AFX Slot Cars including Dodge Magnum, '57 Corvette, and Super 2

Dodge Magnum, white with red, orange, and yellow, #14. Mint car in unopened card from 1981. This is a speed steer slotless car, but the body is interchangeable with AFX slot chassis. Includes a detachable jump ramp that another car can ride up on. Card has a crease in about the center, and the hangup hole is torn. Very hard to find this car on the card today. Price $100.00

'57 Corvette convertible, yellow/red/orange, mint on card. Perfect mint magnatraction car sealed on the bubble card. Card has a tear at the bottom where it looks like the price sticker was removed carelessly, but this is still a great collectors item. Price $170.00

Corvette GT, yellow/blue/silver #12. Very good condition overall, with some roof wear on the leading edge of the roof. Window posts, wheel wells, and rest of tampos are fine. Lighted magnatraction chassis has dry rear tires.

Price $28.00. Also have one with a body showing no wear for $38.00.

Super 2 clear body with cockpit and driver head, mint on card #8564. This is the same body as is usually seen factory painted up in yellow or dayglo orangeish-red in the finished AFX Super 2 cars. These bodies show some light brownish yellowing in spots from age. This clear body is nice to collect as is, or open and paint up, or even use as a source for a replacement chrome cockpit for another Super 2 car. Blue card has label on back. Price $45.00

McLaren XLR, orange/grey. Fair condition, missing the rear wing and chrome top stacks. Black painted rear spoiler has a crack along the right edge for about 3/32 inch. Tampos are nice, and some decals have been added as shown. There is a small amount of black detail paint added to the nose of the body also. Running standard AFX chassis has orange silicone rear tires for good traction. Price $30.00

Ferrari 612, red. Excellent condition. Light wear to the silver detail paint at edges. Missing the white rear wing. Running standard AFX chassis has silicone rear tires for good grip. Price $50.00

Corvette GT, white/light blue/blue #6. Very good condition, with some paint wear showing around the wheel well edges as shown from light use. Running AFX Speed Shifter chassis looks unused. Price $48.00

AFX Super 2, reddish-orange, complete with quadralam armature. All original parts except for the following: the gearplate is a standard AFX type without the body support tabs at rear. Motor is the original super II quadra-lam. Body mounting pins are not the originals. Gear clamp has a bar soldered on it to keep the body floating as it should. The original braided pickups need to be replaced with standard AFX pickup shoes if you will be running the car. Motor brushes are probably not original. Body has small cracks over the front fender areas. Chrome scoop looks like new. Includes set screw wrench for the rear tires. Motor runs. Price $300.00

AFX Super 2, yellow, with green wire/light green lamination standard AFX armature, not the original quadra-lam type. Gear plate is also the gray standard AFX type, with gear clamp having a bar soldered on it to keep the body floating as it should. Body mounting pins and bottom hex nut holding the front weight are not the originals. Has original Super II rear wheels and tires, with the rear sponge tires dried out from age. Comes with standard AFX pickup shoes, and bottom of chassis is missing the brass cup brush holders, so the AFX slotted brushes fit rather loosely. Front wheel wells look larger than the usual. Chrome scoop area has wear, and chrome cockpit front area has wear and dullness. Motor runs, but won't run well without replacing the rear tires and perhaps further tweaking. Price $235.00

AFX Super 2, clear, with standard AFX armature that has green wire with light green laminations. All other parts are original except for the following: the gearplate is a standard AFX type without the body support tabs at rear. Body mounting pins are the originals. Gear clamp has a bar soldered on it to keep the body floating as it should. Rear wheels/tires are AJ's threaded silicone type. Comes with standard AFX pickup shoes which are good for running the car, and brushes are not original. Body has no wear. Body may show some light brownish yellowing in spots from age. Running chassis. Price $165.00

A Brief History:

Aurora's 1972 attempt to get the ultimate in speed and handling from the standard AFX chassis design culminated in the famous yet short-lived AFX Super 2.

