Miniature Grand Prix

This is what we did before video games.

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Posted By: Paul - Mon May 02, 2016
Category: Games | Toys | 1960s | Cars

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I was into slot cars & helped build an 89ft track so.. what were those steering wheels for? The only control you had was speed.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 05/02/16 at 09:52 AM

@Expat47
I was thinking the same thing. Where we raced, you needed your own controller. If you weren't racing, you were in the cutout hollows to help put cars back on the track.

Posted by GFinKS on 05/02/16 at 02:36 PM

My guess is that the steering wheels were put there to make them feel more like they are driving a car. But dumb, because it would divide your attention from the real control, speed.

Posted by Virtual on 05/02/16 at 07:49 PM

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