 Hey everyone Shave Air 1000 here today We've got this big box here. We're gonna open this box up together as you can tell From the title. This is a 1977 HO scale race and chase slot car set now Makes me feel like it's 1977 again Christmas tree behind me Christmas season and all This was either the first Maybe second I might have gotten a slot car set in 1976 But I think it was pretty much trains before this But I'm thinking it might be the first one ever got this not the original one I got But I think it's the first slot car set I got so We're gonna open this up together And we're gonna check this out. It seems to be well packaged It came in a timely manner So let's get this opened up and we'll talk about it as we're opening this up Okay, so I was scrolling around the internet looking at some of these vintage slot car tracks the other night and Came across this one And it just immediately hit me. I Seen the price on it And it said complete But it had issues I'll put it up on the screen right now of the listing and What's wrong with it now it was $18 plus shipping shipping was like 26 bucks I Was $18 or make offer I thought I'll make him an offer because as you See it it said, you know that was complete I'll offer him 10 bucks and As you can see from this pop up here that he accepted my offer and It was getting ready to be shipped. This is is well Packaged very well packaged and it showed up in this condition very good condition For post office anyway, so this thing is clear It's hard to see all right Now open this up. Oops. Sorry guys. There's what we're looking at Very again very very well packaged I Do have him as a saved seller Casey this has some antique train cars train car some Transistor, you know Transformers to make the trains go he did say It's the original box, but the original box is in poor condition. So See here This is one of the bigger bigger tracks since I had the cliffhanger one. I think was the biggest one Biggest set I had it went up the wall and stuff but this one is the race the racing chase and But it's not without its issues. We'll get into that. We're gonna fix them and see if we can't Get this thing running somewhat tonight, I do know it's gonna need they're gonna need tires Which you know it said that in the description on the listing so Monkey loves these things If I would wrap these up in a box and give them to her for Christmas, she would absolutely love that but anyway It's out here Speed track the box is in poor condition. He said it would be taped on the sides It has been taped many many times, but you know since 1977. I'm surprised the box even still exists This will also spin around And go the other direction By hitting the button Wow, this is Very well Still got the Original box that the cars came in Okay, so One of the first things we're gonna work on is he said these controllers Don't go back. I Don't know if the spring is missing Doesn't look like they've ever been a part before But it will not retract on their own they're supposed to come back Second I had a problem with one of mine one time and I took it apart and fixed it But you hit this Hit that button on top it reverses the polarity makes the it'll spin the car around make it go backwards So far seems to be as advertised I can't remember I Don't know if these were glued together Or if there was a couple screws, I can't remember but we'll get into that. These are here Four pieces of garden rail This is the ramp you can go over and then the other car would get stuck underneath When you're running from the cops All right Same with this one. I have to it looks like someone may have tried to pry that apart at one time Right there like I said, I know I took one of mine apart one time for the same issue I think they might be good, but this is the first thing we're going to fix these all do one on camera and then And I'll do the other one off camera It says they do run but the car police car when the back tires blew apart and I I see that Missing the back tire. I don't have tires for this, but I got an idea that maybe we can do to get these running tonight and This one This car here It does have the tires, but they're not want to go well because you know, they're just So old and dry cracked. I can buy these tires for like I Think it was like 10 bucks for four of these the front ones don't do a whole lot But they they would help but so so far It is as Advertised so that's good Okay Does that have a controller does seem to be all here? I don't see any original paperwork Which is not surprising. That's very rare to have that but The picture did show it completely set up. So I'm pretty confident. I'm very confident as a matter of fact that Yeah, that these That this is all here. Yeah, this is a Corvette Sis catch me on it now. I Think if I remember right I remember right the The lights would blink on top of this thing Excuse me. I Seem one online one of these in mint condition. They wanted 150 bucks for it, but it was truly mint There's a little screw there you take out We'll get into this these cars And a little bit So yeah, this