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Great to be here. Name's Roy, I'm an old fuddy-duddy basher, now turned into a Vintage (and a few present) RC collector/restorer. Been out the scene for many, many yrs since I was stationed in S.Korea back in the 90's I restore old motorcycles as my main hobby, but when the weather got too cold one ...

For over two decades 1655 E. Mission Boulevard in Pomona California was home to one of the most historic locations in R/C history. Throp Manufacturing, owned by John Thorp, who made everything from pinions and spurs all the way to complete vehicles opened Throp Raceway there in 1977 along with a sto...

The 2nd kicker is, they put new requirements in place which save on large repair bills, and then do not lower rates. But why would they do that? Tis the way of all insurance coverage. I have never had a medical insurance claim in my 50+ years of being on this planet, yet the basic plan that covers ...

Came home to find Cali passed out in front of a Lassie marathon.

Received this little guy in the mail today! As well as RCs, my other obsession is diecast cars so I obviously had to have one of these. I mean, a Hornet-inspired diecast? Its incredible!

Very cool signings by TA legends! Black pen on gold and green pops nicely too. Nice...

I am one lucky bastard.

Almost forgot this one has signatures as well.

Several years ago, Gary Kyes' son Ken(?) was selling Jrx2 and Pro bodies on ebay and offered to coordinate having Gary paint them and the Losis sign them along with a certificate. While I didn't get to be there in person for the autographs, I'm still honored to have them on my shelf 8) 20210620_1736...

Cliff Lett signing my replica of his '88 ROAR Nats win at the 2016 Vonats.


Jay Halsey signed my replica of his '85 Worlds win and took some pics with it.

Found a cool video on YouTube about Shodog's collection with his son. There are a few other ones as well.

https://youtu.be/D2l2e83ZTRY?si=HlB9mZVft6lHbnnA

I took a trip to Chino and had my ultra molded buggy autographed by Richard Royal. It was a good time.

My wife said that we needed to do something with the old entertainment center in the back room, so I moved it across the hallway and put it to use. 20240203_153913.jpg It still provides entertainment as well. It has an Orb Audio Mini T amplifier with a Bluetooth adapter, powering a set of Klipsch bo...

Oh this build is a shelf queen. Sorry. Forgot to mention. I’ll get it running and dialed in but that’s about it. Too valuable to me to bash it to pieces.