Tuesday 27th March 2012

Scalextric-in-a-917 is a whole lot of wonderful

Like Transformers, only with slot car tracks instead of aliens...

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If there's one thing that's guaranteed to get us running around like over-excited children after too many E numbers it's Scalextric sets. Or, to be more accurate and less brand-dependent, slot car sets.

And this is without a doubt the coolest slot car track ever, created by US company Slot Mods. "So where's your new Scalextric set?" a friend might ask. "Oh, it's inside my Porsche 917..." you reply nonchalantly, lifting up the body of your full-size Porsche 917 rep to reveal a 1:32-scale wooden slot car track, complete with handmade period ads, aluminium Armco and everything.

The 917 itself, meanwhile, rolling aluminium three-piece centre-lock wheels in the original style and working lights front and rear. We have only three words to say on this: Best. Toy. Ever.

There's no word on the price, as each Slot Mods track is tailored to each customer, but you can be fairly certain it isn't going to be cheap...

[Jonny1984]

Going on my "Must But if I Win the Lottery List"!

That is brilliant

[chunkymonkey71]

I want that!

[DJRC]

And people get paid to produce those??

Id do that for free tea and biccies!!!

My new favourite company

[C2james]

I love that!

[MogulBoy]

Good job that it isn't Merc. shaped, or those crushingly boring German lawyers would be 'round before you can say schadenfreude.

[Vocal Minority]

Coolest

Thing

Ever.

End of.

[Rumblestripe]

That is so cool, I just got frost bite off my mouse.

Want, need, want, need, want, need, want... dribble

[Mark-C]

MogulBoy said:

Good job that it isn't Merc. shaped, or those crushingly boring German lawyers would be 'round before you can say schadenfreude.

It would probably also flip over ....

[uncle tez]

I wonder if you can have any other cars if you didnt want a 917 ?. I like the track in the video but i love the name of it even more. "The slag raceway". Sounds like the gumball rally set in Benidorm.

[JJ78]

Vocal Minority said:

Coolest

Thing

Ever.

End of.

^^^ this!! 8)

[Dave Hedgehog]

JJ78 said:

Vocal Minority said:

Coolest

Thing

Ever.

End of.

^^^ this!! 8)

yes

must have

[PascalBuyens]

I beg to differ...

I'd prefer a real 917 as a toy

[KrazyIvan]

Oh wow, i'll take mine in a Audi Quattro Rally car, with a rally stage in the middle though

[Motorrad]

I want a Nordschleife version, with two ratty caged Opels to race on it, inside a HGV shell..............

[Graebob]

Can't be too hard to recreate this with a bit of graft. Buy a knackered shell, cut in half, gut, strengthen, build....

Wow, maybe it is difficult :|

[iain1970]

It must just be me that thought "Is that it?" when I played Scalextric as a kid.

[Amizade]

How long before Porsche seize and crush it for breach of copyright/trademark/etc ?

Edited by Amizade on Tuesday 27th March 15:06

[will261058]

Sub-zero and letter is in to Santa. Would look fantastic in the garage next to your real car even if you never opened it up!

[Mr E]

[thewheelman]

Love that!