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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 08:57 AM
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Can you name, without researching or looking up on the web, what buttons on the steering wheel did what? Hint: there were 7 in all...let the games begin!!

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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 08:59 AM
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Originally posted by Lips2000
Can you name, without researching or looking up on the web, what buttons on the steering wheel did what? Hint: there were 7 in all...let the games begin!!

Mark
dang....I don't remember the buttons that corresponded with the action ... but I remember the to short ski looking things that shot the car up in the air for jumps across cliffs....hmmm...and didn't one seal his cockpit up to go underwater....
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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 09:30 AM
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1- Cockpit Bulletproof Glass Cover
2- Saw Blades for cutting trees @ bumper level
3- Steel Belts around tires
4- Homing Pigeon
5- Underwater Conversion (Cockpit From #1, Tires go inside fenderwell )
6- Oil Spray
7- Ski Jumpers ala DropTop

I give up! What are they?
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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 09:32 AM
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I'll add one to drop top's list.

1 - enables the "jumping" mechanism
2 - cockpit seal for underwater ventures
3 - luanches the mechanical bird
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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 10:13 AM
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Originally posted by Phantom
I'll add one to drop top's list.

1 - enables the "jumping" mechanism
2 - cockpit seal for underwater ventures
3 - luanches the mechanical bird
There's a mechanical bird? How often did they use that?
Man, I'm gettin' old.....
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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 10:24 AM
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hmmm...

There was: the flying bird thingy, the service jacks that were also used for jumping, the skis, top up, underwater mode, the saw blades. Just my guesses. I have the toy at home. I'll have to look later on.

"Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Goooooooooo!"

Remeber the Alpha Team techno-like remix of the song? Heh...

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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 11:01 AM
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I don't have the blueprints handy at the moment


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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 11:13 AM
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Well...first of all...the buttons were labeled with letters, not numbers so nobody's even getting close...

Joe, you're doing great until the oil slick (???) response.

Where did everybody get skis from??? The Mach 5 was NOT a downhill racer!

Belted tires is good...
Homing pigeon is good (bonus for the person who can tell me the add on function and letter designation for this!!)
Sealed cockpit is good
Underwater is good
Saws even work
Everyone remembers the jack/jumping function...

Come on people...you're missing one simple function!

Also...try to get the letters to the function. There is a method to the madness.

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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 11:13 AM
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Originally posted by InsaniT
hmmm...

There was: the flying bird thingy, the service jacks that were also used for jumping, the skis, top up, underwater mode, the saw blades. Just my guesses. I have the toy at home. I'll have to look later on.

"Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Goooooooooo!"

Remeber the Alpha Team techno-like remix of the song? Heh...

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Oh, I'm gonna have to find a copy of that...haha...thanks for reminding me...
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Old Nov 6, 2001 | 11:14 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lips2000
[B]Well...first of all...the buttons were labeled with letters, not numbers so nobody's even getting close...

Joe, you're doing great until the oil slick (???) response.

Where did everybody get skis from??? The Mach 5 was NOT a downhill racer!
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