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Piz
10-21-2009, 07:55 PM
I picked these up in a large lot I aquired years ago and have never been able to fully ID them . It is a parts lot I would say thye are maybe 1/54 scale ( smaller than 1/43 but bigger the 1/64) I kinda of remember running across them somewhere on line before but can't find anythis again.
Thank s
Mike

PS NONE of the parts have any kind of ID markings what so ever .
kyle2084
10-21-2009, 07:59 PM
they look like old marx cars.
kyle2084
10-21-2009, 08:01 PM
after looking at them again.....if the pickups in the box are the originals.....i dont believe they are marx
Piz
10-21-2009, 08:04 PM
I believe everything is original , but not 100% positive
Bill Hall
10-21-2009, 08:26 PM
Not Marx!

Brain fart though....VJ has some of these...he'll be along.
krazcustoms
10-21-2009, 11:00 PM
I believe they were made by a company called Penn Line, which was a model train company and I'm pretty sure they were the only slot cars that company ever made.
kiwidave
10-21-2009, 11:22 PM
Yep Penn line!
Piz
10-22-2009, 08:25 AM
You guys nailed it. I just googled Penn Line slotcars and found out they were the only slot cars they made and in fact they were so bad that they bankrupted the company !
thanks for your help .
Omega
10-22-2009, 10:55 AM
Talk about having a slice of history, That is just to cool. If you can I would clean them up, put them together and display them.

Dave
Piz
10-22-2009, 06:03 PM
There is nothing to clean all of these parts are N.O.S The paint a decals are just old and low quailty . i would put them together but I don't have all of the pieces , there are no chassis .
ParkRNDL
10-22-2009, 11:24 PM
WOW. very cool. talk about discovering a forgotten piece of slot car history...

--rick
videojimmy
10-22-2009, 11:40 PM
they are indeed Penn Line... and beautiful bodies as well.
SCJ
10-23-2009, 05:09 PM
They are Penn Line (can you guess the state they are from?) and the only available set I've seen is an Indy 500 AJ Foyt set with a very young AJ on the box lid. The chassis is molded in Atlas grey and looks like an Aurora O guage chassis.

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videojimmy
10-25-2009, 06:07 PM
They are Penn Line (can you guess the state they are from?) and the only available set I've seen is an Indy 500 AJ Foyt set with a very young AJ on the box lid. The chassis is molded in Atlas grey and looks like an Aurora A-jet chassis.

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not the ones I have, mine are white and they have can motors with
gearing like an Atlas or Lionell...with really long pick ups shoes
SCJ
10-25-2009, 09:15 PM
not the ones I have, mine are white and they have can motors with
gearing like an Atlas or Lionell...with really long pick ups shoes

Sorry should have been more descript (I knew what I meant)....agree Atlas like but te size and pick-up configuration reminds me or Aurora O Guage stuff.

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