2.2 Vintage Racer

[aeiou]

I started building this thing about a year ago and it was going to be my ’09 VONATs car. I’d stopped working on it when I realized I wasn’t going to make it, but I thought I’d go ahead and finish it before moving on to another project. I suppose it'll be the '10 car, and/or whatever might pop up between now and then.

It’s a collection of new and used parts, with some custom pieces thrown it for good measure. It follows the old-but-new concept with the 2.2 wheels & tires, B44 CVAs and such, but I wanted this build to be all vintage and authentic everywhere else (I’ll be changing out the threaded shocks).

The Andy’s pro graphite chassis is unused, but I’m pretty sure it started out as a wide-front buggy chassis that someone modified (rather poorly) and drilled some ugly extra holes. I was able to straighten it out and get it to work. Adding the Composite Craft world’s upper deck makes it a super-rigid setup. It has the RPM world’s a-arms, rear hubs and some other little bits, and the rest is mostly Andy’s stuff. I made the front shock tower and transmission brace out of a damaged Andy’s molded truck chassis.

One of the tougher parts of this build was finding a body that fit the Andy’s chassis. An Andy’s body wasn’t turning up, but I figured out that the Protech IV for the YZ-10 worked pretty well and it has that lowered look I wanted. I’m attempting to paint the Mr. Lexan repro lid myself, so wish me luck. I’ll post up some more photos once it’s all done.

[tizeye]

Wow that is very nice..that body looks great..

[scr8p]

nice job, paul.

[DerbyDan]

Love how you've got the 'Andy's' logo on the back of the custom shock mount... very very subtle &

The whole build looks 1st class - I hope you get round to using it in anger There's a few RC10 based project cars on here that incorperate period & new-skool upgrades & they all look so fresh & certainly look more than a match for any of the latest release buggies.

[Brandon G]

Nice job! I like the look of the YZ-10 body on the buggy. Very mean looking...

[jsrracing]

nice

any more detail on that front end steering rack would be way cool .

[m_vice]

That looks awesome aeiou.
What is the motor plate and guard? Did you anodize them?
Love the body, I was thinking of doing the same thing. Let us know how it works out for you and post some more pics of it when you get a chance.

Excellent work.

[Asso_man!]

Looks awesome Paul, let's us know if it handles better or worse that your other "modernised" '10.

[aeiou]

Thanks for the compliments, guys.

I may actually get a chance to race this one soon. I just discovered a track that opened recently pretty close by (http://turtletraxraceway.com/) – and they are racing electrics! There’s a race weekend coming up, and I’m going to do my best to get over there. They are also racing a Slash class, and my son is pretty excited about getting in on that action.

What is the motor plate and guard? Did you anodize them?

The motor plate and guard are Associated (the guard is actually from RPM via AE) that I had anodized.

any more detail on that front end steering rack would be way cool .

The steering rack is an original Andy’s 3457 rack steering system. It took a little tweaking to get it to operate smoothly, combined with that secret black substance my son and I used on his pinewood derby car.

Love how you've got the 'Andy's' logo on the back of the custom shock mount...

...certainly look more than a match for any of the latest release buggies.

The Andy’s logo ending up where it did was actually a nice coincidence. That was the only way I could cut that piece out and avoid the other holes and irregularities on the chassis.

I plan to run this against the modern stuff, but my goal is just to finish a race. But if I can keep it on all fours, who knows.

[Charlie don't surf]

Whoa, that is a tad too sharp to actually race--but it might just be too fast not to

[MOmo]

Paul,


Looks awesome sir! I toyed around with trying to do something similar. I wanted to pick up a sheet of CF through my local performance shop (for cars) and trace the "Stealth" car chassis out and make a top plate similar to what you've used. All my projects have taken a back seat for the time being.

Nice job. Can't wait to see it dirty.



MOmo

[Mr. ED]

Nice job! I like the look of the YZ-10 body on the buggy. Very mean looking...

X2

[SteveK]

Have you got a length for those standoffs for the upper deck, and a pic of how it mates to the rear bulkhead?

[scr8p]

Have you got a length for those standoffs for the upper deck, and a pic of how it mates to the rear bulkhead?

they're as tall as the bulkheads battery box. to attach it at the bulkhead, you just need to drill 2 holes from the top down. the screws will go through the beefy part of the bulkhead inside the pocket, where the screws go in from the side if you were attaching it to a tub chassis.

[SteveK]

Have you got a length for those standoffs for the upper deck, and a pic of how it mates to the rear bulkhead?

they're as tall as the bulkheads battery box. to attach it at the bulkhead, you just need to drill 2 holes from the top down. the screws will go through the beefy part of the bulkhead inside the pocket, where the screws go in from the side if you were attaching it to a tub chassis.

Thanks. I've seen one version of the upper-deck chassis with some brackets or something on the side, trying to avoid any unnecessary hardware.