Thru Dead Man's curve with ELDON

[ourwayband]

Looks like the field is tightly packed heading for the drop of the rag..
Seems a few have already had to pit too.. :)
All ELDON,all fun to run..Just thought maybe this post would encourage others to post some of their vintage stuff....
I keep finding myself draw back to these vintage toys,and always have fun running them..

Rusty

Maybe a night race..

[chappy]

Rusty , wasn't it Franky Ifield that sang ,, I remember, ,,
Thanks for the memories, great old cars
Bob

[waaytoomuchintothis]

I've never seen that many Eldons in one place ever- that covers 52 years in slot cars.

[HomeRacingWorld]

I don't have any handy, but really like the view sir.

[ourwayband]

Big Thanks guys!!

Rusty

[Dodgefarmer]

Ouch! I just had to kick myself again for giving my Eldon stuff away. :lol: Fantastic looking field Rusty. Thanks for sharing.

Randy

[dge467]

Great looking collection Rusty! I picked up a few more off of Craig's List a few weeks ago!

[LAMing]

Cool pic!

Eldon:

When younger I was a Strombecker kid. In the early 1990's I entered the vintage slot car hobby (way before it was goofy) and amassed quite a collection of Strombecker as well as other brands, but not Eldon.

HOWEVER...

When I was a youngster a department store was closing out their stack of Eldon's figure 8 "Crash Cars (jalopies)" sets leftover from Christmas. I recall the set being priced at something like 9-10 dollar range. I snatched one up and wow, did I ever have a ton of fun with that simple set! I eventually played it to death and it was (probably) thrown out to the trash can as I matured away from such "toys" and started chasing girls.

Anyway, I now find Eldon very interesting and I have this silly notion that "someday" I'll stumble upon a mint Crash Car set that's not priced through the roof and once more enjoy watching the parts fly at the intersection!

[TuscoTodd]

WOW! That is quite the field of Eldons!!! Very cool!
I don't have near that many - but that is what we had at the house growing up and drove the wheels off of them (which is why I still have a soft spot for the Ford J car to this day... :D

[ourwayband]

Thanks guys.Bibbster I'm ready to take on the TV champ :D
just let me know when.
LAMing,very cool story my friend.Keep on looking,you'll find one sooner then later I hope.
Jeff,man what did ya get on CL??
Interested folks want to see.. :D
Todd show off your rides there buddy..
Me,I'm always looking for more..Bad habit I guess....

Rusty

[TuscoTodd]

Rusty -
I will have to dig them out for a photo op here in the near future... Won't be as impressive as yours above - but there have been a lot of smiles per hour put on those babies over the years! :D

[dge467]

[ourwayband]

Jeff, I can tell from here you DON'T need those. ;) You should send them someplace where they can hang out with their own kind....... :idea: :)
Rusty

[LAMing]

Is that a Crash Jalopy body I see?

[demether]

These eldon cars are interesting. It seems to be a cheap way to collect and run vintage slot cars. Do you guys repaint them, or simply keep them stock ?

How do the indy/vintage open wheeled perform ?

thanks