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A little Gary McAllister appreciation

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:58 am
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
As many of you have found out thru your own trials(I can tell from mentions in many posts) Gary McAllister is one of the coolest and most accessible people in the biz. A true pioneer and hero in r/c. Especially relevant in vintage due to his “old school” style. I mean this as my HIGHEST compliment! His paint and body styles are amazing!

“Pretty much everything to do with McAllister Racing is home grown by me from drawings to decal graphics to packaging to the molds for the bodies of course. All of our molds are hand carved, no machining tools or computers are involved. I won't claim the photography is totally professional, but it is mine.” -Gary

I’d say his photo skills are excellent…

He sent a few photos of his weekly racers. I especially like the sprint car.

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Daytona Prototype on a TC4

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ASA Mustang on our MXP Pan Car chassis

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His other hobby…

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Re: A little Gary McAllister appreciation

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:22 pm
by drbelleville
+1

I am always asking about older bodies, and general questions about older products he used to offer. And he is always easy to talk with and to, and the buisness is run very customer friendly.

Maurice

Re: A little Gary McAllister appreciation

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:31 pm
by Hotshotman
I called them a few years ago, probably in 2003, for another Wildcat II body for my Optima Mid and was surprised to find out they still offered it. I wonder if that offer is still good? Yep, McAllister had some really great bodies in the day along with some pretty nice paintwork to show them off.

Re: A little Gary McAllister appreciation

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 6:12 am
by Dirtdiver
+2
Gary is a great guy as are his products.

Re: A little Gary McAllister appreciation

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:48 am
by call-911
Yep, I've recently bought some bodies from Gary directly. Wonderful customer service! He even included suckers with the shipment! :D