Bull79

Hi everyone my name is Brad and Ijust dug out my old truck from when I was a kid,I think it's from around 1993 or so. It's a traxxas hawk2 ,I got it for christmas and loved this thing. What I need is help getting up and running again for my son,I need battery,charger and if I remember a servo. So where is the best place to get parts for these old things? Thanks Happy new year.

rcpowerhorse

a car from the year of my birth wow,
for something like that parts will be hard to find but batteries, chargers and servos are universal, check websites like www.amainhobbies.com and www.towerhobbies.com and ebay of course, can get some good deals on there but obviously be careful

Devils-Reject

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where in pa are you from? im in erie and im looking for local people to get together and bash and race

Smiff 24

Hey Bull79, thats a nice "vintage" truck you have there, post some pic's!
And welcome back to the addiction and RCU.

Bull79

Yeah it has been a long time but the thing I want now is a nitro gas truck 4x4. I am from south central PA Devils Reject. I know I am probably the old man in here at 31 but hey I grew up with this stuff,used to race that truck at the local tracks.

Devils-Reject

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ha old man, im 32 about to be 33

not many "kids" can afford these toys

Bull79

Cool deal,yeah and my wife makes fun of me for playing xbox now she can make fun of me for playing with RC cars haha.

Bull79

Oh well huh?

Devils-Reject

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yup same here, she sits there and purposly annoys me saying my trucks are toys.
and she knows damn well it pisses me off and i argue they are not toys.

i also say if they are just cheap toys i will buy another one.

and i always play games on the computer. and the wii

i sold all my xbox's

LDGILLS

LOL, 36 year and in Pa. So, far from the old guy.

Bull79

Hey if it's something you like and makes you happy what the heck :-)   .  Well glad to know I am not the old guy j/k LD ,I can't wait to dust this thing off and get it going again. I remember putting a walkman in this thing with speakers and driving it around playing old 90's music,I would hide in my development and drive it up to people with music blaring like 2livecrew or something like that and they would be looking around for who's controlling it haha. What memories,so to see it going again would be awsome.

LDGILLS

R/c seems to have been a life long passion for me....lol Man, wish I had some of my first cars....nikko rhino, then the hornet, rc 10 gold pan, falcon, fox, astute, and what I would give to have the avante back....wowsers.
Enjoy it

Bull79

I can remember my brother got a RC10 the same time I got this one but mine was already together and he had to build his,so I want taunting him with mine while he was getting pissed putting his together haha.

LDGILLS

I think I was 9 or 10 when I built my first r/c 10. Man, what a learning curve that car ended up being for me...LOL

Devils-Reject

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yea me to i have been into r/c as far back as i can remember, i remember rebuilding nikko r/c's and having a 10-15 on my shelf as a kid, i used to have the original clod buster and black foot god i wish i still had all those
every christmas and birthday thats all i wanted was r/c

Bull79

I wanted the lunchbox but my parents wouldn't spend that much on me with 5 siblings just wasn't happening. I remember the clodbuster my neighbor had one he used to pull me around on my skateboard with it woohoo.

Devils-Reject

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thats nice. i plan to go to go even more flea markets this year than last, and i see these old trucks every now and again and i always buy them up.
i talk the people way down in price. and get a screamin deal.
but that is a nice truck

sherwooa

Welcome back to the hobby. I'm 39 and just recently pulled out my 1984 Tamiya Frog from a box sitting in my basement, which I built when I was 13. I've spent the last month restoring it for my 7 YO daughter, and she's been having fun learning how to drive it. Needless to say, I've spent a lot of time on eBay and at Towerhobbies.com...

BurninValves

Have fun with the truck. Looks like im the youngest in the thread at 28.... WOW lotta P.A. people in here

silverman1

I am 51 I got you all beat age wise. I have over 22 rc's almost all nitro excecpt for my Baja 5b. Still new and in box and never run. I have no problem calling them toys, I pay all my bills on time every month and only have my car loan, only 56 payments left!!!! Low interest though and great deal to boot.

I am 50 mile slightly northwest pgh. Someday I'll be buying brushless electric but just not ready to pull that trigger yet!

cooldriver385

I'm only 15, so I'm definitely one of the youngest.

Bull79

Well good to hear from all of you on here.