![]() 11/24/2015 at 12:13 • Filed to: Nostalgia | ![]() | ![]() |
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:
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?!?!?!
![]() 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.
![]() 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.
![]() 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.
![]() 11/24/2015 at 15:01 |
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NASCAR Hall of Famer Ricky Rudd disagrees.
![]() 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.
![]() 11/24/2015 at 15:44 |
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My personal favorite NASCAR EVER!!!!!!!!!!
![]() 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.
![]() 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)