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Vintage 1970s RC car racing video

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:11 am
by rctenracer
Back in the day.


Re: Vintage 1970s RC car racing video

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:34 am
by a01butal
That's cool the early 1/8th cars were bodied as either grand prix or Indy cars, so definitely late 70's. Good action shots.

Re: Vintage 1970s RC car racing video

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:58 pm
by Diggley
There is just something so cool about R/C cars that look like...cars.

Why did we ever get into the Buck Rogers looking crap....(Losi 8T, Associated RCB, or ANY 8th scale 4X4 buggy anyone?) Sure they're fun, but who the hell ever saw anything that ugly in real life? When did we go from realism to cartoon looks? ..why?

Is it any wonder that the Slash & RC10SC are so popular compared to 4WD buggies? An 8th scale Trans Am or GT class (ala' HPI's muscle series) would be a blast! 8th scale, SCALE cars like those would be great & would revive this type of racing.

I saw this on MIP's website the other day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI4RnN_90MY

The video is as old as dirt, but the cars look awesome (SCALE)..check out the 'Vette & the Lola's. Oh, it's about 40+ years old too!

Re: Vintage 1970s RC car racing video

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:10 pm
by rctenracer
I here ya. I would love to get a 1/8 scale car. Right now the only thing holding me back is the cash . The only new kit that i know of is the serpent. Or i could get a used one and restore it. I see used ones on ebay but the prices get up there for one.

Re: Vintage 1970s RC car racing video

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:43 pm
by mrlexan
I can't get enough of those old vids! Thanks for posting.

Re: Vintage 1970s RC car racing video

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:12 pm
by SteveK
There was an article in RC Model Cars (American version) about Norbert Meyer, who is credited with creating the first radio controlled cars. I'll see if I can dig it up soon.

Re: Vintage 1970s RC car racing video

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:59 pm
by rctenracer
Where they all hand built ?

Re: Vintage 1970s RC car racing video

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:33 pm
by a01butal
By the late 60's there were kits available but back in the late 50's when it first started I think they were built from scratch.

Re: Vintage 1970s RC car racing video

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:29 pm
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
SteveK wrote:There was an article in RC Model Cars (American version) about Norbert Meyer, who is credited with creating the first radio controlled cars. I'll see if I can dig it up soon.
I realize I am quoting a very old post, but does anyone know if this article is in here, or possibly an external link? I tried to search the site, but got 39 pages.

Re: Vintage 1970s RC car racing video

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:54 pm
by SteveK
I've got it here, the December 1993 issue lol I can scan it tomorrow at work.

Re: Vintage 1970s RC car racing video

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:31 pm
by arf