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Classic Gar Vic find

Postby HomeRacingWorld » Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:20 pm

Locoracer Tom just stopped in for a snack burger and showed his latest "barn" find. Man he finds the coolest ones!

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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby kidvoltage » Sat Dec 02, 2017 6:34 pm

My very first 1:24 scale car only in red. When I came back to slots I made sure to find a few of the Gar Vics.
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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby RBPhillips » Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:10 pm

Wow, really clean - almost pristine, at that! Frame reminds me of a Testors 36D inline frame. Never seen a Gar-Vic car in person!
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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby waaytoomuchintothis » Sat Dec 02, 2017 8:15 pm

Somewhere in all my seldom seen boxes of old stuff, I have a chassis for the Firebird that was cut up for something by a guy I bought a box of junk from years ago. It was disappointing to see the cut marks on it. I don't remember if it was ruined or not. Does anyone make a repro of that body these days?
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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby kidvoltage » Sat Dec 02, 2017 10:19 pm

Yes.
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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby waaytoomuchintothis » Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:20 am

Do you have a link or a name or anything?
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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby kidvoltage » Sun Dec 03, 2017 10:24 am

I did, I have one of the repro clear bodies sitting in the garage currently. I'll try and find it again. Same place also had the Asp bodies as well.

Did some checking... Pattos makes the Gar Vic Firebird body.
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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby waaytoomuchintothis » Sun Dec 03, 2017 12:48 pm

Thanks!
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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby Fitzy » Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:08 pm

Found this ad in Model Car & Track Magazine April 1966 Pretty cool!!

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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby RichD » Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:27 am

Garvic, there is a blast from the past! I have several of those left over from the '60s, I never ran them with the original bodies. Some how I managed to hang on to them all of these years, They were stored in a tin shed behind my folks trailer for a long time before I bought my house and put them in my basement. When a new commercial track opened in my area I started to run 1/24th cars again and the track had an old timer's race for vintage cars once in a while. I never ran these cars in those races however.

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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby Cincyslots » Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:31 am

That looks fast standing still.

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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby BIG E » Tue Dec 05, 2017 1:49 pm

Ya gotta love the added "graphics" on the OEM box. Monsters and doodles abound!
When they're clean, I like to have my print guy make a fresh color photocopy, on the glossy hard stock paper.
Makes some cool raceway artwork for a couple of bucks.
Nice find, get it running and have FUN. Enjoy! -- Ernie :>)
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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby sportblazer350 » Sat Jan 06, 2018 12:32 pm

I race a Garvic on home Carrera and wood commercial tracks, all original except 1960's Candies rear silicone tires and it handles fantastic! have been racing it for 10+ years now and still runs strong. Sometimes I switch the Garvic body to Chapparral body for vintage races. Garvics are easy enough to find to add to your collection. Great box art, a nice series of Thingies too.
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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby waaytoomuchintothis » Sat Jan 06, 2018 12:42 pm

I got the body from Patto, and I am ready to build my own antique. But since the temperature in my slot car area is 18F!!! I'll have to postpone the work for now.
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Re: Classic Gar Vic find

Postby GASSERMAN » Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:29 pm

He found a good one there. Bob...........
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