Car ID???

[Howard Cohen]

I cannot remember what this blue slot car was called in 24th scale. I have the 12th scale static kit but this is not quite the same. Can anyone help me with the name, etc.? Thanks

 

I also have this one from Classic. Both came from a collector who said he never raced them, just put them on a test track to see if they worked and they do. 

[TarheelRick]

The red one sort of resembles a Bill Thomas Cheetah.  It has the basic body shape and proportions.  It was probably a knockoff without permission to use the design and was changed just enough to make it legal.  As for the blue one, I do not have a clue, does not look familiar at all.  I used to race slots in the 60's and the hot ticket then was the Manta Ray.

[Howard Cohen]

17 minutes ago, TarheelRick said:

The red one sort of resembles a Bill Thomas Cheetah.  It has the basic body shape and proportions.  It was probably a knockoff without permission to use the design and was changed just enough to make it legal.  As for the blue one, I do not have a clue, does not look familiar at all.  I used to race slots in the 60's and the hot ticket then was the Manta Ray.

The red one I found listed and called 'Mantaray', slight difference from the Dean Jeffries Manta Ray. 

[TarheelRick]

Now that you mention it it does have a resemblance to the Manta Rays I remember, but it also has a bit of the Cheetah influence.

[Howard Cohen]

1 hour ago, TarheelRick said:

Now that you mention it it does have a resemblance to the Manta Rays I remember, but it also has a bit of the Cheetah influence.

I found the info so I am deleting this thread, Thanks for your help. 

[jokar124]

For those of you left in suspense, the blue slot car in Howard's post is an MPC Dyno SC100, exclusively made for Sears stores by MPC.

Lindberg made a lookalike 1/12 scale model kit originally released as the "GT-200", and other names over the years.

Edited October 29, 2019 by jokar124

[Russell C]

21 minutes ago, jokar124 said:

For those of you left in suspense, the blue slot car in Howard's post is an MPC Dyno SC100, exclusively made for Sears stores by MPC.

Lindberg made a lookalike 1/12 scale model kit originally released as the "GT-200", and other names over the years.

Thought I'd seen that somewhere before, but couldn't pin a name to it. This guy has a whole page dedicated to it: http://jimsoldtoys.blogspot.com/2011/10/lindberg-gt-200-model-kit.html

[Snake45]

14 hours ago, jokar124 said:

For those of you left in suspense, the blue slot car in Howard's post is an MPC Dyno SC100, exclusively made for Sears stores by MPC.

Lindberg made a lookalike 1/12 scale model kit originally released as the "GT-200", and other names over the years.

Thanks! I KNEW I'd seen the thing before but couldn't quite place it. Thought for a while it might have been a Starbird creation.