RACING 30 year old RC Cars

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[@Sheldinator]

First !!

[@KevinTalbotTV]

BOOM!

[@williamwallace9427]

You’re encouraging bad behavior Kevin 😆

[@Sheldinator]

@@williamwallace9427 why?

[@Wan_Akrapovic]

@@KevinTalbotTV NEXT VIDEO??

[@Lindisfarne666]

Firdst

[@sw0908]

Borrows screw driver from dad... still has it 30 years later. I dont think thats how borrowing works Kev 😂

[@gatorbeug8059]

😆

[@dstjamesrc6395]

Ha!

[@wiresmith2398]

It is between fathers and sons

[@MegaSockenschuss]

That's exactly how borrowing works. :D

[@GaminGit]

@@MegaSockenschuss came to say the same! xD

[@TastierBackInThe80s]

Really impressed. I thought the Manta would get monstered but it didn't. Good job Kev. More vintage stuff!

[@emilnilssonswe350]

Kev, this might be one of youre best vids. Love these vintage cars and what they can do with a proper driver 👌

[@SteliosRcdrift]

The dreaming before sleeping was the thing that made me so happy in the 90's!faster motors and stuff,cars 1/8 buggy was my dream

[@craiggreen4388]

That Cobra hung well with the 4wd's.

[@ronaldlatosinski4066]

My first rc car was in 1984. It was a team associated RC-10. You Brought back some great memories.

[@princebettasz3945]

cool 90s rc car and good race to

[@FarmerFpv]

Kev, you crack me up when you say the motor has some compression. It's an electric combustion engine. 😂😂I know what you're saying, it just sounds funny, lol. Excellent video, buddy! I love vintage RC cars.

[@armoredsaint007]

Reminds me of my Hotshot my parents bought me when on holiday in Hong Kong, good times.

[@silverdashhd644]

Manta Ray Tamiya! there's also a smaller one for track races

[@longboardguy]

I always love vintage rc cars. I never really owned any as I’m not too old but I guess the oldest thing I would have owned originally if I kept it was the original Tamiya Wild Dagger

[@add2ndedition663]

My wild Dagger is nuts it has two vintage Titan Motors in it and it is nuts. It needs some repairs to take it out of retirement.

[@sqweezzstr]

no need to be old! 24 and got into it last year buying an original Frog, then to find out my Dad actually had one too. Now I have a Kyosho Tomahawk, the Frog, Raider Pro, and scx10ii.. never too young, learn off the roots and enjoy the best era to exist

[@jacksonburch487]

The oldest thing I have is an esc from some time ago no idea but it’s an old vxl esc

[@longboardguy]

@@add2ndedition663 very cool I wish I had kept mine!

[@longboardguy]

@@sqweezzstr I guess your quite right! I suppose I didn’t need to be of age during those great rc years. I’m actually 34 lol 10 years older then yourself. I think I was 12 or 13 when I bought the wild dagger after saving some money mowing lawns. At that time it was new. I did sell it eventually wish I never. But I did buy a Mad Bison, basically a nitro version of the wild dagger a couple years after. I still have it new in the box sealed. Some day I may build it I think

[@AndyfromSurrey]

I recently purchased an original Manta Ray to run at my local outside track in the vintage class alongside my DT03 in the DT Class. Manta Ray now has 17.5t brushless motor & HW esc. I’ve rebuilt shocks, gearboxes etc & uprated shock towers, centre drive shaft & steering linkages plus added gearbox strengthening parts. Can’t wait to race it in the spring when the season starts. I race GT12 indoors all year round & I’m looking forward to seeing you race yours again.

[@polishguywithhardtospellna8227]

One vintage car: violated with a file! 😂🤣 It had it coming!

[@procatprocat9647]

Can't believe they've released my Procat again !!!!