is the first thing we're going to try to do I'm going to put you up here on the counter on the counter top We won't try to take this apart. It looks like it may come apart pretty easy Someone may have had this apart before. Yeah, it looks like that sticker there is cut So let's get you up there But he had it for spart deferred sparse for parts or repair Well, I'm going to try to repair it And if we can't get them running tonight, maybe We'll run the We'll run the Corvettes my Corvettes on here. So All right, let's get you up here on the counter. All right, so here's the controller again. I got this the slight over here I Don't know putting it back here will help or not Let me try to do something different with that light. Okay, so I don't know how long this battery is going to last in this light because it's like 49 LEDs or something like that 50 maybe even 60 anyway, it's a huge light The only thing I don't like about it is it does not have a place to plug into you know to plug it in You know, it's just it's battery only but so but my camera is equipped with a Hotshoe mount to where I can get a get a light and It works off the battery of this. So if you have your camera plugged in The light will stay on. So let's just see Looks like it's been a part before so let's try to open this up Apparently it works. It just doesn't spring back And there's the spring Okay, this is what I think was wrong with mine the You're supposed to be a place for the spring. I Can't remember if there was a hook Or if it went in this little hole Believe came over there and hooked up here. I remember right pulls it back here I thought this came about Okay, yeah, I think there's a spring down under there someone may have tried to add this But it looks like there's a piece of work off here like a spring would have hooked on to it But this would be a very very tight spring You get a pair of pliers And a screwdriver, but there's a spring down under here. I Think that actually worked that I think that's just Pressure fit. Hang on. Let me get a pair of pliers on screwdriver. We'll try to gingerly take this apart Okay, so let me get you down here I've had several of these apart before I thought yeah, someone may have tried to add this spring, but I think there's a spring under here That would go okay. This is bringing back memories There is a spring here But I think that just Okay, this brings this holds connection Between this and this Just gives a contact Let's put a tiny tiny dab of oil on this Let's put it on here Not much. I know a couple times. I had to take these apart and clean these I do see some Stuff there Let me get a pencil eraser and we're gonna try to clean this up a little bit here Because sometimes right you will squeeze it and it'll jerk like that. I have used Like two thousand grit sandpaper on these before And I don't have any I don't like to use anything rough I may have some steel wool I'll try to use that to clean that up and While it's apart like I said, this has to make a good contact here So we're gonna go and clean this up too while we're at it Let me get a little piece of steel wool They say don't use that on the tracks either on the rails and the tracks Because you know it could scratch plastic Which it can but something like this it can't be seen and If it's fine enough, you can do that. So let's let me see what I got to clean these up better Okay, so this is the finest sandpaper. I've got I believe this is 100 grit Should be all right for this Burners medication time Alexa stop. Yeah, this will be fine Yeah, this will be all right just Kind of go easy on it. I don't know Couldn't find any SOS pad or fast one if she's got any she's got come out get Bruno her his meds Take his medicine breaks one out on the Corvette when I move the Corvette over I Moved it forward to move it over to the right a little bit and I pulled forward And I was sitting there put it in reverse and all once the pedal just started going to the floor and that was it It didn't pop. There was no fluid underneath it. So I'm guessing the master cylinder because When we brought it out here the master cylinder And she put her foot on the brakes when they went to bring it out here I was out here and she met with the tow guy when it was being towed out here from her mom and dad's house The it stuck the master cylinder stuck So all I did was went out and capped on the end of it and it unstuck and I told her it's not a good sign I don't know how long it's gonna last well If that's a problem, that's about how long it'll last Because I knew last time I was under the hood It was full fluid. It was a little low, but I mean it you know wasn't low low Or I would have put some in it, but I don't want to keep cleaning on this and All I heard come out and give Bruno his meds. Yeah, that's That's looking pretty good. It's not rough. So and also I found this spring set so Yeah, I gotta go ahead and get them out here because Bruno he'll he'll start prancing around pacing and stuff. He knows what time his medicine What time medicine time? Let's just see what we