Note: Offering 2 of the Small 1965 Strombecker Slot Car Chrome Wire Wheels with center ridge with Axles (splines in middle)  Wheels are 19/32" Tall X 3/6" Wide and Axle with wheels mounted is 1 7/8" Wide Overall.  New Old Stock.  1/32 scale.

1965:  Centered retaining ridge really boosts performance.  This unique wheel design is developed hand-in-hand with Strombecker's new grooved-center tire.

These Center Ridge Chrome Wire Wheels were used on Cars Listed Below.

1968 Chevy Corvette Sting Ray,
Chevy Camaro Z28,
Dodge Pick-up, 1969
Dodge Coronet 440 or
Coronet 500,
1969 Plymouth, 
1969 Dodge Charger,
1963 Ford Thunder Bird,
1964 Chevrolet Chevy,
1965 Ford Mustang GT 350 Fastback,
1967 Ford J Fast Back,
Ferrari Testa Rosa,
Ferrari P3 Fastback,
Pontiac Bonneville, 
Chevy Chaparral 2D Coupe,
Chaparral Roadster,
Porsche Carrera  Fastback ,
1961 Porsche RSK,
Dune Buggy,
VW Super Bug,
Ford GT Roadster,
Lotus 23 Roadster,
Astro #3220, Cirrus #3221,

"Chrome Smaller Ridge Wheels were used on Front of Indy Lotus Ford #3711 with Larger Ridge Wheels on Rear" 
 
STROMBECKER *
This toy maker from Chicago, Illinois, was the first in the USA to follow Scalextric’s footsteps.  They had been making 1/24 and 1/32, electric-powered scale models, and many had been converted to slot racing use by pioneering enthusiasts. The Dowst Manufacturing Company, makers of the famous Tootsietoy die-cast toy line, acquired Strombeck-Becker in 1957, and Model Road & Racing in 1962. Strombeck-Becker had been making balsa wood airplane kits. The new Strombecker company made the critical decision to produce home racing sets to compete, at much lower prices, with Scalextric and later, other burgeoning American concerns such as Marx, Gilbert or Lionel.
Ed McKeevey was hired by the Shure brothers, and directed the sales to department stores and hobby distributors.
Their first car was a modified version of the battery-powered Maserati 250F, followed by a D-type Jaguar and a Ferrari TR, both with one-piece bodies and “full” interior, with separated driver. A small 3-spoke steering wheel was also present. The chassis was a white nylon affair in which the Mabuchi 3-volt motor was fitted with a rubber coupling and a long drive shaft for “better” weight distribution. Sold in sets with colorful box tops, they were very successful and quickly took the largest share of the market. A whole line of new models quickly followed, all fitted to the same basic chassis that evolved into a complex array of variations.  These 1959 cars were quickly replaced by a beefier 6-volt motor with a long built-in shaft, and eventually by the well-known Mabuchi 15R, also with the long shaft.
 
My Dad owned a Hobby Shop that closed in the early 1970's, and he kept some of the more interesting slot cars and accessories from that era.  The items I am listing are in most cases, near new or gently used.  I have taken many pictures to show every angle and have tried to describe all features and/or flaws to the best of my ability.  Please email with any questions specific to something I may have missed. Please check my other listings as I will be selling many cars, accessories and track in all three scales-- HO, 1/32nd, and 1/24th.  If you don't see the car or part you are looking for, please email me.  If I have it, I will list it for you.  Many of the items in my inventory  are  NEW OLD STOCK.

These items come from a non-smoking environment.


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