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Mcallister Racing was started by Gary and Cathie Mcallister in 1984. They sold the company to Ross and Becky May in 2018 who continue to produce bodies and accessories for oval and on-road vehicles.

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1992:

Third gen Camaro dirt oval body. Paint job is a replica of the 1986 Helen Rae Daytona 500 car.

An estimated guess is the livery roughly dates the time it was built, narrowing the chassis possibilities slightly, etc.

TRX-1-3 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:59 pm I've been trying to think of something to say, but I got nothing. Bummer. Chin up!

Impressive build. Sympathies on the crash. Devastating to say the least.

The wheel hex

#7444 is the standard composite tower that came on T4's. #7445 is the carbon tower that came on the FT T4's. #9824 is the soft plastic tower that came on SC10's. Kind of a Goldilocks, soft, medium, hard arrangement with the #9824 equal to RPM plastic, #7444 standard Associated plastic, then #7445 ob...

I'm not sure how well automotive paint will bond to Lexan. Bonds fine... some brands just doesn't hold up to abuse as well. When we were in school all our Lexan bodies were shot with automotive paint because it was cheaper and more readily available. What makes Tamiya PS a "lexan paint" i...

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:11 pm Best car ever made..period...not an opinion..FACT!

RCCA advertisers putting some skin in the game on Valentines Day!

The Yokomo ones I've purchased have all been 3mm I've also used lunsford ones which are 4-40 which is broadly the same when it comes to screwing into ball joints. I saw Techno listing their turnbuckles as 4mm then the thread as 3mm and wondered if Yokomo was doing the same thing. :? Other possibili...

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:25 pm Pontiac Aztec. Awesomeness in disguise?

From 1992 the KO PROPO EX-1:

Sometimes... cool is in the eye of the beerholder...

Lavigna wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 7:14 pm ...a tinkering obsessed RC racer with some of the best aftermarket support that was available during the fluorescent period of the 90's.

Epic line.

That's awesome!...how did u do that? Screen grabbed the photo Retyped the upper text Rebuilt the clouds Replaced the question mark with an exclamation point Removed the color from the body Pulled the brightness down to turn it black Grabbed the photo you posted on Dec. 29th Applied the graphics to ...

Sometimes... freelance. Mostly for my own amusement.