Your slowest Hot Wheels?
Hi gang,
Just run another of my 'King of the Garage' races and these two Riley & Scott MkIIIs were in the qualifiers. Neither of them made it to the finish line (very rare in a straight lane drag race) due to the very low front splitter acting as a plough and rubbing against the track, very disappointing.
it made me wonder, which castings do you find are terrible through design, I'm not talking about bent axles or other defects, just solely based on it being a poor track car?
Cheers!
Kevblokey (My Hot Wheels Collection)
Discussion
Love those Riley & Scotts! Where can I find a couple? I'm a big race car & concept cars guy. I also want a Cadillac 16.
Obviously one of the ones I sent to Custom Carnage! That Camry SUCKED!!!
- Don't feel bad, some of those NASCARS rub a lot. At least the Cuda was movin' — ManiacMotorsports
- Yeah...I was dumb and was hell bent on having a NASCAR as my first build...live and learn. — BRUM_and_HOWL_RACING
Many with a tapered body and a rounded nose. Narrow and rounded might be OK on straight track, but usually pinball from rail to rail. Curves make them do a Reliant Robin driven by Jeremy Clarkson imitation.
From the ancient times, Silloutte, Beatnik Bandit, and TwinMill. Also came through the super charger/powerhouse in random orientation.
- Yep. Definitely have noticed with the M+D Hayes '88 Pro street T-Bird. — ManiacMotorsports
- "Reliant Robin driven by Jeremy Clarkson" darned you! stuck in top gear again — dr_dodge
Evil Twin is a good (bad?) example. Because of the enclosed wheels and hanging exhaust pipes, that thing just drags on everything.
There was an older truck called Steel Flame that rolled good on its own, no problems, but the second you put it on any kind of track, the body dragged so bad that it literally wouldn't make it down a dragstrip. Off track, it rolled great. Orange track, it was almost like there weren't any wheels on the darn thing.
My slowest cars are always Greenlight. The Bill Maxwell Oldsmobile. The Axel Foley pos Nova, The Road Warrior car and on.
The absolute slowest diecast cars have to be the pre-1970 Matchbox, Husky, and Tootsie Toy cars and trucks. In the mid to late 60s(and prior), it was common knowledge that those cars simply didn't roll. It was bad enough that most castings weren't recognizable (British design influence) but they also had poor play value due to the inefficient wheels and axles.
The president of a well known West coast toy manufacturer eventually caught on to this a decided to change it. The last time I checked they were doing pretty well.
Any car with a front spoiler thing are always a worry. I think I recall the Amazoom casting doing some track rubbing too due to it being very low to the track.
Although few and far between, I know there are some (older) castings that were pretty wide and they actually rubbed the walls with their wheel wells and body. The Porsche 911 was very fat and sometimes had trouble on older track styles with higher walls, particularly at the track joints. It's probably not so much an issue now with lower walls but I haven't tried.