They still have one of these tracks in Louisville. The cars are big, but they’re electric. It’s a great father-son hobby. On weekends the place is packed.
My dad would tell me about going to the track when he was a kid in the mid-60s, & about how they'd soak the engines in alcohol & run them on a dragstrip, it made the engine uncool but would briefly get to hellacious speeds...
It says she bought it for him for his 29th birthday, it doesn’t say he’s 29. ‘Assumption is the mother of all f*cups’ *edit - bit of a moody message that!...Sorry folks!! Only teasing. Be happy...😊
In some aspects growing old is optional. I had a slot car track as an adolescent and last Christmas I treated myself to a new Scalextric set. The pastime remains popular, especially in Europe.
I had a small train set as a child here in America, & sure enough my father (European immigrant) became more infatuated with it than I did! Many fun days & nights spent setting it up around Christmas. Our whole family watched it zoom around the Christmas tree.
With the big multi-lane tracks, you had to be careful and quick when putting a car back on the track, otherwise you would get a nasty clip on the hand from another car!
There was one of these in Brisbane in the 80's that looked like a clone of that track, could have been the same one exported I guess. I have never seen steering wheels on a slot car before it must be a gimmick for fooling the punters.
I'm an American: about five miles from Washington D.C. We had those parlors, but it was for a BYO car ( 1/24 or 1/16, I think), electric, speed only. This was '63-'65. They were a sideline for one of two hobby shops, and one that sold empowered models, like Corgi, Marx, Matchbox, and stuff for model railroads. Very uptight, inner suburb: not fuel-powered-friendly.
I know it wasn't much of a concern in the 1950s to breathe in fumes from engines, cigarettes, etc but I wonder if anyone thought it was a bad idea to use diesel fuel indoors. I mean besides the fact that it isn't great to breathe in, wouldn't the soot of a diesel engine maybe stain the walls a bit? Just wondering.
A big part of the reason the also cheaper electric powered cars soon took over and boomed. As at 2:18, like Scalextric but much better. Diesels a tiny expensive early niche.
@@beaufighter245 it's a single cylinder engine, like a model airplane type. Adjustable compression ignition with a screw. I don't know exactly how fuel is delivered, but I bet Google does.
Just dubbed in by Pathe. At the tracks then it was the high pitched sound of electric motors and gears at 30,000 rpm or more. Later got so fast they sounded like dental drills as one TV coverage said as a joke.
I love this channel I remembered these racing cars back then I had a track set up back in the day..we had a great time back then but yeah I remember all this..this Is a excellent channel. ":c)
@@MHzToGHz yeah, but I can't see how the steering wheel steers the slot cars through extra voltage? they're slot cars, they use the slot for steering. Wouldnt they need servos to do any type of steering? The only purpose for the steering wheel I can think of would be for speed adjustment.
@@looneyirish007 Do a google image search for "AMT authentic model turnpike" and you will see the steering servo and linkage in some of them. I don't understand what benefit that added either. The concept didn't seem to last very long so that might tell the whole story.
Just a simple as a guide pin or guide blade. Steering systems were tried but added little or no extra speed to the still used guide flag system. Scalextric most common but not the best.
@@johnd8892 I mean for that setup they showed with the steering wheels. It seems possible that they don’t do anything, but the “drivers” would soon notice. The tech seemed way too old for radio control, so I thought it might be some codified pulses in the track.
@@albertbatfinder5240 The big track steering wheels just varied the track voltage. More lock then less track voltage. A commercial track gimmick from AMF that did not catch on anywhere it was tried. The details were kept a bit secret and the slotcar mags back in 65 did not cover it much. The cars are standard cars with no special features for the steering wheel system.
Ok I thought as much, but then the video showed a pedal. And then the narrator mentioned steering, not power, got you through the corners. I used to go to an AMF bowling centre in the late 1968-1970 as a lad, and I can’t remember steering wheels at all. Maybe they were in the process of ditching them.
