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ChevLoRay · 10-19-2010, 07:35 PM

In the summer of '66, I worked at an ESSO station. We closed at 10PM and then congregated on the parking lot of the shopping center where the station was located. One night, a guy drives up to the group of us guys and has a trunk nearly full of slot cars. In retrospect, they may have been stolen, but at the time nothing seemed out of place.

Fast forward to 2010. I'm needing some funds for truck stuff (imagine that!) and my garage has a lot of stuff that won't work on the truck....like that slot car. Looking on eBay and Googling the car reveals to me that some folks think real highly and prices look tempting.

So, anyone have one or experience in selling such? In addition to the slot car, I also have a Cox Cheetah model kit that is the slot car w/o the slot car chassis, etc. Saw a bare body (well used) on the net and it was almost as expensive as the whole car.

Are vintage slot cars that valuable?

10-19-2010, 07:35 PM	#1
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	Cox Cheetah 1/24 slot car In the summer of '66, I worked at an ESSO station. We closed at 10PM and then congregated on the parking lot of the shopping center where the station was located. One night, a guy drives up to the group of us guys and has a trunk nearly full of slot cars. In retrospect, they may have been stolen, but at the time nothing seemed out of place. Fast forward to 2010. I'm needing some funds for truck stuff (imagine that!) and my garage has a lot of stuff that won't work on the truck....like that slot car. Looking on eBay and Googling the car reveals to me that some folks think real highly and prices look tempting. So, anyone have one or experience in selling such? In addition to the slot car, I also have a Cox Cheetah model kit that is the slot car w/o the slot car chassis, etc. Saw a bare body (well used) on the net and it was almost as expensive as the whole car. Are vintage slot cars that valuable? __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.