got here real quick There's supposed to be on the end here a Hook like a little plastic and I think that's what happened to mine Supposed to be like a hook there where you hook a spring on to it So I'm gonna see if I can this is what I'm my thoughts are To drill a little hole in there and put this hook in here and bring it over to that I think that'll I think that'll work so I Think that's what we're going to do. So while they're doing that I'll get a little tiny drill bit in my trusty drill out Yeah, I think that'll be fine. This is a really stiff I don't think this is original because I don't remember mine being that stuff and by the time you get a wide open and be really really stiff Also Clean this spring up a little bit here. All right guys. Give me a second. I'll be back with you. Okay, so I got to looking Had to spring here, but I found Another one that's a little longer So I think instead of drilling I Think what I'm going to do is There's already a hole here. I'm going to try to extend the spring out and bring that over down over top of that which it will go and So it'll go like this and then I'm going to stretch it out. It's only got to go that far I'm going to stretch it out and clip it into that hole. I think that's what I'm going to do So This is just single here. This is double. So this would make it longer Now I don't know how well I'm going to be able to see this or you either so What I'm going to do I've got several of these so I can mess up a few times and Still be good to go Leave a little bit of a hook on it I don't think it's going to catch on to anything. Of course, we can always Clip this off if we have to now. Let's open this end up a little bit over here Just so it slides down on there easier Little bit more that should do it. So yeah, that'll go under it over there Now I may have to I don't think it'll catch on anything down below there about right there Twist that like that a little bit Now what we're going to do We'll put this down in this little hole here Yeah, I remember I sent here thinking about that and I remember one of mine did that broke off there And I'm pretty sure I did something Similar to what I'm doing now got this all nice and cleaned up Let's put our spring over top of here and The case I'll show you here in just a second the case Which would be that right there that hole slides down over top of this so that'll hold that on Put this back on all the way There's like this there we go Like I said all that does is change the polarity I'm gonna put just a tiny drop on this Because that rubs right there on that ridge ridge Let's put this back in here That's not going all the way back. So We're going to Shorten that up which I have to go get another pair of cutters at that spring off He's shortening it up just a little bit. So let me get my cutters Okay, so what I'm looking for is when we put this on here that there's just the slightest amount of tension bring Bring this all this contact all the way back to there. If not, it'll Nats It will Try to be you know, like taking off all the time. So Like I said, I can do this a few times And I don't have to worry about this metal spring touching that contact because the metal spring is only going over to Plastic so now let's see If it'll give me some tension. Yeah, that should that should do it. I'll just put this on here This on here. There we go. Now see that's all the way back before it was right there So I hope that doesn't like want to pull this up, but I can always put a little down pressure on there As you saw they're easy enough take apart if we have to it's kind of sticking all right I think I'm going to take a little bit more off. I like to have more tension than that. I wanted to go clear back well See it's kind of stopping there So let me get this adjusted. I'll bring you back. We'll put this back together All right, so I got the spring adjuster where it needs to be except I had a catastrophe. I Brought this off inside inside there. I got it out but So I'm gonna have to this has got a crack in it So I think what I'm gonna have to do is try to get that to melt back together Get a screw down in there with a washer And then I think it's gonna work. All right But as what happens when you're dealing with 46 year old stuff, so it's not that big of a deal Let me get my let me get my soldering iron out Let me get my soldering iron out and we'll see if I can Get that fixed up That's got a good down there For this to make contact. See that's kind of pulling it up So that's got to be there to help hold that up against there. I could Let's try to put it underneath like this like that Put that in there like that Yeah, I think this one I Think this will be all right I have to give it a little bit more of a hook so it'll stay on better. Yeah, this is gonna work All right, so let me get this repaired. I'll do that off camera. It's just it's nothing major Just a quick and easy fix Let's just check this together first. I'll make sure this is gonna be all right My niece snowy just had a baby so Five pounds Yeah, I think that's gonna