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18/12/2024 3:37 pm
I first saw these somewhere, about 30 years ago, for practically ZERO money (maybe $3 -$4 each 🙄 🤔). They're heavy, 1/12 scale, and nicely done. To my knowledge, these 3 were the ONLY ones made - this IS the complete set. 😎 😎
18/12/2024 3:43 pm
No Chris, but super cool! What is the body made of? Not wood, like the real car I presume.
Look at the wheels on that '34 winner! Super Cool!
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18/12/2024 3:54 pm
There must be one hell of a story behind these / this. Winners from 1934 to 1998. What race / downhill head-first dive is this ?
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18/12/2024 4:25 pm
What is the body made of? Not wood, like the real car I presume.
Look at the wheels on that '34 winner!
All heavy diecast Tony, and yes.. the actual car raced on just rims, no tires. Kind of the theory behind Super Fast Matchbox & Hot Wheel cars. Those plastic wheels actually rode on just ultra-thin strips of plastic. 🤨
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18/12/2024 4:31 pm
What race / downhill head-first dive is this ?
I'm no expert, but in the States, for many decades, "Soap Box Derby" races were big events. Original cars were made from wooden soap boxes. Kids would enter their own creations following set guidelines, and race downhill until an ultimate champion was determined. The hay-day for these races was late 1940's to mid 1960's.
19/12/2024 6:48 am
@chris I thought this might be the case. As a boy, we knew these as 'go-carts', long before I encountered mini-formula examples with actual engines. My father was very keen on these things and tried to encourage my brother and I to build one but it was not really on our radars. I don't know what experience my father - a kid from London, growing up in the '30s - would have had of this culture, but he certainly had.
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19/12/2024 11:07 am
My older brother built one in the mid 50’s; it was a big deal in Fairbanks at that time. He won his first race and was so excited!
David Vandermeer
Corinth, Texas
19/12/2024 2:35 pm
COOL!My older brother built one in the mid 50’s; it was a big deal in Fairbanks at that time. He won his first race and was so excited!
23/12/2024 3:26 pm
I built one in the early fifies and raced it in St. Louis. Never won a race.
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23/12/2024 4:32 pm
I lived for 29 years in Indianapolis but never saw the Soap Box Derby! A missed opportunity!
https://indianapolis.soapboxderby.org/
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