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Forum: Electric Off-Road
01-06-2020, 10:54 AM
Replies: 225
Views: 74,945
Posted By Racer X

I had moved on before the JRX-2 came out (at the...

I had moved on before the JRX-2 came out (at the time Jr was still working on the prototype at the time based on a Corvette 5 link suspension) but the 1/8th scale track was gone well before that and...
Forum: Electric Off-Road
01-06-2020, 10:47 AM
Replies: 225
Views: 74,945
Posted By Racer X

It was a resistor wire and also the first...

It was a resistor wire and also the first 'charger' I had. Just dropped the voltage from the car battery from 12v to 8v. Just kept charging until the battery vented and melted the shrink wrap (how...
Forum: California Racing
04-07-2017, 08:49 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 17,319
Posted By Racer X

Originally Thorpe Raceway then for a short time...

Originally Thorpe Raceway then for a short time Vehle's Pit Shop for about a year (when Thorpe went to manufacturing full time) before being bought by the Losi's and becoming the Ranch Pit Shop...
Forum: California Racing
01-09-2017, 03:27 PM
Replies: 207
Views: 147,471
Posted By Racer X

Closed in 1990 to make it into...an auto...

Closed in 1990 to make it into...an auto auction?!!
...
Forum: California Racing
11-14-2016, 09:15 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 17,319
Posted By Racer X

1655 E Mission Blvd, Pomona, CA 91766 If you...

1655 E Mission Blvd, Pomona, CA 91766

If you look at Google maps and use Satellite mode, you can still see the on road track (that was under the dirt track):
...
Forum: California Racing
11-04-2016, 07:55 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 17,319
Posted By Racer X

So Cal used to have so many absolute first class...

So Cal used to have so many absolute first class R/C tracks. So Cal Raceway, MnM, RCH, Bil and Jims, Hobby Bench, Hot Trax, E&L, and on and on. Back 'in the day' it was possible to race 6 days out of...
Forum: California Racing
11-04-2016, 07:46 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 17,319
Posted By Racer X

Thanks for the video. That was one of the things...

Thanks for the video. That was one of the things about the Ranch...every race was almost like the Nationals with multiple champions running Wed night club races. THE best place to race period!
Forum: California Racing
11-03-2016, 03:02 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 17,319
Posted By Racer X

https://rcmemories.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/hob...

https://rcmemories.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/hobbyshop_ranchpitshop_sandiegoca_usa_1986_1.jpg

https://rcmemories.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/hobbyshop_ranchpitshop_sandiegoca_usa_1986_2.jpg
...
Forum: California Racing
11-03-2016, 02:54 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 17,319
Posted By Racer X

Pictures of the Ranch Pit Shop?

Anyone have any old pictures of the Ranch Pit Shop? Back in the day, you needed a camera...and film, and developing, and money to take pictures. I'll post the ones that I have already found on the...
Forum: Electric Off-Road
11-03-2016, 10:27 AM
Replies: 225
Views: 74,945
Posted By Racer X

Anyone know when the Ranch OPENED? I know it was...

Anyone know when the Ranch OPENED? I know it was 1980-1982 but I would like to nail down the year.
Forum: Electric On-Road
10-31-2016, 12:52 PM
Replies: 12,117
Views: 2,397,026
Posted By Racer X

I remember that no matter WHAT the max price...

I remember that no matter WHAT the max price allowable for a motor was, that was the price they were sold for. .05 pink cans were $35 back in the day, and that's what they were sold for...up from the...
Forum: R/C Items: Wanted to Buy
10-31-2016, 11:46 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 168
Posted By Racer X

Thumbs up WTD: Vintage RC Magazines

Looking for 1980's issues of Competition Plus or R/C Racing News (aka R/C News). Scans are just as good as originals. Trying to put together a series of articles about the early days of R/C...
Forum: Electric On-Road
10-21-2016, 01:43 PM
Replies: 400
Views: 82,017
Posted By Racer X

You may only be one guy...but so am I and that...

You may only be one guy...but so am I and that makes two. LMK what I can do...
Forum: Electric On-Road
10-21-2016, 07:55 AM
Replies: 400
Views: 82,017
Posted By Racer X

It's time to jump start this thread again. ...

It's time to jump start this thread again.



Neither of these are alive. There have been at least two people inducted into the RC Car Hall Of Fame (Gene Hustings and Gary Kyes)...but there...
Forum: California Racing
10-17-2016, 04:02 PM
Replies: 207
Views: 147,471
Posted By Racer X

They had a great drivers stand. Thanks for the...

They had a great drivers stand. Thanks for the pictures
Forum: Vintage Forum
10-17-2016, 07:53 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,851
Posted By Racer X

Thank you Tamiya Dan!

Thank you Tamiya Dan!
Forum: Vintage Forum
10-13-2016, 03:02 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,851
Posted By Racer X

Found it! It was the Delta Autodrive. Later ones...

Found it! It was the Delta Autodrive. Later ones came in a black case, only the very early ones came in red.
Forum: Vintage Forum
10-13-2016, 10:50 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,851
Posted By Racer X

First ESC?

I was reading somewhere that the first electronic speed controller was make by Novak but I remember that the first one was made by Delta (I can remember seeing it for the first time like...
Forum: Electric Off-Road
10-11-2016, 04:11 PM
Replies: 225
Views: 74,945
Posted By Racer X

I absolutely LIVED at the Ranch Pit Shop (when I...

I absolutely LIVED at the Ranch Pit Shop (when I wasn't in college). I was there so much that while I never got a pay check, I worked more than a few hours almost every day. Getting the track(s)...
Forum: California Racing
10-11-2016, 04:01 PM
Replies: 207
Views: 147,471
Posted By Racer X

E&L Raceway - Somewhere in the valley? ...

E&L Raceway - Somewhere in the valley?

Briggs Cuningham Automotive museum in Costa mesa CA
Forum: Electric Off-Road
10-11-2016, 03:57 PM
Replies: 225
Views: 74,945
Posted By Racer X

That you have all of those shirts is just WRONG! ...

That you have all of those shirts is just WRONG!

Another person who just stumbled across this thread and spent the day reading all of it. Originally the Ranch Pit Shop was Thorpe Raceway. He sold...
Forum: California Racing
10-11-2016, 01:23 PM
Replies: 207
Views: 147,471
Posted By Racer X

Wait, Hobby Bench was Glendora, CA The...

Wait, Hobby Bench was Glendora, CA

The original Ranch (before the Ranch Pit Shop) was in San Bernadino, CA at The Ranch skate board park (owned by the Losi's).

Thorpe Raceway - Pomona CA
AKA...
Forum: California Racing
10-11-2016, 12:59 PM
Replies: 207
Views: 147,471
Posted By Racer X

I just found this thread and am enjoying the...

I just found this thread and am enjoying the flashbacks to 'those' days.

RIP

Hobby Bench - Covina
Off road, oval, and at one time they even built a huge brick pond (in the parking lot) and...
Forum: Electric On-Road
10-23-2014, 11:43 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 8,206
Posted By Racer X

We HAD a hobby shop that rented out 1/12th scale...

We HAD a hobby shop that rented out 1/12th scale cars for birthday parties and the like...cars were always broken, batteries were never ready fast enough, 'drivers' always going out of their way to...
Forum: Electric On-Road
10-22-2014, 01:28 PM
Replies: 3,960
Views: 602,934
Posted By Racer X

My Mi4LP is currently my VTA car and doing quite...

My Mi4LP is currently my VTA car and doing quite well (actually better than when it was my primary car, it likes the VTA setup).
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