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TYCO's entry into 1/87th HO-scale Slot Cars includes six autos: 1930 Ford Raching Rod Roadster,
1932 Ford Racing Rod Coupe, Jaguar XK-E, Corvette Sting Ray, Buick Riviera, and Pontiac Grand Prix. The cars retailed for
$2.98 each and the 1963-64 TYCO catalog is the first to feature TYCO Speedways slot cars. The 1964-65 TYCO catalog is the
second year for the slot car product line. Five new autos are introduced in 1964-65: Lotus MK XXV, B.R.M., D-Jaguar, Ferrari
Testa Rossa, and Ferrari Berlinetta GT Coupe. The third year for TYCO's slot cars was 1965-66. Two new cars available in
four bodystyles are new: 1965 Corvette Stingray Hardtop, 1965 Corvette Stingray Convertible, 1965 Thunderbird Hardtop, and
1965 Thunderbird Convertible. Above is a picture of TYCO's slot car vehicle offerings as of 1966, a year that saw no new
additions to the line.
The 1967 TYCO catalog includes four new additions to the slot car line: Mako Shark, Cheetah,
Red "Wheelie", and '34 Ford Pickup. Retail on these 1967 new releases was $3.49 per car. The fourteen prior vehicles issued
between 1963 and 1965 continued to hold a $2.98 retail in 1967. The 1968 TYCO catalog included a pair of new slot cars:
1930 Ford Hot Rod Roadster and 1968 Corvette Convertible. The Jagauar XK-E and Corvette Sting Ray are the only 1963 releases
to remain active in the 1968-69 product catalog. The Buick Riviera, Pontiac Grand Prix, '32 Ford Racing Rod Coupe, and '30
Ford Racing Rod Roadster and no longer listed as of 1968-69. The 1965 Hardtop and Convertible Corvette Stingray and Thunderbird
models are also absent in 1968.
The 1969 new releases for TYCO's slot car line would be the final group, prior to the introduction
in 1970 of the TYCOPRO line. Four new cars are found in the 1969 TYCO catalog: AMX, Camaro Z-28, Porsche Carrera, and Ford
GT. The new '69 releases carried a $3 retail, according to the catalog. The 1969 group includes a dozen prior releases:
1930 Ford Hot Rod Roadster, Corvette Sport Coupe, 1934 Ford Pickup Truck, Red "Wheelie", Cheetah, Mako Shark, Ferrari Testa
Rossa, D-Jaguar, B.R.M. Race Car, Lotus MK XXV Race Car, Corvette Stingray, and Jaguar XK-E.
This was look of
the bottom of TYCO's slot cars in the 1960s. The original group of HO-scale slot cars runs from 1963 to 1969.
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