[@HappyDude1]

Oooh wish they were 2stroke gasoline 😮‍💨

[@sevastianmedina-hummell3239]

This dude reminds him of me trying to a rc car. i'll get one soon

[@anonymousmim25]

nice

[@mandibeltran9596]

That reminds me of old race car races

[@masjuggalo]

Well that's nice of him. I would have made you run a silver can tamiya motor with a mechanical speed controller

[@adrianharrison5208]

Really enjoyed that, so cool ro see racing like this still going on

[@DESOUSAB]

I do love it when you do this sort of content. Nice work!

[@Gavs_rc_hobbies]

Thats awesome Kev. Great to see more clubs bring back some vintage classes. 👌🏻👍🏻

[@wylinout2257]

I've wanted to do this same thing with my LOSI XX from back in the day! Man how I miss that buggy!

[@BeavistheLizard]

I have two cosworths.. and a Manta Ray! - The Manta Ray was my first proper RC after my Quick Drive ;) I once made a lad cry in the 90's and won a trophy with my manta rayt by out lapping him... he was way quicker but couldn't stay on the track! still got um all ;)

[@n22pdf]

Awesome Kev.. love all the old Retro RC's great hearing about your Manta Ray :)

[@friedchicken1]

I got the manta ray !! :D YAY I thought it didnt exist :D

[@TheTonester2312]

Love the vintage! Now make one pull a kite or a glider. Lol, I Wana try it, but I'd do better seeing your version first 😎😁🤙🏿

[@hughjanis6318]

Only 9 minutes late!

[@just_inolredneck8319]

Prep your tires with simple green… not that I’ve done it.. on dirt oval 10th scale… after about 2 laps it will handle like a dream..

[@chrisleech333]

Would have been cool to see it run stock and then hopped up

[@B.K._BerndK.]

Cool 👍😊👍

[@lunra]

That ESC rips! I have it in a 1/10th scale 4WD monster truck and it is ridiculous compared to the 10bl60 that came stock in my truck. I am running a cheapo 3660 3300kv motor Now back to watching the video :)

[@somersetreefer1168]

Love a good vintage. Anyone remember the 1:8 Flying Point Probe with the adjustable rear wing or the Mardave Marauder? Still have mine. Scared to use them these days Incase they break.

[@Pablo668]

Nice work Kev!I can't help but think that Tamiya chassis was a bit behind the 8 ball in comparison to the Schumachers From what I've read Tamiya just weren't up to the same level as other brands that specialised in racing in that era. So coming third really was a good effort.

[@icebrew]

yeah, Tamiya was kinda like to "go to" brand for casual stuff kinda, like Traxxas today.

[@Dolmar-Rick]

I miss my competition racing😞... might have to start backup again. Nice Driving Kev, I think my first car was something like the manta ray or was it vanquish or maybe the hornet🤔😂. Then I got a 4 wheeled tamiya michelin pilot escort cosworth😂 had some good fun with that... then upgraded virtually every part👍

[@gazzwad]

cool vid! lke the idea of that. id love to see a box stock race! any tamiya allowed!

[@borutledge2233]

Hey love the content been here so as day 1

[@charlesgraham9954]

back in the early 2000s i bought my first gas powered car. first model to come out with a 1.7-1.9cc i could be completely remembering wrong. it was the biggest ill put it that way. long story short not 15 seconds of driving it i ran into a big rock and broke the right side upper A arm. lol

[@tedscustoms61]

Those were the days 😢

[@krishgamerz105]

Hello bro

[@sammyatthewheel]

When r u racing tomley

[@ZingZingNZ]

The steel chassis is some good low down weight?

[@craigallan6229]

Just been scrolling through your videos and spotted the manta I have mine from being a youngster in my attic would love to get it running again but need a new body shell and wheels/ tires is it possible to still get the parts ie suspension structures and gears?

[@anonymousmim25]

how about do the race with tomley with a vintage spin as well?

[@nobodyspecial4034]

I remember my old next door neighbour has a super hornet when I was little I'm 41 now and yet to get an RC car myself I think it's going to happen soon just seeing how much fun they are bloody awesome

[@FortycadeConcept]

Kev i realy think you should do your own track somewhere. Indoor/Outdoor track whaterver you want. You can build it !!

