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One of my favorite AE ads from 1979/80. I believe this was one of the classic ads made by Chris Chan.

--Kent

Nice 1st post! Welcome to the forum.

I 2nd that emotion.

1:12 IFMAR Worlds Championships, Anaheim, Calif.
World Champion, Kent Clausen, RC12E

a01butal wrote:1:12 IFMAR Worlds Championships, Anaheim, Calif.
World Champion, Kent Clausen, RC12E

Hmmm, who's thinking what I am?

ooo ooooo!! where can i get one of those bodies the new 12 scales just don't have that look.....

welcome champ! that body looks unreal

WC1982 wrote:One of my favorite AE ads from 1979/80. I believe this was one of the classic ads made by Chris Chan.

--Kent

go racing with the team 1979.jpg

Nice Ad ! I am wondering where can I get this old TOJ body & wing set ?

karnivool wrote:welcome champ! that body looks unreal

Thanks for the welcomes everyone, great forum! I have a TON of old ads/photos/articles from 1978-92 that I'll try to post.

The TOJ was the dominant racing body for at least a decade. I'm not sure if anyone still makes it, but it's a great looking shell.

Thanks for posting the ad. I'm looking forward to seeing some of your early Rc pics.

Hi. Thanks for posting here. I had asked this in another thread, but since I have the opportunity to get information first hand...let me ask here.
I was in LA about 1998 or so (if memory serves) and I made a trip over to the Ranch Pit Shop. As I walked in, I noticed a glass display case
with your WC 12i car and a couple of Tony Neisinger WC cars. I remember thinking (because I'm a graphic designer or just a serious nerd)
that the colors used on your TOJ body were quite different than what I imagined they would be based on the B&W photos in ads I had seen.
I didn't have my camera with me so I didn't take a picture.

That was a long story but my question is, could you post a color photo of that car?

Thanks.

rraeford

The car at the Ranch was my winning car as it was raced in 1982. Right now I have it at work getting ready to take some studio photos that I'll post sometime next week. My colors were a white car with yellow/kawasaki green/medium blue stripes. I replaced the yellow with graphite grey sometime in the mid-80's. In the late 80's I changed to Tide colors because I was racing mostly oval at that time, and the fluorescent orange was easy to see at high speeds.

Here's a quick pic I took today that shows some of my collection of 1/12th scale cars that I raced over the years.

Cool stuff, welcome to the board!

I think it speaks volumes about this board that we have so many present and former racers and RC industry people as members.

welcome to the board, kent.

Charlie don't surf wrote:

a01butal wrote:1:12 IFMAR Worlds Championships, Anaheim, Calif.
World Champion, Kent Clausen, RC12E

Hmmm, who's thinking what I am?

Ah Ha! now everyone gets it! Very Very Cool