Hey, I figured some of the toy collectors here might have seen this before... it's a wired remote control Ferrari F1 made by Polistil. Anybody know when this might have been made? There's no year or copyright info that I can see on it or on the box, and there's no directions or any kind of paperwork with it...

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/ferrbox.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/ferr01.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erwurtz/images/ferr02.jpg

It's pretty huge. The car is 21 inches long, the diameter of the steering wheel is over 9 inches. I'm thinking 1/12 or 1/8 scale. The remote is pretty destroyed... looks okay from the front, but the back cover was off when I got it and the guts are hanging out of it. In addition, the batteries have leaked all over the inside of the remote, and I haven't tried to clean up the mess yet, so I have no idea if I can ever get it to actually work...

--rick

I would guess it was made during the 70's. Politoys changed their name to Polistil in 1970...I think. Later in the 70's or thereabouts it was bought by Tonka. It's an Italian Company.

i would check with the rc guys about cleaning up the inside of the controler or then again depending on the hz and channel there might be a new controler out there that will match it?

ok, ok, fwiw... the reason I did NOT post this in Radio Control Vehicles to begin with is that if you look at what I posted, I said it is a WIRED remote... this is NOT a radio controlled car. That red wire coiled over the car in the second pic connects the remote to the car. I thought the toy collector types on the diecast board where I originally posted this, before it was moved, might recognize the car and be able to tell me more about it. I had hoped the O/T at the beginning of the title would buy me a little leeway as far as this not being a diecast post.

Anyway...

any of you R/C guys know anything about it?

thanks in advance...

--rick