Vintage Motors
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Vintage Motors
While cleaning in the shop this afternoon, I found some of my favorite vintage motors, and I thought I'd share.
The first photo is my collection of original Checkpoint U.S.-made motors. Hens teeth in the R/C vintage world. A couple of those bad boys are never-run new.
The second photo shows a few of my other motors, including NOS Revtech 13t and a bevy of Twisters. There's a Wimpy stocker thrown in there for good measure, too.
I think I may be one of the few guys here that gets off more on the vintage electronics than the cars, themselves.
The first photo is my collection of original Checkpoint U.S.-made motors. Hens teeth in the R/C vintage world. A couple of those bad boys are never-run new.
The second photo shows a few of my other motors, including NOS Revtech 13t and a bevy of Twisters. There's a Wimpy stocker thrown in there for good measure, too.
I think I may be one of the few guys here that gets off more on the vintage electronics than the cars, themselves.
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- Eau Rouge
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I'd have to admit, when it comes to R/C collecting, I've been a Checkpoint & early Fantom whore. I can't control myself when it comes to those motors. I'm infatuated with Revtechs and Twisters, too.
As a person, Big Jim was kind of a tool, but he was an R/C pioneer and developer, and built & designed some of the greatest electric motors EVER.
As a person, Big Jim was kind of a tool, but he was an R/C pioneer and developer, and built & designed some of the greatest electric motors EVER.
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Nice collection!
Eau Rouge, I dig the old electronics too. I saw a lot of Checkpoints on ebay the other day. I had no plans on buying them but wanted to watch for the closing price. Wrong, I wasn't watching the auction. Did anyone pick those up?
I met a guy at the track who said he was sponsored by Twister and had boat loads of those motors. If I score some, I'll let you know. PS I'm running that CAM tonight! It burned one of my Novaks a while back. I hope I don't have another melt down!!!
Eau Rouge, I dig the old electronics too. I saw a lot of Checkpoints on ebay the other day. I had no plans on buying them but wanted to watch for the closing price. Wrong, I wasn't watching the auction. Did anyone pick those up?
I met a guy at the track who said he was sponsored by Twister and had boat loads of those motors. If I score some, I'll let you know. PS I'm running that CAM tonight! It burned one of my Novaks a while back. I hope I don't have another melt down!!!
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knucklebuster wrote:Nice collection!
Eau Rouge, I dig the old electronics too. I saw a lot of Checkpoints on ebay the other day. I had no plans on buying them but wanted to watch for the closing price. Wrong, I wasn't watching the auction. Did anyone pick those up?
I met a guy at the track who said he was sponsored by Twister and had boat loads of those motors. If I score some, I'll let you know. PS I'm running that CAM tonight! It burned one of my Novaks a while back. I hope I don't have another melt down!!!
Those Checkpoints were on auction by the same guy who sold me my RPS Yok, and he took them down and sold them as a BIN like he did for my car. He sold all three for $100, which was less than I was willing to buy them for, but oh well...
If you see any more of his stuff and want anything, definitely don't wait. Send him an e-mail and make him an offer, or you won't get anything.
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I got them, and he added some cool decals too. Told me he was a Checkpoint team driver back in the good old days, SWEETEau Rouge wrote:knucklebuster wrote:Nice collection!
Eau Rouge, I dig the old electronics too. I saw a lot of Checkpoints on ebay the other day. I had no plans on buying them but wanted to watch for the closing price. Wrong, I wasn't watching the auction. Did anyone pick those up?
I met a guy at the track who said he was sponsored by Twister and had boat loads of those motors. If I score some, I'll let you know. PS I'm running that CAM tonight! It burned one of my Novaks a while back. I hope I don't have another melt down!!!
Those Checkpoints were on auction by the same guy who sold me my RPS Yok, and he took them down and sold them as a BIN like he did for my car. He sold all three for $100, which was less than I was willing to buy them for, but oh well...
If you see any more of his stuff and want anything, definitely don't wait. Send him an e-mail and make him an offer, or you won't get anything.
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sorry Doug for the BIN on those 3 darn motors, I had to jump on it! If you want one of them, maybe we could make an exchange...
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Asso_man! wrote:sorry Doug for the BIN on those 3 darn motors, I had to jump on it! If you want one of them, maybe we could make an exchange...
No problem. I did the same thing with the RPS Yok, I can understand the frustration. All is fair in love and war.
Didn't have my eye on any specific motor--just wanted to add to my Checkpoint collection. Are you looking for anything specific for a trade?
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Yep, you can't win all the time... like Shodog and his Tecnacraft collection... I have been searching for at least one of those motors for ages and am very happy with these, but since they all "look" the same, I would be happy to trade for one I don't haveEau Rouge wrote:Asso_man! wrote:sorry Doug for the BIN on those 3 darn motors, I had to jump on it! If you want one of them, maybe we could make an exchange...
No problem. I did the same thing with the RPS Yok, I can understand the frustration. All is fair in love and war.
Didn't have my eye on any specific motor--just wanted to add to my Checkpoint collection. Are you looking for anything specific for a trade?
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