Fast forward to now.... I re-discovered RC racing a few years ago and in 2009 I opened an RC Hobbies shop. Now, RC10's seem to find me. Regularly folks come in to the shop with some RC car they got from an uncle or at a garage sale or craigslist or wherever with requests for us to help "make it work" or "do you have parts for this old car" and "do you take trades?". I'm suprised at how often these second hand RC's are RC10's. It's not always pretty as some of these little guys have had a pretty rough life. Regardless, no matter what the condition, I gladly offer to take the little cars in and give them a home at the RC-Hobbies RC10 Rescue Society.
I'd like to introduce a few of these 'rescues' to the fine folks at RC10Talk.
I think there are 5 or 6 10T's running around in the back room... This one was adopted last week and came with a box that is like new, MSC still in its parts bag, manual, Associated catalog and an uncut decal sheet.
Early Graphite car. AE is engraved into the chassis. I dont know much about these graphite rigs. It was offered to me in trade for shop labor to get the previous owners old TMAXX .15 repaired. No brainer on that trade.
Not one but two brand new Green Chassis wandered in one day. I traded a beat 1/5th scale sprint car for these two sweethearts. The previous owner had built out a couple kits and used these green chassis for the build. Neither has ever been run. Brand new clear bodies, kit boxes and manuals for the kits came with them.
What a creampuff this one is. All original, swaybars, mechanical speedo, motor with no sticker on the can.
I think this one is my favorite. I didnt know it was anything but a nice clean RC10 when I got it. Later I found out it was an Edinger car. Pale gold chassis, those large rear shock spring retainers, with orginal box (Edinger Address), mechanical speedo, all documentation in killer shape and even a receipt from 1985. Got the Leisure charger and Airtronics stick radio with it as well (both on the receipt) I traded a brand new RTR Losi Strike SC truck for this one. "Good Trade" is an understatement
This isnt an exhaustive list of the residents of RCH RC10 Ranch. Some drilled and hacked tubs call the shop home now too. But even with hacked up chassis and missing parts these ones are special in their own regard... MIP trannies, Belt drive trannies, CRP goodies, nerf bars, metal steering knuckles, Kyosho shocks....
In just over a year I went from zero RC10's to this little herd and on the cheap too. Pretty cool eh?
BTW - great site! So much excellent info on here!
Eric
You have some nice ones there. When your shop gets full and you need someone to adopt them please let me know. 