work. All right I got a little washer here I can put on there. I'll get us So if I can get a screw that'll go in there And hold that on Probably do a little hole in that Okay, let me get this straight Let me get this sorted out. I can check that with my vote on meter to see I'll have to do a little bit of tweaking on this because it's kind of hitting that right there Other than that, I Think we can get it fixed. I'll squeeze that together with a pair of pliers like that Then I'll love that back together. Okay guys, I think I got it this thing back together Shouldn't be that hard to do. I should have stopped it. It would have been fine As you know, it's always I need to go just a little bit more And that's what happens. You can still buy these controllers So I'm not too Concerned about it. Something's not right. My screw head might be a little bit too far up Yeah, it is Okay, I see this this piece right here Would help hold that in So I'm just gonna whittle that now with my knife And I'm gonna put this back together Careful now. I'm gonna put it back together and I'll do the other one off-camera. Okay, so this is that is the second one. So that is the correct spring That is supposed to be in there. So all I did was drill a little hole right there seems to be Doing just fine Yeah, that'll work takes it off the contact. All right, cool So I won't get this one back together should just did that with the first one, but that's all right later on I'll find, you know, try to find some some of these These controllers because I seen a set on there that was pretty reasonable It said it was complete except for the cars because I'd like to get more track for it too So and add more track to it. I'll get a set like that without the cars I'll have a bonus of There we go. I'll have the bonus of getting a couple controllers too. All right now. It's time Let me get these springs put away here Especially that one. I may use that one again Or on the other one if it doesn't work, right? All right, I'm gonna go down here And I want to get the track back or shoot Anyway, I'm gonna go over here and put the track together and I'll film it But I'll speak job because I don't know how long it's gonna take. Um, I May have to look it up on the internet. I know about how it goes But like I like I said, I haven't had one and put together since 1977 or 78. So Hang on guys. You couldn't see it all but it's pretty good size track Make sure the cars run the vent might run with them tires but The police car is definitely because there's a couple different ways you can set this up I remember us setting it up one time Just doing races. We left the ramp out of it So now you can do a figure eight. Let me see what else we got over here We've got guard rails. I may put them on I forget what this is for I can't remember. I can't remember what this is for, but Right now just to check it we're gonna leave the guard rails off And I'm gonna get it plugged in first. I'm gonna take a little break I'm missing one little piece right there. That's not a biggie I'm still going to call it a complete set. It is missing one little corner piece right there It might be here. I don't know but anyway, I'm gonna take a break I Mean the guy was honest about it so far. I can't say anything. He wasn't honest about Other than that one little corner piece. I'm not worried about that at all It's not gonna affect it in any way. So no biggie Might be here because I Shove some stuff around but that's okay. I'll be back with you guys All right now Let's give this thing some power It's all color-coated No way to mix them up Red red and orange orange and blue to blue plug this in now. Hey, we're getting somewhere Okay, let's back you out Let's see Let me see Not getting anything All right. Let me get my meter and make sure We're getting power at this plug Then we'll go from there. Okay guys, so After much messing around It's just a lot of corroded the guy did say You know the tracks gonna need clean and that's the quarter of that. Here's the police car That's not a lot better Okay, but it doesn't sound great. It just sounds better than the quarter of it So Let's go ahead. We're gonna Me zoom in here a little bit and take a screw. It's been out a million times. It looks like it's just about stripped So hopefully we can get it out of there How too much of an issue? Doesn't look like it wants to come out. Let me get a Another little tiny screwdriver Yeah, see that it's pretty well ragged out She's got to take these apart all the time, you know, so and These screws Guys when you put these bodies on they do not have to be super tight You just screw it until it stops and that's it Wow Now I'm not gonna have a screw like this So we'll have to put it back in but we know the straight screwdriver will take it out You can buy these screws put this over here out the way. I noticed the lights did not work on this That's okay Not concerned with the lights Later on if I want to restore, you know, then I'll worry about the light, but At least I didn't notice it. Okay. This is pretty well Pretty grody So