All,

About 10 years ago, I was friends with a bar owner that owned parts of 3 places. When he sold his share in one of them, the other owners were remodeling and I got a deal on a pool table.

It's been in my basement for just about 10 years now. It's old, maybe 40 or even 50 years. Was an old coin op type, but thats been removed and a ball return tray put in. It's a 6x3 table. It's in decent shape, by now could absolutely use a refelt and probably needs new rails as well. And I'll tell you, it's 1" solid slate for the surface, not pieces, solid. the table comes apart into 5 pieces to move it.

I've got a cue rack for the wall with a few cues plus the normal extra stuff.

It hasn't been used in about 5 years, and I haven't even seen the surface in that long. Make me an offer for the whole thing. You've got to come and get it, and need to bring people to help you. 2 of us can't move it.

The basement when it first got finished:


and now



cue rack (sideways).

 

Is that Spa?

 

Where did you get that slot car track? Do they still make those? I had one as a kid and loved the hell out of it.

Would love to have one or two (maybe 3) again, or a massive setup for one.

Is that a laptop sitting in the track? do you use it somehow with it?

good luck with the sale.

 

Not quite Freq. I've built it over time. Started as a small layout, then I added as I went along. I tried to not do a simple up and back and up and back, etc that you see on some layouts. I also put in some things I like about real tracks.

It's tough to see, but I've simulated the Laguna Seca corkscrew (upper left corner of the pic), Suzuka which has the only tunnel/overpass of the major circuits, and I had a hairpin like Monaco, but it was way too slow, so I put a carousel turn in its place, all the way on the top right of the pic, right before the long straight.

In total, about 62 feet, and the tracks are about 2-3" apart in length.

Anyway - wanna buy a pool table?

 

Timing and Scoring, knowing Gary. Maybe to record in-car footage too.

 

They still make em. Toys R Us sells Lifelike and I bouth and returned it within a week. I chose the Tomy/AFX line from a local hobby shop after. Bought extra pieces on line from a guy selling his collection. There is also Scaletrix and Namco (I think). I chose the Tomy stuff for the widest collection of parts and turn styles.

I also chose HO scale because of the flexibility. I'd love to move to 1/24th or 1/32nd, but the amount of room needed is rediculous for a big layout, plus the costs just about triples.

The laptop runs an app called LapTimer. I've got a serial connection that runs to a set of timing lights (forget the old mechanical lap counter), and it tracks laps, times, drivers, etc... actually very cool when I can get it all working right. It just acts up sometimes. Also plays sound when the cars go by the lights... A nifty feature actually.

 

GTFO. That's insane. Big boy toys for sure.

 

For real. It's funny, when we play cards here, everyone's like F the cars, we're playing cards, then I've got to pry the controllers from their hands to get the card game going. It's a blast with a bunch of people, much better than the pool table underneath it.

Back on topic- Who wants the freaking pool table?

 

I want it... but will the wife let me put it in our already crowded house.... I'll find out by tonight. How much you asking for it?

 

Make me an offer. If its more than $250 for everything, you've offered too much.