[@88davidw]

Awesome! I wish my local clubs would race vintage. They all take things a bit seriously 🙄

[@johneebarnett]

I recently found two 2009 Traxxas. A Stampede and Rustler. They have been in storage for 10 years. After a few replacement parts, they run like new.

[@carlosjuarez7449]

Same here!

[@jeremiahsimon6594]

When these things came out, we could only dream of a servo that strong and fast. This brought back all sorts of memories. My first "real" rc was an original RC10T.

[@Prepperfather]

I have an old great vigor nitro 1/8 scale it's old needs sorting if you want it Kevin you can have it used to be quick back then

[@KevinTalbotTV]

ooo think that was another one of my dream RC Cars when i was a kid!! How much you want for it?

[@HarryBunnGRVOTV]

OMG, i have the same screwdriver i got when i built my 1st Grasshopper over 30 years ago & used it recently to build a Tamiya Dark Impact!

[@trevertzxd6199]

Always a blast watching the videos🎉🎉🎉

[@EJ-74]

Love the vintage racing 👍🏻 Nice driving Kev 👍🏻

[@phantom246]

🎄🎄🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁what's the best Rc car on ebay for $100 u.s.d ? Christmas gift limit of only $100 🎄🎄🏁🏁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁

[@SOMNIOHM]

🤩Great video!

[@gothbricks2000]

Love this. Brings back so many memories. I used to race a Schumacher Cat and Tamiya Avante way way way back in the day (30+ yrs ago). Holy shit I'm old.

[@orangperson]

Woo new video from the best

[@savie62]

I would love to do this I dont think many clubs do this tho do they ?

[@cramalnig]

I resurrected my original ProCat from 1990, it hadn't been out on a track since 1991, until last week at a Vintage meet in Cardiff.. I was proud as punch to see it running again 😎 it can still cut the mustard!

[@fitfiz]

Ohhh yess kev let's gooo!!! 👏👏😁😁

[@jr_gat]

I think you should start doing more racing videos. It seems rc racing 🏁 is starting to make a come back. I know for sure out here in Arizona

[@endosrc]

Kev if you want good cheap (ish) race motors, go with ruddog

[@milancheuk]

Wow love the racing videos! Your first race car brings tears! ❤❤❤ Just getting into it myself!

[@MANTA_FPV]

Dude the Mantaray was also my RC car when i was young. I loved it soo much. And i kept in my name all over the internet since those days 😍

[@MRMechanicRC]

I think it’s great that you can still relive your childhood dream bro. Truly made it in life for yourself 🤙

[@innamaxx1967]

First and i love tour videos keep up the god work

[@polbecca]

Tamiya got more value for money out of the Manta Ray chassis than anything else, ever. I never had one; I had the Bearhawk, which I later sold to a friend, and then I bought a Vanquish which I still have, in a very upgraded form! A few others in my attic like my Schumacher Storm, the Tamiya Jeep Wrangler and an original Hornet.

[@darkiee69]

Tamiya had the better looking cars, but Kyosho won the races. And then came Schumacher and broke up the rivalry.

[@rrc_japan]

MANTARAY are hard to come by even in Japan. It is a very valuable machine.

[@wylinout2257]

Not matter the vid always look forward to watching Kevin Talbot vids 💯🔥👍

[@SiqDave]

I remember my first hobby rc was a Tamiya hornet and my servo was a futaba 3003 I had to save up to get a Novak cyclone my son has it now almost 30 years old or more..love this hobby I still have a lunchbox my mom got me for Christmas back in 1989 or so

[@Choccykituwu]

These RC race videos are always so entertaining! It's very niiice!

[@thanumgaming]

Talbot and coffee! Mornin lookin good already! Thanks for all you do Kev!

[@shelbyjackson6903]

I really like watching these indoor race days Kev, It makes me wish I had an indoor track and a Manta Ray.