This car had all the latest technology: a "bullet proof" Quadra Lam double- wind armature, advanced timing commutator plate, brush tubes, gold plated braided pickup shoes, side floppy weights to dampen vibration, a front weight with a pin tube body mounting system that allowed easy chassis access, and a clear plastic body that allowed better handling. Nice looking aluminum wheels with sponge rear tires, and high strength magnets were used as well.

While there were problems with the braided pickup shoes on plastic track, the armature and other parts from this chassis aided performance of AFX cars. The list price was three times the price of a regular AFX car, which limited the marketability, but it was a trick chassis that many kids longed to have.

Ford T-Bird stocker, white with blue, lime, yellow, and white #20. Fair condition runner or filler for collection. Right window post is missing. Rest of body looks quite nice. Paint just has light wear around the wheel wells area. Chrome bumpers shine with bumper corners showing some wear. Running magnatraction chassis has g-plus rear wheels, dry rear tires and o-ring front tires over hubs that have cracks but are functional.

Price $30.00.

Ford T-Bird stocker, white/blue/black #12. Mint in box, unused, with sticker label. Unused magnatraction chassis. Car has come loose from it's sticky-mount base on box bottom, but original rubber band holds it in place okay. Price $85.00

Dodge Magnum, blue/light blue/white #8. This one is in near mint condition except for a chip out of the right rear spoiler area, with no wear to the body and perfect chrome. Running magna-sonic chassis has been test-run only. Price $80.00

AFX McLaren XLR, blue, clear painted hop-up kit bodied. Fairly good condition overall. This McLaren clear body came in the standard AFX hop-up kit in the early 70s. Brush painted on the inside with details painted on the outside. Pin mounted loosely with a single brass tube soldered onto the gear plate clip. Running standard AFX chassis has AJ's type threaded rear silicone tires.

Price $30.00

Tomy Thunderbird Bill Elliot, red/white #9. Good condition overall, with nice tampos. Hood has a whitish stress mark present in front of the Ford logo. Running g-plus '70s style chassis with fairly dry rear tires. Price $26.00

AFX Ford T-Bird stocker, white with blue, lime, yellow, and white #20. Excellent condition. Good window posts, wheel wells, and tampos. Light yellow paint wear behind right rear wheel area. Trace of discoloration on yellow hood paint in spots. Bumpers have medium-light chrome wear. Decal on rear bumper could easily be removed with a fingernail and a little water if desired. Running magnatraction chassis.

Price $80.00

Tomy Monte Carlo stocker, 'Diamond Racing'. Very good condition body, with a bit of tampo wear above the left wheel well area as shown, but otherwise nice. Supplied with a running '70s-'80s style g-plus chassis, made before Tomy. Has silicone press-on tires. Price $20.00

Tomy Monte Carlo stocker, 'Lion #8'. Excellent condition body, with nice tampos. Supplied with a magnatraction chassis with running motor, made before Tomy. Has dry rear tires in need of replacement. Price $24.00

'57 Corvette convertible, yellow/red/orange, runner. Missing window and roll bar. Average front chrome wear. Running magnatraction chassis with dry rear tires in need of replacement. Price $48.00

McLaren XLR, orange/grey, with wing. Excellent condition overall. Trace of a stress mark shows from rear view of left side of rear spoiler. Spoiler is not bent or cracked. Tampos are nice. Exhaust stacks have some chrome wear. Running standard AFX chassis has dry rear tires in need of replacement. Price $65.00

McLaren XLR, translucent yellow. Excellent condition overall, missing the rear wing. Rear spoiler has no stress marks, bends, or cracks. Tampos are nice. Area around rear wing holes looks a little dull and has some glue residue present. Running magnatraction chassis has silicone rear tires for good traction. Price $85.00

McLaren XLR, dark orange with blue stripe #7, body only. Excellent condition overall, with some faint whitish stress marks and faint scratches showing on top of the body right side area. Stress marks also show on inside of body in same area. Right side of body is slightly bent inward, but can still be mounted on a chassis and looks fine. This hard to find and desirable body comes complete with very unusual 'AFX Service Parts' packaging, which is slit open at top to allow removal of body. Price $600.00