mystery car identification

[soulglow]

I might be an old dude, but this one goes beyond my experience...it looks like it might have been a "toy" car, but all metal parts, real servos, etc. All the electronics say "Brilliant"...can anyone ID it or tell me anything about it?

[soulglow]

More info: The radio is an exact copy of the original Futaba wheel radio (2PL, is that it?) and is branded "LaTrax Corporation" in Garland, TX, uSA

[soulglow]

ah, thank you Prince Google. it's a Latrax Corvette. I was asking, of course, because it's for sale. interest?

[miramar]

You've practically answered the question yourself![] LaTrax sold the Corvette with radiogear as a complete kit. I've never seen it with any other body. The price for the (complete, even including battery and charger, I believe) LaTrax Corvette in Norway around 1980-1982 was about 200USD, just a little more than just the kit for some the most expensive Tamiya pan cars, so it was a lot of value for money for its time. Especially when taking into consideration that radio gear, battery and charger cost about 150USD when bought separately for a "car only" kit.

As a sidenote, I believe LaTrax Corvettes were used in the uS movie "Poltergeist", but I'm not quite certain.

[Big Al(2)]

That's funny Miramar. I always wondered what kind of cars they were in Poltergeist. I thought they were Tamiya Porsche 956s for some reason. I will have to watch that movie again and use the zoom feature on the DVD player.