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[Larry Labounty]

Robin Reninger race at Clemton Raceway in N.J

[MSwiss]

 

In the scrap metal industry "clean" means no mixed metals (aluminum & steel or copper & iron for instance), consistent size, no excess oils or coolant. The box you showed is "clean".

 

Make sure to save the tungsten! WC(tungsten carbide) is getting beyond $12/pound now and it doesn't take much to make a pound....

I buy the tungsten pieces fabricated to the correct size.

 

I made a few dozen(?) tungsten guides, early on, cutting it to shape.

 

Never again.
 

[MSwiss]

Robin Reninger race at Clemton Raceway in N.J

That was going to be a guess of mine, but I assumed he would go by R & S Products.

[Larry Labounty]

That was going to be a guess of mine, but I assumed he would go by R & S Products.

 Mike, I think you may be right on the R@S as that was the label he used on his painted bodies.

[nicky 65]

 Mike, I think you may be right on the R@S as that was the label he used on his painted bodies.

No ................No ....................NO

[nicky 65]

You guys are thinking way too hard on this one ......................Its fairly easy.

I cant believe some of the old time racers have not gotten this one.................................Ill give you guys a hint .....................If you haven't seen these before .................and they just resurfaced. THEN ??????

 

PS............You must post your answer here ...............No private message. We need everyone to see who gave the correct answer.

[Pappy]

Nick, this is just a wild guess. I didn't know Tony P. and don't know where he was from but I'm going to say Tony P. from way back. But I don't know how your clue fits Tony P..

[jimht]

You guys are thinking way too hard on this one ......................Its fairly easy.

I cant believe some of the old time racers have not gotten this one.................................Ill give you guys a hint .....................If you haven't seen these before .................and they just resurfaced. THEN ??????

 

PS............You must post your answer here ...............No private message. We need everyone to see who gave the correct answer.

 

So, Buzzy?

[John Streisguth]

Lake Hiawatha is next to Parsippany in NJ, quite a ways away from NYC and most of the "PRO" tracks, if these are from the 60's.  That's why I guessed something to do with O'Dowds since that raceway was maybe 6 or 7 miles away.   In the 90's there was supplier of HO scale racing parts named Rabbit Racing, but he was from the Camden NJ area, so I doubt there's any connection.

 

How about a clue or two?  Doesn't seem anyone remembers this outfit.  

 

Unless it's from the 80's-90's....then maybe a connection to Zeppelin Hobbies? I'm just going by what raceways were near Lake Hiawatha

[Half Fast]

A puzzle for the ages and aged!

 

Cheers

[Isaac S.]

Your clue does make it sound like Buzzy made them, but as John S. said a ways away from NYC.

[Bill from NH]

Speed Star Distributing, an outgrowth from FERRET.

[Isaac S.]

Wouldn't they also be from NYC? 

[Bill from NH]

They were located on Long Island & Florida, Their ancient website was still online 20+ years after they closed, but now it's gone.

[nicky 65]

Nick, this is just a wild guess. I didn't know Tony P. and don't know where he was from but I'm going to say Tony P. from way back. But I don't know how your clue fits Tony P..

its not Tony P

[nicky 65]

 

So, Buzzy?

WINNER

[nicky 65]

So ...........we have a winner in Jim Honeycut who was the first one to guess Buzzy.

The story goes that Buzzy used to buy the braid in bulk and repackage it under the Rabbit name ....................Hiawatha NJ address was used because it was his Brother's address. 

There were many slot car products under the Rabbit name ............i actually have the whole price sheet for the company .............Ill post it tomorrow..

[John Streisguth]

Interesting trivia, for sure...

[bradblohm]

Great stuff Nicky!  I was going to guess that the address was where Deloris was from.  I saw the Rabbit spacers but looking forward to his complete list of parts.

[Dave Crevie]

So ...........we have a winner in Jim Honeycut who was the first one to guess Buzzy.

The story goes that Buzzy used to buy the braid in bulk and repackage it under the Rabbit name ....................Hiawatha NJ address was used because it was his Brother's address. 

There were many slot car products under the Rabbit name ............i actually have the whole price sheet for the company .............Ill post it tomorrow..

 

But have we determined where Buzzy got the braids to re-package?

[nicky 65]

 

But have we determined where Buzzy got the braids to re-package?

That we do not know ..............................unfortunately........Buzzy took a lot of secrets to the grave.

There are lot of unanswered questions about what was in the basement.................we have the goods..............we dont have the story to go along with it.

I constantly asked him to take me down the basement..............to no avail. I should have pressed it more .

[Pappy]

One time I said to (REH) Bob Haines' daughter Kim that I heard Bob had a huge slot car collection. She just laughed and said "yeah, but he doesn't know where it is".