@@albertbatfinder5240 Pedal was my later thought too. So I googled AMF slot car steering wheel which pointed to a long slotforum discussion that I remembered where even the gurus were a bit vague. On a phone so cannot provide a link. AMF ditched the steering wheels and then later the tracks. A boom then bust. Caring owners lasted longer but few commercial tracks now.
vintage toys dinky matchbox car's and the like,had all my toys stolen,by tenants that rented our house when dad was posted in the early 70's had loads of stuff still happy times keep up the good work,oh and may be something on action man. best toy ever,maybe model making as well Airfix?
+00MentoFan We'd love to do a full month on railways at some point. In the meantime, there are some train collections we did for Transport Month here: ua-cam.com/users/britishpatheplaylists?shelf_id=24&sort=dd&view=50
Why on Earth would someone want an indoor model racer that runs on diesel when an electric one works at least as well? With a heck of a lot less hassle? No good reasons I guess...because this is the first I ever heard of them. ☮
Radio Rob Well you seem to understand what I'm saying and that's 'English' maybe you can comeback with a statement that doesn't contradict yourself...I know you trying to sound smart but that's the dumbest thing I've heard all day.
A time when a suit and tie was considered casual wear
Actually a blazer or sport coat was very causal. Suits were for business and of course black tie was for formal events.
jj jj now it’s a burka and a mask
Now days we see some people with their pants half to their knees.
They still have one of these tracks in Louisville. The cars are big, but they’re electric. It’s a great father-son hobby. On weekends the place is packed.
A rail track? Or is it slot track? These are rail cars, I haven't seen on in the USA.
use to do in 60's between cub scouts and boy scouts . was fun on sat afternoon with father and hobby store
My dad would tell me about going to the track when he was a kid in the mid-60s, & about how they'd soak the engines in alcohol & run them on a dragstrip, it made the engine uncool but would briefly get to hellacious speeds...
Sterling Moss was 29 there??? He looks 49!
+Larry Bundy Jr For some reason people looked older in the past.
Driving towards a wall at 200 mph only to break at the last possible second to take the corner will age any man considerably I suppose.
R.I.P. Legend (1929-2020) 🙏🏁
Too many pints of London pride !
It says she bought it for him for his 29th birthday, it doesn’t say he’s 29.
‘Assumption is the mother of all f*cups’
*edit - bit of a moody message that!...Sorry folks!! Only teasing. Be happy...😊
In some aspects growing old is optional. I had a slot car track as an adolescent and last Christmas I treated myself to a new Scalextric set. The pastime remains popular, especially in Europe.
I had a small train set as a child here in America, & sure enough my father (European immigrant) became more infatuated with it than I did!
Many fun days & nights spent setting it up around Christmas. Our whole family watched it zoom around the Christmas tree.
Did everyone in the 1960s have a 'small home lathe' to make trophies?
Yes
I think it was a joke, because it looks like an ordinary egg cup.
@@ingvarhallstrom2306 a wooden egg cup very rare but made by hand!!!
You still do if you live on a farm like they did.
Of course
Fantastic!.....more proof that you need never grow old!
Cause nothing says healthy like racing 2 stroke diesel powered cars indoors.
@iBiana Doubt Not the second ones
it wouldn't even matter with all the cigarette smoke indoors xD
What there not diesel there electric and there is no 2 stroke deisel
@iBiana Doubt okay
@iBiana Doubt
4:30 Listen to the narrator.
With the big multi-lane tracks, you had to be careful and quick when putting a car back on the track, otherwise you would get a nasty clip on the hand from another car!
There was one of these in Brisbane in the 80's that looked like a clone of that track, could have been the same one exported I guess.
I have never seen steering wheels on a slot car before it must be a gimmick for fooling the punters.
