Any "OLD" Timers out there??
01-25-2008, 07:10 PM
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Any "OLD" Timers out there??
Hi all.. New to the board.. looking for help. info and ideas on restoring and old @late 50's/ early 60's "Digital" RC Boat
Dail a number make it go?.. too strange!
Dail a number make it go?.. too strange!
01-25-2008, 07:32 PM
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Hi all.. New to the board.. looking for help. info and ideas on restoring and old @late 50's/ early 60's "Digital" RC Boat
Dail a number make it go?.. too strange!
Hi all.. New to the board.. looking for help. info and ideas on restoring and old @late 50's/ early 60's "Digital" RC Boat
Dail a number make it go?.. too strange!
01-25-2008, 07:35 PM
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HOME. HOME!!
Being 70 and having electronics courses in high school, makes the boat a time machine to me.
THANKS SO MUCH for posting her. Tubes with DC filament heaters.
This looks almost like a early Target Drone control unit that has been adapted to the boat. Early 50's to 60's I worked on stuff like this.
Where has my life gone to ?
Thanks, Rich
01-25-2008, 09:54 PM
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First thing i would is carefully take everything out (radio stuff and such). Sell them on ebay as a collecter's item. Secound replace with new r/c equipment, ESC, and motor or two.
01-26-2008, 01:56 AM
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RE: Any "OLD" Timers out there??
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Did you learn any more about your mystery boat?
http://web.archive.org/web/200310080...rjt/index.html
Did you learn any more about your mystery boat?
http://web.archive.org/web/200310080...rjt/index.html
I'll have to try to get intouch with that club, tho it looks like that site hasn't been used for years.. "Before" I got the boat,
that unit sure looks like mine..
Thanks for the linc.
01-26-2008, 02:11 AM
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Ah, the old A and B batteries. Those were hard to find 20 years ago.
Ah, the old A and B batteries. Those were hard to find 20 years ago.
01-26-2008, 02:09 PM
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heck of a find,BUT,What happens when the line is busy.....[:-],lol...could be one of A.G. Bell's prototypes.....
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Hi all.. New to the board.. looking for help. info and ideas on restoring and old @late 50's/ early 60's "Digital" RC Boat
Dail a number make it go?.. too strange!
Hi all.. New to the board.. looking for help. info and ideas on restoring and old @late 50's/ early 60's "Digital" RC Boat
Dail a number make it go?.. too strange!
01-26-2008, 02:44 PM
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ORIGINAL: kingofthewaves
Will all the problems between Telsa and bell... I dought that bell had ANYthing to do with this...lol
ORIGINAL: mopartybob
heck of a find,BUT,What happens when the line is busy.....[:-],lol...could be one of A.G. Bell's prototypes.....
ORIGINAL: kingofthewaves
Hi all.. New to the board.. looking for help. info and ideas on restoring and old @late 50's/ early 60's "Digital" RC Boat
Dail a number make it go?.. too strange!
Hi all.. New to the board.. looking for help. info and ideas on restoring and old @late 50's/ early 60's "Digital" RC Boat
Dail a number make it go?.. too strange!
01-26-2008, 04:05 PM
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Those boats sure would look neat a major RC get together. Any body behind it would have blisters on their tongue in 2 hours from explaining it.
01-26-2008, 04:53 PM
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ORIGINAL: kingofthewaves
WOW...I've got a (the) mystery boat... too kewl..
I'll have to try to get intouch with that club, tho it looks like that site hasn't been used for years.. "Before" I got the boat,
that unit sure looks like mine..
Thanks for the linc.
ORIGINAL: Kmot
Did you learn any more about your mystery boat?
http://web.archive.org/web/200310080...rjt/index.html
Did you learn any more about your mystery boat?
http://web.archive.org/web/200310080...rjt/index.html
I'll have to try to get intouch with that club, tho it looks like that site hasn't been used for years.. "Before" I got the boat,
that unit sure looks like mine..
Thanks for the linc.
01-26-2008, 05:40 PM
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RE: Any "OLD" Timers out there??
