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Old 12-01-2007
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Originally Posted by greyfox View Post
Started way back in June 1979, in the days when you had to get a Model Control licence from the Home Office (cost £2.80 for a 5 year licence) to legally use your radio control equipment.
Remember 3 speed mechanical speed controllers that had wire resistors that glowed like an electric fire when you hit the throttle, ball diffs hadn't been invented and all bodies were ABS plastic that split so easily.
I'll stop now otherwise I'll get all melancholy and dewy-eyed!
im from bloxwich in walsall originally so back in the day 1978 a dog license covered u for everything fishing drivin a car radio licence tv licence 10 bob if i remember arrgh wot days
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