The Dilemma

[slotcardan]

You buy a huge lot of track, because your after maybe 5 of the pieces in the lot, the whole thing costs you 10$

everything is in very good shape nothing is broken but now your stuck with like 100 pieces of track of which you cherry picked just what you wanted.

so do you throw out the rest since its really not worth that much, and you don't want to get stuck with like 60 pounds of plastic? 'The Dilemma'

[Top Down]

No local slot club you can pass it on to? No youth groups or whatever? Drop it off at the charity or thrift shop?

[slotcardan]

i was thinking about a slot car swap meet next month and trying to rid myself of the pile there.

nobody i know in the area is interested in it. There is always somebody out there that may want it but the cost of shipping this wouldn't make sense.

I'm turning into a hoarder so i really don't want to keep the stuff, well you know how it goes.

whats left is all common stuff, 9" straights and 9" turns, also late 60s terminal tracks that require wires get screwed in.

[Racer9]

I have several boxes thrift store they will go.
Racer9

[dr vanski]

It might be worth including your location in your SCI profile. Someone local to you may read your post and might want some of that track.

[urnuts]

I will often sell it on ebay for $1.00 plus all costs- just to help others out.
Especially track that requires no packing, etc.

[slotcardan]

yeah i have no time to start nickle and dimeing things on fleabay. Its total buyers remorse.
i don't want to turn this into a for sale thread either.
I had a bad experience once with a face to face sell on craigslist, so i mean a thrift store or a donation sounds really good, but if i can make a few bucks hey that would be cool too.

[wheelszk]

It was only $10 bucks, thrift store.

[slotcardan]

so is gas to the thrift store LOL..


No i actually called 2 thrift stores today one was part of a local church, both said they do no take toys. they want purses and jewelry.

well i have 2 options to try if not dump it goes.

[Rockhead]

We need a contest for the best use for or project using unwanted
9" r turns, loops, x-overs, whatever. Seems any straight could become some sort of shelf... Maybe curves for brackets? A circle of 4 for a 9" pie trivet? Hipster wall decor? Somebody must've come up with something?

[HarVWallbanger]

What kind of track is it? Where are you..... I need a small track and would buy and pay shipping maybe if I can use some of it and pass what I do not need...?

[slotcardan]

I've actually been using broken track to make dioramas.




i'm working on another one now.

@HarVWallbanger
Its Tyco Speedway track, pre-1971 track, all the good stuff I'm keeping so its terminal track 9" and 9" curves. i got quite a few gems in the lot so it was worth it. Its the track that made of glass you look at it wrong and you snap the locks off.

[indybob007]

I have 5 boxes of Tyco track' decent shape. Enough to make a 4 lane track around a 40ft long basement. Pm me if you need some. Indybob

[HarVWallbanger]

I just got re-hooked on HO and just need a small test track till I get a small routed track for T-Jet Fray type cars... I think Tyco track will work OK for T-Jets.....

[slotcardan]

it should the only issue maybe is the guide pin, if you have a deep one it will rub the bottom of the slot.
if you have the 2 sided guide with the fin on one side and the pin on the other then just flip it around to use the pin, or you can shave down the fin.

some early AFX have a shallow fin that is wider and shallower, later on they changed to a deeper fin.

if the pin was changed out for a new one then its the deeper style.

you need to shave about 1mm off the deeper fin then check to see if its rubbing, this is just if you use tyco track, or the early AFX model motoring track.