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the link to "mystery boat forum" looks to be the San Francisco Model Yacht Club,located at Spreckles lake,Golden Gate Park,San Francisco...This is where I run My boats and know a few of the "real old timers" there,The weather has been real bad here lately,so's no-one is out playing,
but I will re-print article and photos and re-post on there message board at the clubhouse/museum,will post/forward results to you and this thread as soon as i hear sumthin,DO NOT DISMANTLE IT,or ALTER IT ,UNTIL it's history can be established...(POSSIBLE MUSEUM PIECE).....or BIG $$$ to someone....R.C.Lazo (mopartybob)....
ORIGINAL: kingofthewaves
WOW...I've got a (the) mystery boat... too kewl..
I'll have to try to get intouch with that club, tho it looks like that site hasn't been used for years.. "Before" I got the boat,
that unit sure looks like mine..
Thanks for the linc.
ORIGINAL: Kmot
Did you learn any more about your mystery boat?
http://web.archive.org/web/200310080...rjt/index.html
Did you learn any more about your mystery boat?
http://web.archive.org/web/200310080...rjt/index.html
I'll have to try to get intouch with that club, tho it looks like that site hasn't been used for years.. "Before" I got the boat,
that unit sure looks like mine..
Thanks for the linc.
but I will re-print article and photos and re-post on there message board at the clubhouse/museum,will post/forward results to you and this thread as soon as i hear sumthin,DO NOT DISMANTLE IT,or ALTER IT ,UNTIL it's history can be established...(POSSIBLE MUSEUM PIECE).....or BIG $$$ to someone....R.C.Lazo (mopartybob)....
01-26-2008, 06:45 PM
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LOL...I guess having been established for over 50+years, us heathens and "common folk" are'nt allowed to venture past their doors without an invite.....Iknow some of the "upper crusty"commodores....LOL,and I will get it posted for you and us "heathens".....
01-26-2008, 07:52 PM
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RE: Any "OLD" Timers out there??
I agree with Mopar,
This is a very nice find and I definitely would not remove anything out of it and really would not replace any of it with todays technology.
This boat is worth a lot more history wise (don't know money wise) the way it is, I too did my electronic study back when everything was still working with tubes.
it may be a difficult task to try to get it going and find original parts, maybe even impossible but I would still keep it original.
Dan.
This is a very nice find and I definitely would not remove anything out of it and really would not replace any of it with todays technology.
This boat is worth a lot more history wise (don't know money wise) the way it is, I too did my electronic study back when everything was still working with tubes.
it may be a difficult task to try to get it going and find original parts, maybe even impossible but I would still keep it original.
Dan.
01-26-2008, 08:11 PM
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The "real joy" of this find is gonna be in finding the "phone book/numbers ,and/or deciphering the codes used to make it work....[:-]
01-27-2008, 10:45 AM
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thats a beautiful piece of americana, keep it original. Dont remove or replace anything with anything other than a direct replacement. Many places would be very interested in a find like this. Been a few years since I was there but theres a antique toy/hobby display at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit Michigan. I restored three large dollhouses that my grandmother had as a child (early 30s vintage), donated them to the museum. They were hermaticaly sealed an put on perm. display. Some museums might have an interest or at least be able to give addition information
01-27-2008, 11:25 AM
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Somewhere on You Tube is a video of a guy who has a huge collection of vintage rado gear with a lot of stuff still new in the boxes. He might be someone to find for more info on this stuff.
Yeah, I'm kind of old but not THAT old!
Yeah, I'm kind of old but not THAT old!
01-27-2008, 01:09 PM
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I agree with the others that say not to change anything. I could see cleaning it up and maybe making some mechanical repairs. I wouldn't even try to put power to it as at the age of the electronics it would more than likely go up in smoke. I would look into some vintage batteries to replace the modern ones. I have some D batteries that I may be persuaded to part with.
01-28-2008, 01:02 AM
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I wouldn't even try to put power to it as at the age of the electronics it would more than likely go up in smoke.
I wouldn't even try to put power to it as at the age of the electronics it would more than likely go up in smoke.