the thing having to swivel. It SEEMED like a good idea, but didn't work - for me, anyway. By the way, what's the supposed advantage of the blade vs. the pin? It's harder to re-slot, plus has more of a surface area to rub against the slot. The AFX cars had them, but the (original) G+ cars did not.

That is a performance guide pin the original Autoworld sold for Aurora T-jets. It was called the "Swivel-Lok" guide pin. The sold in the late 60's through early 70's.

-Paul

I have some of those and tried them out way back when I actually used to race these things. They actually slowed the car down and after looking at it I figured it was because of the extra friction. You have the added friction of a blade vs. a pin, plus possibly more friction of the thing having to swivel. It SEEMED like a good idea, but didn't work - for me, anyway. By the way, what's the supposed advantage of the blade vs. the pin? It's harder to re-slot, plus has more of a surface area to rub against the slot. The AFX cars had them, but the (original) G+ cars did not.

Due to the pins narrower diameter it can snag in the track joints. The blade skims across the sectional joint and cant fall into the void like the pin.

Due to the pins narrower diameter it can snag in the track joints. The blade skims across the sectional joint and cant fall into the void like the pin.

So why did they go back to the pin for the G+ cars? And Tyco always used pins right from the get-go. I don't really recall ever having any problems with the pins.... Maybe they were for the kids who just slapped their tracks together instead of meticulously tweaking every joint like I did. Hehe.