Vintage r/c .what was your first

[Overdriven]

Originally Posted by junkman

I had an air powered one too. It was an air jammer bug scrammer, the little vw. I actually picked a mint one up on ebay for my boy a year or so ago.

That car was so much fun, I wore out the pump! After that I was chasing around the 1/8 scale(?) Fiero my parents got me. Had to chase it because it wasn't wireless, but it had a horn, flip up lights, etc. After awhile dad bought me a cheapo radio control car, one of those turn in reverse jobs.

The real fun began when an older kid brought his tyco over. When I didn't bring out the turn in reverse car he knew what had to be done. I soon had a Tamiya Hornet circa 1985, hump battery pack, big hot resistor hanging out back for the mechanical speed control. The tyco never stood a chance! And when that kid upgraded to a Futaba Jx10 and a hotter motor, a 19t went in mine!

If there was anything left to save of that car I'd still have it. Unfortunately I liked to play "King of the Hill" with that one, always having to one up the next guy in drag races. Ended up with a 12T in it, and at the speeds it was capable of it would roll faster than you could blink if you touched the steering at all. Really wish I had a radio with dual rate on the steering back then.