I'm going to get some Alcohol we're going to drop a little bit of oil there a little bit of oil back here You can buy what they call tuna kits for these Really all you get some axle one Couple other things We'll clean that commutator off I'm betting I can't really see but I'm betting the brushes are worn Okay. All right That thing is rock hard. Yeah, I'm betting these brushes are worn out But I'm gonna clean them off We'll give it some oil and see what we can get it to do You can buy these motors for these things too, let me get some alcohol Okay, get that down there on that commutator and spin that around a little bit Yeah, the gears are by ready to strip you can buy these gears and everything for these things Yeah, it's been around a while. Yes. It's starting Like a strip there. I think you can slide these gears over Make them fit a little bit tighter. A lot of guys will loosen them up Let's drag more performance, but we're never going to race these things. So yeah, it's just It's just more and see it doesn't want to turn there All right, let's uh put a little bit of oil on it only takes a drop Might help if I open it I Want to put some behind that gear so it gets down into the motor part Then we'll get some on the gear. That's enough there Spin it around a little bit I think it's a 10 tooth. I'm not sure eight or ten to gear on that. All right, let's Put this on the track on the track and see if it sounds any better I may have to mess with the track some more than Hey, let me mess around that some more Send these connections. There's just a little tiny piece of wire in there and it gets dirty All right, let me mess around this some more All right, okay, so I found a couple problems. This is this was loose. It's on the bottom of the track tried to solder it, but yeah It'll stick to this piece, but not the track piece and the the power The transformer is bad. That was the cop car Sound that great either. So let's put the cop car back together I'll do that and then I'm gonna take this one back I'm gonna take this one apart and then we'll We'll see if it'll run around the track. I don't know. We'll just have to see so I got the cars running This one doesn't sound good at all Probably just needs a complete rebuild This one we're gonna be able to see you guys can't see nothing This one we're gonna be able to see it run to because There's what I did to the tires. I just put a couple of rings on there just for Testing You used to do that Quite a bit one as a kid Because you know you could actually go to a hobby shop and buy parts for these things just right up the road So I just was a kid waiting to save my money to get new tires and stuff So let's get you down here. We're going to I Got the track put back on we're gonna get this thing plugged back in We're gonna see if it'll make it all the way around the track. So it does work And it doesn't need work, but Need to get a couple parts these controllers are crap and of course I need tires Try to make it reverse it's clean Let's get going and then we'll Let it run a few laps these has this has those Overings there's a little rubber overings on it for the tires as you can tell But I thought you know to try this thing out. It'd be fun. I think there's a break in these wires somewhere That's why me and my brother used to take the ramp out a lot So white cars not it needs it needs more That's why I think the wires are Kind of probably got a break to one of them. I mean I check them For continuity and they hit continuity, but you hold this a certain way It'll go. All right. I'm in my surround with this and I'll be back with you Okay guys, so I'm very happy with this. I know what parts I need needs tires controller seem to be okay But I think it's this This one piece of track right here. I Think that has an issue. Also the police car did have a brush give out in the motor So that's not a big deal. I get motors and brushes and stuff like that pretty cheap So but I know what I need to get and there'll be other videos on this because I'm gonna get this running and Get these cars going around the track like they're supposed to I had to Had the police car going around pretty good And I did about 15 laps. I was getting ready kick you guys on and start slowing down Slowing down slowing down and finally nothing this one is running better. It's running. Okay now, but So yeah, it's pretty late now. So I'm gonna go ahead and clean up my mess. Thanks for watching guys. So I'm really happy with this Yeah, I got a pretty good deal on that one. I would say so you all have to put a little money into but not the major so When I get done, you know, it's going to be a hundred dollar track So I gave $10 for it. So, you know, if I put another 30 in and I'll be into it for 40 bucks I'm still want to have a hundred dollar track. So Maybe even more, you know, because these these tracks keep going up in price So anyway, thanks for watching guys appreciate it. Shea Berry the mint the man alleged and gone for now And we'll see you guys in the next one Thanks for watching guys. Bye. Bye and take care