I used to play with r/cs for years.. the lil crappy nikko ones and always used to watch programs.. like model mania and the sort. One episode was of a rally car being built preped and painted, then they went to a meeting to race and i'd always wanted to try it. Needless to say i'm yet to find a rally car club!
We found a poster in a shop i think, of southport radio car club. On easter DAY, 2000 - my dad took me to victoria park (it was actually raining that day too haha) and got talking to a few drivers.. I ended up buying a second hand B3 from a guy who left the club months ago. I got 6 packs of batterys, an old mtroniks sprint esc, a standard servo, radio gear.. loads of tyres and spares etc all for £100 with the car. I took the car home and a few days after somthing went wrong..(slipper and diff i now know!) we called the guy who we bought it off and he offered to come fix it! Those were the days..
My first motor was an old non rebuildable schumacher 17 turn.. i still have that motor too!
Unfortuantly the people who i talked to on the first day, only one of them are still at the club, being Phil the club secretary. Coincedently were they pitted.. is were I pit every meeting to this day..