Canadian vintage lover
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 6:31 pm
Merry Christmas All,
Just wanted to leave some info here so that I'm not a total stranger.
I'm a middle aged male who saved up and bought his first "Hobby Grade" rc back in 1987. The Tamiya Hot Shot. I used it only for bashing with/against my best friends Tamiya Blackfoot. A few years later he bought a beautiful Kyosho Turbo Optima with all the Option House accessories. Not to be outdone , I went out and purchased a used but well maintained Schumacher CAT XLS and a brand new Losi JRX2. Fast forward, a few years and a lot of RC fun ,to 1996. In December of '96 I ended up in an unfortunate accident that left me paralyzed from the upper chest down. To make a long story short, things got expensive and the rc's had to go.
I have slowly managed to buy some more cars over the last few years. I even managed to get my own JRX2 back and with the help of my friends hands have managed to restore it. My current project is the CAT XLS. I found a beat up chassis on eBay (no rear end ie. Diff arms wheels wing etc). I'm slowly collecting the parts as I can find them
Even though I have a hard time driving them due to limited arm and hand movement I still get great pleasure out of these cars. Just looking at them on the shelf brings a smile to my face.
Shawn
Just wanted to leave some info here so that I'm not a total stranger.
I'm a middle aged male who saved up and bought his first "Hobby Grade" rc back in 1987. The Tamiya Hot Shot. I used it only for bashing with/against my best friends Tamiya Blackfoot. A few years later he bought a beautiful Kyosho Turbo Optima with all the Option House accessories. Not to be outdone , I went out and purchased a used but well maintained Schumacher CAT XLS and a brand new Losi JRX2. Fast forward, a few years and a lot of RC fun ,to 1996. In December of '96 I ended up in an unfortunate accident that left me paralyzed from the upper chest down. To make a long story short, things got expensive and the rc's had to go.
I have slowly managed to buy some more cars over the last few years. I even managed to get my own JRX2 back and with the help of my friends hands have managed to restore it. My current project is the CAT XLS. I found a beat up chassis on eBay (no rear end ie. Diff arms wheels wing etc). I'm slowly collecting the parts as I can find them
Even though I have a hard time driving them due to limited arm and hand movement I still get great pleasure out of these cars. Just looking at them on the shelf brings a smile to my face.
Shawn