The History Of Scalextric Part One (1957-1970) 

I remember when I was 12 or 13 (1971/2) there was one boy in my class at school who everyone wanted to play with. The reason - he had a Scalextric!

My brother and I got a Scalextric for Xmas in the early 60's. What we didn't know until years later was that our Dad and his mate next door were up playing with it all through the early hours of Christmas morning before we got up!

Lovely , so impressed, very informative, so , amazing , , Im in Australia love my hobby , Scalextric slot car racing , Im old now 54 in next month so have help from Jeff a friend so , he helps me a lot , so he into it too , I enjoy the all aspects of it , so glad , makes me young few ways , good for me so so happy and glad 😊

Took me back 50yrs. . . thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooo much for this upload

Brings back memories when I got a Scalextric Set for Christmas in the early sixties. I've purchased one for my son this Christmas 2015.

41:31 looks like a Gulf 917 and even Indytype racers were made (C79 C80) ... fantastic documentary and story .. I live in Germany and my slotcar set was branded 'Stabocar' running a Porsche 904 and an E-type . to me the artwork shown here is most appealing just like the original Grand Prix posters from the era :)🌹

A winner from the off really in my opinion Still enjoyed regularly in my life Now collecting 70's rally cars keeps the interest. It's important to revisit your youth,and keep alive great memories Scale is good,shape and form of cars very close to the originals 😆😆

I’m a child of this era and never heard of scalextric until recently when I decided to get back into slot cars. I remember Tyco ( TCR.. total control racing), AFX and Aurora. I’m starting up with Carrera because I like the more rigid track construction but I really like the Scalextric cars

Just last weekend on my birthday, I found what I now know to be set No. 2 at an automotive swap meet. It was missing the cars, as many of them are. But I especially wanted it because I believed it to be the same set which my brother once had (and may still have) that we played with. Once I got it home, I discovered that I had one of the original cars, the Cooper in my collection. I also had one of the later cars, the Offenhauser. II was also able to add a set of guard rails, start/finish sign and an instruction sheet. The only thing I don't like about this early set is that the box doesn't tell you all the items which it should have to be complete.

Damn fine upload thank you and happy new year! As a fully paid up member of The Scalextric Formula 1 Drivers Club (1979), I have raced them all, Fittipaldi, Hunt... And a Gerbil!

Me liking everything British, Purchased a Lotus JPS and a Aston Martin DB1 on EBAY they are great looking cars, It is fun to see what boys across the Atlantic were racing while at the same time I was racing my Stromberg cars here in the US, Thanks for a super video

I had 500 cars and had to sell them....from 1960 to 1995.... now I'm starting again...few modern cars...but I have 125 so far...I bought 130 feet of Carrera 1/24 scale track and borders....one day I'll build a permanent circuit....so much better than radio control...so much more realistic! I have done 3 barrel rolls where the car left the circuit and rolled in the air 360 degrees and landed in the slot...witnessed twice...I have driven an outer outer curve radius for 270 degrees on two wheels and maintained connection and traction, lifted the inside front wheel of a Renault Clio in slow motion....was Champion in every class of racing in the ACT Australia in the 90's......Scalextric is so satisfying as a challenge and rewarding when you get it right....and low down...you can make it look realistic....something R/C will never achieve.

Wonderfull old school commentary from a gentleman and so educated.There were many critics of British imanagment of the time,but if you worked for these guys you found them fair,paternal and engaging.Yes there was a class system in place but people did their jobs and folk could could through education and skill management move on or up.T he unions were pretty active them selves at this time educating there own with places at Ruskin and the rise of all the new red brick places of futher education,but Britain at this time was country of worn out industry/ machines but not people! Mrs Thatcher's approach was blunt,proably nessesary but had the main affect of sweeping away the likes of our commentator ali to our loss and many an old union man I have not been surprised to find

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I have two Scalextric sets ,one from the 1960s / U31 ,and one from the 1990s C672 Escort Rally Set, I also have a total of 25 Cars. Rob.

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FABULEUX !!!!!!!!!!!

Fascinating history, straight from the sources

My hobby shop has the Carrera line but i found that they do not have so many North American models. I looked at Scalextric and so many to choose from its amazing. I have limited my self to North American because i know i will end up out of control with this loll. The details how they are made is of a great quality.

Very cool !

thanks for sharing moozeek

Part two please if possible. 13,000 waiting.

my father still owns a set of working mini Scalextric we just need to sand off the rust and it'll work like a charm

very kool , thank you

These lot weren’t going around stabbing each other! Lost generation of gentlemen.

I am curious to know how much he sold the company... Fantastic documentary. Maybe because I am getting old.

I'm spending a fortune just now on these old toys, I'm 62 and when I kick the bucket my family will find them and probably toss them in a skip. Sad really, but I don't care.

Hands down this is, or was the sexiest toys a kid could get !

wondering if sets cs41 and superspeed 8 of any interest as 2 of sets i have boxed,

Is Part Two available?

Still remember the smell, faint smell of ozone and rubber

Is the narrator the same voice as the computer in war games movie🥴

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jps lotus f1 imagine the pc on that thesedays cigs on a kids toy

Sibilance 🤭

Like many, I grew up with this stuff and was keen to look at its history but, boy, was this video slow and painful to watch.