My Grandma is awesome: 20yo RC

[crazydave]

Well the sad news is my Grandfather is not doing too well, and has been moved to a home. After visiting him we stopped by to see how Grandma was doing, and she just wanted to talk about moving, and dividing up her stuff. She's an avid pack rat/collector, and has been gathering stuff since the 40s. I really didn't feel comfortable talking about the subject, so just to kind of move away from it I said, "I don't know, you just have a bunch of Grandma stuff. I don't want to take your stuff, but if you got some RCs, or guitars then we'll talk." I said this assuming she had neither around, but this statement instead sent her running to the storage shed.

She brought back a 20 year old Radio Shack RC, that is nearly identical to one I had when I was a teen. I was my uncle's, and his girlfriend had bought it for him as kind of a joke birthday gift. I think it only ever got run that day, and was put away after the party, as there is still a chunk of icing left from the birthday cake on the tire.

My friend called right when I was pulling it out of the box, so I was a little distracted. When I told him about it and he asked if it was cool, I told him, "Not really, 20 years ago it was a crappy Radio Shack car, but now that I'm almost 40 and I haven't seen one in 20 years, it's way cool!" My favorite part is the old 80s F-150 body. These were my favorite years for those.

[payaso]

What'd ya do, clean the icing off the tire?

Nice little piece of history from G-Ma. That's some good looking out.








silla

[sidewinder]

I think my cousin Brad had one of those (it was a Radio Shack/Tandy thing anyway), I wanted one too but my dad gave me the standard "well, you can have one when you earn enough money to buy one" speech. I probably would have bought one but I discovered Cox RC stuff...it wasn't much faster but it made noise.

Great find, cool grandma

[crazydave]

What'd ya do, clean the icing off the tire?

Yeah, I didn't know what it was. It actually occurred to me as I was typing the post that what it was. there's still a little chunk left in the bottom of the box if you want to see.

I think my cousin Brad had one of those (it was a Radio Shack/Tandy thing anyway), I wanted one too but my dad gave me the standard "well, you can have one when you earn enough money to buy one" speech. I probably would have bought one but I discovered Cox RC stuff...it wasn't much faster but it made noise.

Great find, cool grandma

You and me were opposite, I knew guys with Tamiyas, and Cox line cars, and I wanted something like that, but my dad just kept buying me these kind of cars from RS.

... and my Grandma is way cool. The coolest even.

[Sqwalerrr]

my Grandma is way cool. The coolest even.

Is she from koolsville?

[crazydave]

my Grandma is way cool. The coolest even.

Is she from koolsville?

Nah, Illinois, go figure.

[PimpFloyd]

And ya gotta love the box art on that!

Yep, Grandma's rock the free world

[crazydave]

And ya gotta love the box art on that!

Yep, Grandma's rock the free world

Yeah, I laughed at the box art, then I realized that my uncle loved to go camping at the time, and now lives off a lake. That cheesy box art may have just been the selling point.

[sidewinder]

What'd ya do, clean the icing off the tire?

Yeah, I didn't know what it was. It actually occurred to me as I was typing the post that what it was. there's still a little chunk left in the bottom of the box if you want to see.

I dare you to eat it.

[45tr0]

nice find Grandma!

charged it up yet dave?

[PimpFloyd]

charged it up yet dave?

Yeah Dave, we expect to read a review in the next edition of RC Driver!

PF

[crazydave]

charged it up yet dave?

Yeah Dave, we expect to read a review in the next edition of RC Driver!

PF

Uhh yeah, I don't see that happening.

Have not ran it yet. It was left on, and the batteries corroded in the battery compartment. Big mess to clean up. It is also missing the antenna for the controller, I'm just about to give up on finding one that will screw right in, and solder one in there.

I'll get around to it. I'm in no hurry to drive it, it's just cool to have.



Sidewinder, I'll mail it to you, and give you a dollar to post a vid of you eating it.

[PimpFloyd]

and give you a dollar to post a vid of you eating it.

I'll throw in a buck to see that

[sidewinder]

Were up to two now, keep the pledges coming guys...I'll warm up the video camera.