Does any one remember the toy cars from the 70s...

[texas1928]

That had the big wheel in the middle of the car, and a slot next to the wheel. You put a plastic stick that teeth down it into the slot and then pulled it out as fast as you could. The faster you pulled it the faster the car went.

Do you know the name of those cars? I would love to find some, I loved those things.

[AllegroRondo]

1. Wow, I had those.

They came with plastic ramps and bricks so you could build walls they could smash into.

Heck if I can remember what they're called, though.

[texas1928]

8. SSP Racers.

They were awesome.

[Archae]

2. SSP's.

http://www.feelingretro.com/view_toy.cfm?id=15

I had them too.

[texas1928]

4. COOL Thanks...

To bad they don't make them anymore. :(

I loved those things. I like our house, had really long wood hallways. Those things would fly.

[SoxFan]

3. SSP!

Very cool! Thet were murder on floors, so I suspect that the inventor was lynched by a group of angry parents...

[texas1928]

6. My dad cussed a blue streak when he stepped on the teeth side of the pull.

He also hated my sisters Barbie shoes.

[formerrepuke]

5. brother and I each had one.. played with them 'til there was nothing left

..but can't remember the brand name. Kenner? Mattel?

[texas1928]

7. They were fun.

More fun than the Wind up Evel Kneivel stunt bike. I had one of those too.

[Burma Jones]

9. They were Yugos

[texas1928]

10. They went faster than a Yugo.

And probably lasted longer too.

[Burma Jones]

16. And Safer........

[texas1928]

19. My father would say no.

Plus I remember the burns I got from trying to stop the wheel from spinning.

[LostinVA]

18. hahahahaha

My grandfather actually bought a Yugo. It was an okay car -- it went 0-35 in three minutes.

[mikeytherat]

22. I once worked with a guy who had THREE Yugos including the Convertible!

He had been an exec with East Coast Yugo before it all went down in (rusty) flames around 1989-90. And let me tell you, the Convertible was something to behold - you really need to see the fit and finish of the convertible top and it's folding mechanism to believe just how bad it is (a buddy at the time had a late 70s VW Cabriolet with almost no fabric left on the top, and it was more watertight than the '88 Yugo!).

mikey_the_rat

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

23. Hey, Yugos could stop on a dime.

They couldn't make it over one, but they could stop on one.

[tool_of_the_people]

26. There was a joke about Yugos back in the day

Q: Do you know why the Yugo has a rear window defroster?

A: To keep your hands warm when you're pushing them.

Buh-dum-dum!

[MorningGlow]

11. GAHHHH don't even get me started on those!

STPs, they were. I forget what "STP" stood for. All I remember is that some boys in kindergarten had them and were racing them around. I thought they looked like fun and asked if I could have a turn. They said "NO! You're a GIRL. You have to go play with dolls."

HUMPH!!!

'Course, this was 1971. I HOPE times have changed since then.

[texas1928]

12. You were supposed to play with Barbies.

Come on now. Those were for boys.


Not girls.





















:hide:

SSP stood for Super Sonic Power Racers.

[MorningGlow]

20. So I was very succinctly informed, lo those many years ago!

At the time, I just cried. Some guys try that on me now, they'd get turned into a Post Toastie!

I had my revenge, though. I played with Tonka trucks and Hot Wheels at home. Now I drive a Jeep Wrangler...very, um...vigorously! :evilgrin:

[texas1928]

21. Get off the shifter...

You will gum up the works.


LORD!!! Can't take you anywhere.



:P




I drive my Mustang like I stole it.

[MorningGlow]

29. !

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[soleft]

13. We raised them in my friend's driveway. Sigh.

Then we played Star Trek and I was always the Klingon.

[texas1928]

14. We did not play Star Trek.

We played Star Wars. And not with the toys, but in real life. I was always Luke.

[soleft]

25. I would have had to be a sand person or a Jawa

[MrScorpio]

15. I had one too

Ran it in my basement, because it ran the length of the house

Had the Black one with the bat wings

[texas1928]

17. Our halls at home were awesome. Long and straight.

My grandmother's house was great too. She had linoleum all over. We had a blast crashing them.

[mikeytherat]

24. A friend got one Christmas morn and his dad destroyed it in 30 seconds!

This was the Evel Knieval motorcycle one with the wind-up stand:


His mom was telling his dad, "You're gonna break it! You're gonna break it!" Well, apparently dad revved the hell out of it, and released it...directly into a wall. My buddy said the whole front end of the cycle exploded (snapped wheel and handlebars off), and Evel's head came off and he lost a hand (never found). He also says he wasn't really upset because he knew he'd get another one and, anyway, the wreck was really, really cool.

mikey_the_rat

[driver8]

28. Ha Ha -- that's funny!!

I can see the Mom yelling at the Dad (who is, of course, ignoring her.) and then smashing the toy into the wall as the kids watch their toy destroyed before their very eyes.

That cracks me up.

[mikeytherat]

33. I have a great photo of my dad and his buddy with my slotcar set. Drunk.

Christmas afternoon and his buddy (a fellow AF pilot across the street) comes over with a traditional Christmas pitcher of margaritas (we lived in Florida at the time). So here's dad and his buddy, pretty well lit, into this really intense slotcar race, and I've got a great photo of it!

mikey_the_rat

[texas1928]

36. I had my slot car tracks.

But my funnest memory is when I got my first model train set. Dad and I spent hours setting up the lay outs. It was great.

[texas1928]

30. I had the Evel Knieval bike.

I like making him try and jump the Canyon of Death(the opening for the stairs at the top) He never made it.

[Inchworm]

27. The Evil Knievel motercycle rules ALL!

wind it up and set it peeling out throughout the house! Ramps, bankshots off the bookcase, 3 room runs could not be topped! Nailing grown-up's shins! Good times :P



:hi:

[texas1928]

31. I liked to see how bad I could mangle him.

Man we were hard on our toys. I used to make my big Tonka truck go down the stairs til my mother put a stop to that one. I went through a bag of those green army men about every two weeks.

[Inchworm]

38. We were hell too lol

Forget about real lookin dudes!

I lost several GI Joes on sewer spelunking missions and roof recon (tied to kite string).

Hot wheels were sorta safe until we got the tracks involved. We stopped getting the tracks out after we shot a car through a china cabinet glass and dad used a track for the beating :D

Good times!

:party:

[texas1928]

40. OH those hot wheel tracks were murder on an ass.

My mother used one on me. And not the flat side, but the side with the rails for the cars. Man that stung. It was worse that the flyswatter.

[texas1928]

42. My GI Joe(the big dolls, not that little crap) was always hitting on my sisters barbies.

I was a player when I was young.

[Throd]

32. I had the '55 Nomad and '57 Bel-Air demolition set

100 times more exciting than any damn video game.

[texas1928]

34. I had this one...

and this one...

[Throd]

39. Was that the Phallic Metallic set?

I remember Hot Wheels used to come in all those crazy colors too.

[texas1928]

41. Came as single cars.

One was the Ramjet. The other was the Laker Special.

[applegrove]

35. Hot Wheels?

[texas1928]

37. Nope.

SSP Racers.