Sir Stirling Moss, what a legend...such a shame he never won the F1 Championship
Vettel win 4, what`s a waste for F1 as a whole. But Stirling will be a legend
Don't forget what a humble thing Stirling moss did at Le Mans
I didnt know that. His name lives on though
I'm an American: about five miles from Washington D.C.
We had those parlors, but it was for a BYO car ( 1/24 or 1/16, I think), electric, speed only.
This was '63-'65. They were a sideline for one of two hobby shops, and one that sold empowered models, like Corgi, Marx, Matchbox, and stuff for model railroads.
Very uptight, inner suburb: not fuel-powered-friendly.
This music is both comforting and nauseating at the same time.
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With covid-19 going on things like this need to come back as well as skating rinks
I know it wasn't much of a concern in the 1950s to breathe in fumes from engines, cigarettes, etc
but I wonder if anyone thought it was a bad idea to use diesel fuel indoors. I mean besides the fact that it isn't great to breathe in, wouldn't the soot of a diesel engine maybe stain the walls a bit? Just wondering.
A big part of the reason the also cheaper electric powered cars soon took over and boomed. As at 2:18, like Scalextric but much better. Diesels a tiny expensive early niche.
Anyone know how the diesel models worked please. Was it a cylinder engine but would the stresses be too much for a small diesel engine.
@@beaufighter245 it's a single cylinder engine, like a model airplane type. Adjustable compression ignition with a screw. I don't know exactly how fuel is delivered, but I bet Google does.
@@carwashadamcooper1538 thanks for that. Just thinking that the compression forces must be high for such a small engine as opposed to petrol.
they had diesel trains as well, so no.
Never had Scalextric as a kid. It was child abuse!
British Pathé thank you for all your uploads-this is super channel
There has got to be even more of these films about the subject.
Would love to have a go on that Speedway (Second video) looked amazing !
I love the fact that back in the 60's the indoor model cars made real life sound (2:47)
Just dubbed in by Pathe.
At the tracks then it was the high pitched sound of electric motors and gears at 30,000 rpm or more.
Later got so fast they sounded like dental drills as one TV coverage said as a joke.
it was a pain that i never played with that stuff during my years as a child, but i do have a model of a Lotus
I love this channel I remembered these racing cars back then I had a track set up back in the day..we had a great time back then but yeah I remember all this..this Is a excellent channel. ":c)
Today we race behind computers.
Yeah we don't have remote controlled vehicles and aircraft to ... oh ... wait ... yes we do.
Is that reallt a bad thing tho
Thanks for sharing,,,,,, really enjoyed that ;)
Superb!
Next month should be the season of love.
That wonderful clipped upper class accent, kept the respect and focus of all those that tuned in. Now look at us....
amazing history...wow so fast in the early days lol
Gotta put on my suit tonight. Going to play slot cars.
I wish my wife bought me a racetrack for my birthday.
Had Fangio been controlling the Masserati he would have won.
how does the steering wheel control the slot car steering?
you took the words right out of my mouth
AMT had a product line in the 1960s with an extra voltage track that did allow for steering control.
@@MHzToGHz yeah, but I can't see how the steering wheel steers the slot cars through extra voltage? they're slot cars, they use the slot for steering. Wouldnt they need servos to do any type of steering? The only purpose for the steering wheel I can think of would be for speed adjustment.
@@looneyirish007 Do a google image search for "AMT authentic model turnpike" and you will see the steering servo and linkage in some of them. I don't understand what benefit that added either. The concept didn't seem to last very long so that might tell the whole story.
These did not steer just gave more or less power. Short lived gimmick of these wheels. Hand controls varying voltage and braking dominate even today.
How does the steering work for the slot cars? Is it getting a signal from the track? Or perhaps signals from left and right side of the pickup?
Just a simple as a guide pin or guide blade. Steering systems were tried but added little or no extra speed to the still used guide flag system. Scalextric most common but not the best.
@@johnd8892 I mean for that setup they showed with the steering wheels. It seems possible that they don’t do anything, but the “drivers” would soon notice. The tech seemed way too old for radio control, so I thought it might be some codified pulses in the track.
