Post by petel on Jun 19, 2019 17:36:57 GMT
Fellas,
Simply put, the term "JAIL DOOR CAR" refers to the method of chassis construction for slot cars "back in the day". While many kids were busy assembling and running their RTR (ready to run) slot cars or even building one of the many slot car kits on the market a select few had delved into the "scratch built" realm of the hobby.
For those that remember the era of the old model car magazines, cars of this type were actually quite common in the 1960's. In fact in 1966 ROD & CUSTOM Magazine saw fit to developed a set of national rules that eventually cumulated in a National event staged under those particular rules.
In the mid 2000's several nationally recognized racers from the glory days saw fit to get together and relying partiatlly on these same R&C rules, organized a racing series that used these rules and car styles as one of the classes. Click the pics...
Having been in and out of the slot car racing hobby since the mid 1970's and having been a slot car buff since I can recall reading about them in the magazines of the day, I felt as though I had to share some photos of recent racing events that have been held with "JAIL DOOR CARS"... The upper photo shows the starting field for the Gran Prix portion of the event. The second photo show the Sports Car event awaiting the green. This event was held at THE RACE PLACE in Farmingdale N.J. not long ago
