I'm getting all nostalgic now

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11/24/2015 at 12:13 • Filed to: Nostalgia

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I frickin’ love !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The QOTD had me track down an old slot car track from my grandmother and now I’m spiraling out of control down nostalgia lane.

My grandfather had a little remote controlled car that he brought out when I visited. It was a black Havoline liveried NASCAR r/c version of this:

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We would walk along the beach to a pier before dinner and he’d let me drive circles in the empty parking lot until the batteries ran out. I loved that thing so much that when it broke, I took it home and tried to fix it. I took it apart and glued pieces and made it work again. Then the controller broke. I tried to fix it but couldn’t...so I shelfed it. I can’t throw it out and it is still in my family’s basement on the shelf.

I mentioned it to him once a few months ago and he had to think hard on it before saying, “I can’t believe you remember that.”

Onions and dust in this office...DOESN’T ANYONE CLEAN?!?!?!


DISCUSSION (8)


Kinja'd!!! Sweet Trav > cazzyodo
11/24/2015 at 12:47

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That #28 car is cursed. Davey Allison died because of it, and Ernie Irvan almost died too.


Kinja'd!!! jovimon7 > Sweet Trav
11/24/2015 at 13:21

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Um,no. Davy died in a helocopter crash, th #28 car won many race with him behind the wheel.


Kinja'd!!! Sweet Trav > jovimon7
11/24/2015 at 14:14

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How did he get the helicopter. By Winning races in the 28 car. I didn't say he died in the car. Just that the #28 Havoline Ford is cursed.


Kinja'd!!! jovimon7 > Sweet Trav
11/24/2015 at 15:01

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NASCAR Hall of Famer Ricky Rudd disagrees.


Kinja'd!!! RallyWrench > cazzyodo
11/24/2015 at 15:16

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I still have a little model of that car, Davey was my second favorite after Bill Elliot. Memories, indeed.


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > cazzyodo
11/24/2015 at 15:44

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My personal favorite NASCAR EVER!!!!!!!!!!


Kinja'd!!! cazzyodo > EL_ULY
11/24/2015 at 15:47

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If I remember on Thursday I’ll dig it out and post a pic for you.


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > cazzyodo
11/24/2015 at 15:50

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and i’ll make sure to post a picture of my first diecast ever (this car)