@@albertbatfinder5240 The big track steering wheels just varied the track voltage. More lock then less track voltage. A commercial track gimmick from AMF that did not catch on anywhere it was tried. The details were kept a bit secret and the slotcar mags back in 65 did not cover it much. The cars are standard cars with no special features for the steering wheel system.
Ok I thought as much, but then the video showed a pedal. And then the narrator mentioned steering, not power, got you through the corners. I used to go to an AMF bowling centre in the late 1968-1970 as a lad, and I can’t remember steering wheels at all. Maybe they were in the process of ditching them.
@@albertbatfinder5240 Pedal was my later thought too. So I googled AMF slot car steering wheel which pointed to a long slotforum discussion that I remembered where even the gurus were a bit vague. On a phone so cannot provide a link.
AMF ditched the steering wheels and then later the tracks. A boom then bust. Caring owners lasted longer but few commercial tracks now.
vintage toys dinky matchbox car's and the like,had all my toys stolen,by tenants that rented our house when dad was posted in the early 70's had loads of stuff still happy times keep up the good work,oh and may be something on action man. best toy ever,maybe model making as well Airfix?
February the theme of next month art
cool classic
Super.
The cars look great, unlike the cheap plastic crap of today
And build to last as long you take good care of it.
US made cars dominated on the large slot tracks. Cox, Revell, Dynamic etc. Tamiya from Japan were great in 1967.
interesting
Can we have a railway month :)
+00MentoFan We'd love to do a full month on railways at some point. In the meantime, there are some train collections we did for Transport Month here: ua-cam.com/users/britishpatheplaylists?shelf_id=24&sort=dd&view=50
British Pathé I know! Thank you for replying. I couldn't help but chuckle about the 1966 model grande pre!
+British Pathé I second the Model Railways too!
William A. Moore :)
Wait. Moss did slotcars?
Why on Earth would someone want an indoor model racer that runs on diesel when an electric one works at least as well? With a heck of a lot less hassle?
No good reasons I guess...because this is the first I ever heard of them.
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Something rocket related. Maybe showing the dawn of space travel.
+John Smith You might like some of these! ua-cam.com/play/PL3kG3TM8jFKjSOgcU1e4UfJHEZPT3P85r.html
+British Pathé Thank you, I did like those videos.
1:10 everyone is going on about 29 year old Moss looking like a 60 year old.
But im more worried about his wife. She looks mental.
Um my suit and tie are at the cleaners...
Videogames and the internet destroyed many hobbies. Kinda wish I would have lived earlier!
that guy is 29 looks more like he is in his 50's
Spiffing fun n lashings of custard
everyone was wearing the same clothes
Things that go, whiz, bang, crunch?
That sounds like a good thing for July.
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Sterling looks 69.
You've obviously never seen a 69-year old!
Yeah he looks well worn before 30
Year of 1960-an:racing car control by hand-manual
Year of 2020:racing car control by computeized and automatic
videos on natural disasters
+Jaeden Allott That'd be interesting! We did this a while back, but it would be good to do a full month on it. ua-cam.com/video/wpsJiDetssA/v-deo.html
+British Pathé love the videos guys keep it up!:)
When your wife didn't love you just for your money...
Dude just knocked the crap out of his wife.
there like ancient and there playing with toys like there children
they're
+Ian Rutter Sorry I didn't mean to offended your grandfather
+Radio Rob I guess your 40 and play with toy cars to..Bet you wish you could go back to school, get to play with as much toys as you desire
Radio Rob Well you seem to understand what I'm saying and that's 'English' maybe you can comeback with a statement that doesn't contradict yourself...I know you trying to sound smart but that's the dumbest thing I've heard all day.
@@azzamatic4190 you're* I really hope you've improved your literacy skills in the last 4 years since you posted these comments.
Wow, the 50s look pretty boring
Haha