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Just traded for these Revell cars, the Mercedes Benz Gullwing and Ferrari 250 GTO. I missed the early slot car era, so these are very much "new" to me.





They came with current urethane tires so a run on my wood track will reveal all. The Ferrari drives smooth and quiet but I can't say that for the noisy Mercedes. Seems the gear mesh is off.

No matter, I appreciate these vintage cars and will improve them.

Dan

Very nice. I like the old Revell stuff and have several

You got the nice ladder chassis cars....better than the home set cars. The will run well. Nice trade, I like the vintage Revell cars.

Very nice, would love those myself.
Nige.

I have a few of those, I enjoy just running them around the track. As for the gear, you can replace the crown with a Cox plastic gear, it's the same pitch and much quieter.

Very cool, have FUN with those old rides - I've had plenty with mine!
Enjoy! -- Ernie :>)

Good find Dan !!.....just for your info., the grey motor is an original Revell, while the red can is a Monogram,...identical original performance, but may be different today, depending on their relative shape......both easy enough to refurbish if needed.

As far as the gears/mesh, they both have stamped metal crowns, which were never the best, and if the mesh was not set properly from day one, they had a propensity to chew pinions. Again, an easy fix as 48P pinions are easy and inexpensive to find, and either Cox or Parma PSE crowns in conjunction with a new pinion will provide a very quiet/smooth mesh. Gear in the 3.5 to 4.0 to 1 range......8 x 28 is a good starting point.

Cheers
Chris Walker

Nice, I have a couple. I especially enjoy this one...

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My first really hot club car was a Revell 1/32nd Cobra. I wanted a GTO, but the Co-Op didn't have any so I had to have a Cobra. Metallic blue plastic, 29 shillings and sixpence. A LOT of my pocket money in those days, but well worth it. A few years ago at the Little Gransden Air and Old Car Show I found another Revell Cobra in an ancient Scalextric box (oddly) for ten pounds so I had to have it. Mentioning my nostalgia trip to a car collecting friend, I was delighted a few months later when he visited and said Happy Birthday, giving me a large box full of Revell cars in various states of needing repairs, but I love to restore them and I now have every car in that range except the Merc. which I don't like anyway. I got a spare GTO, which I've done in BRP colours for Moss.
This all led to yet more gifts of what other chums thought were "beyond repair", but I have the belief, "Ain't nuttn' can't be fixed", so now have yet more goodies, some on Monogram chassis, some on old Riko chassis and some on Revell ladder chassis. One of them (the Aston Martin, which came with a huge hole in the side) has a 13UO motor, rather than the 16D.
I love these old cars and love to use them when I can. It has even led to my restoring some older Monograms and Strombeckers for American chaps professionally. But that old plastic? Weird stuff to repair, but not always, very odd inconsistency.

Martin

I've noticed that about the plastic, too. I had a Mercedes in sad shape for years before I finally got serious about it. It turned out to be a fine car, after I found the right combination of filler, sanding, primer and paint for it. Nothing was normal.