[@aydinsamp9671]

I'm planning on upgrading my traxxas slash 2wd but with what motor

[@Leafy597]

I really wanna go back to the 90s, the vibe of everything was so much better than the world today

[@PaddyPatrone]

I still have my old Tamiya Dirt Thrasher. Same car as the manta Ray, different body. Was my first real rc car

[@Vincentkassabian]

it always makes my day when kev posts

[@nathanwilson588]

Old cars rule!

[@williammurray1620]

First Associated buggy we had still used the Mechanical Speed Controller. Was so awesome when we first raced it!

[@SyncCodm6969]

love your videos all ways keep having videos we want to watch :)

[@thegasgeezer]

First 👍well it was showing I was first when typing!!😂😂

[@EVERYTHINGGUY226]

Nice video buddy

[@technicalmadman2986]

Nice to see Retro rc, brings back memories👍👍

[@trevertzxd6199]

Love it

[@TaigaTurf]

Radio Shack at Christmas time was surreal. The biggest buggy's/ monster trucks had two 540 motors..

[@rwclapz8502]

Love your vidds kev

[@criscarpenter1842]

kev, we love to see these videos! keep up the good work. if you heared this comment that would make my year!! you got me into the hobby and i am so gratful! thankyou

[@Rc_Alex_76]

Hey kev love the manta Ray thanks man

[@samgendler]

Well done on keeping tabs on your original RC cars. My first was from the very bottom of the Tamiya range (I, too, had to save for ages via a paper round) - some desert vehicle thing whose name I can't even remember. All I remember was how slow and basically useless it was. Fortunately, I had friends who were also into RC and managed to make better selections. I remember a grasshopper and a monster truck. I eventually graduated to a Hotshot, which wasn't just loads better than my previous car, but also had far more articles about it in the magazines, with suggested improvements and aftermarket parts. That was my first real introduction to mechanical things. I remember removing the front drivetrain to save weight and make it faster when racing on grippier surfaces, then putting everything back together to race around at the park, upgrading motors, swapping pinions to optimize gearing, building independent suspension systems to eliminate the front and rear monoshock, etc. But mostly, I remember how utterly dishonest the Tamiya marketing materials were, showing cars flying through the air off of steep sand dunes in much the way your xmax is actually capable of today. But those cars were nowhere near being able to do that kind of thing. Not only would those landings have destroyed the suspensions and drivetrains, but they simply weren't fast enough to launch 20 feet into the air as depicted in the videos,. sand flying off the wheels. On any kind of deep sand, they didn't really have enough grunt to get much air at all, and that's with a tiny pinion and aftermarket motor. But those experiences are why I enjoy your channel today. I haven't driven an RC car in more than 30 years, but watching you and your friends enjoy them so much has been a really fun revisiting of the past. I've been tempted to go spend a bunch of cash on an xmaxx but I know I'll enjoy it for a short span and then it will end up sitting on a shelf, so I'll just continue to enjoy RC cars vicariously through you. Keep it up!

[@joeperalta3357]

Yo

[@divineemma8326]

I love your videos can I be part of the family

[@EJ-74]

Let's go 🔥

[@kimhammerum132]

Give that screwdriver back...! 😉😉

[@rasmuswogensenandersen5786]

Nice i love it

[@BoostedBMW513]

My first rc car was a Traxxis TRX3 when they came out in 1993. Loved that car!!

[@hydrojet7x70]

Thats a really cool video. Reminds me of my RC10 gold pan by Team Associated. Do you have one of those that you could run again? Id love to see a video of that.

[@virtious8]

Brings back memories. Manta Ray > Top Force > Top Force Evo. Which one you got depended on how much money you had.

[@MatteoM1990]

Love that video. A lot of memories :) I still remember some tamiya buggies with The old mechanical speed control... a pain in the a**... 1 servo for steering, another linked to mechanical speed control index. Basically, those old speed control used a long coil wire as Reistance. But electronic speed control changed a lot of things in the world of RC :) :)