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madison069

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Those old Radio Shack R/C cars are pure gold! That is where I got my start into the R/C world, thanks for the trip down memory lane!

Those RC has to be 38-35years old, as I was in my late single digit age when I got them. The wild cougar was a Christmas present I got from my parents and then I got the Jumbo Van with the Christmas money right after Christmas so I would have something for my friend to play with while we took turns with the wild cougar. If I recall right, there is a plastic wheel that is slipping on the axle shaft of the wild cougar. Otherwise they are both in playing conditions.

I should bring them down and test them out as it’s been a few years since me and the youngest played with them.
 

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Those RC has to be 38-35years old, as I was in my late single digit age when I got them. The wild cougar was a Christmas present I got from my parents and then I got the Jumbo Van with the Christmas money right after Christmas so I would have something for my friend to play with while we took turns with the wild cougar. If I recall right, there is a plastic wheel that is slipping on the axle shaft of the wild cougar. Otherwise they are both in playing conditions.

I should bring them down and test them out as it’s been a few years since me and the youngest played with them.

Thats awesome, I know my first car from there was Ferrari Testarossa, I think it was dead 2wks after Xmas, then I graduated into the realm of Kyosho with the 7.2v batteries and chassis that had replaceable components. I still have my 57" deep-v boat powered by a hopped up homelite 30cc weedeater engine
 
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Thats awesome, I know my first car from there was Ferrari Testarossa, I think it was dead 2wks after Xmas, then I graduated into the realm of Kyosho with the 7.2v batteries and chassis that had replaceable components. I still have my 57" deep-v boat powered by a hopped up homelite 30cc weedeater engine
I always wanted to get into the gas versions but never could afford it. Now I got too many hobbies to start a new hobby!
 

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I always wanted to get into the gas versions but never could afford it. Now I got too many hobbies to start a new hobby!
I was given a nitro rc car a few years ago. Before I could use it I was 80 dollars into it for a new remote control and servo. First drive I hit a tree and snapped the front control arm. Now I am trying to find parts for a 15 year old rc car, which I finally found. All that thing did was smoke the tires and break stuff. Shredded gears in trans, just one thing after another. Sold it and have not looked back.
 

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I always wanted to get into the gas versions but never could afford it. Now I got too many hobbies to start a new hobby!

It was my last hurrah before I moved into high school and focus changed to quads and cars. I got it out last winter, bought a new remote in hopes of putting some time into it this year, but that hasn't happened. Like you said, too many hobbies!

I was given a nitro rc car a few years ago. Before I could use it I was 80 dollars into it for a new remote control and servo. First drive I hit a tree and snapped the front control arm. Now I am trying to find parts for a 15 year old rc car, which I finally found. All that thing did was smoke the tires and break stuff. Shredded gears in trans, just one thing after another. Sold it and have not looked back.

I got a nitro car in college one of the summers I stayed on campus, my experience is similar to yours, once i got it running, it just went like a bat outta hell, till you hit something, then it was a 30min drive to the hobby shop to buy parts. It stayed broken for years, sat in a box until I wrapped it into a barter for a ford ranger with the warped head! lol
 
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