The back story on this car:
I stopped by one of my LHS looking for some crawler parts and see this car sitting behind the counter. Didn't pay much attention to it because I thought it was an old 10L with a Camaro body and Bolink chrome wheels on it. Guy working the counter has no idea where it came from or what the shop owner wants for it. No big deal I thought. Later that night I'm checking out my local Facebook RC group and see pictures of it again, but with the body off. Worst part was that it was in the hands of a 12 year old kid that has a reputation for being EXTREMELY rough on everything RC he touches. Realizing my mistake by not checking it out at the shop, I instantly shoot the kid a cash offer on the car but I'm unable to get it. I cringe and move on. 3 months later it pops back up in the hands of another local. Needless to say, I didn't let it get away again.
I know it's running the McCallister onroad converison, but I'm unsure on the foam core chassis. I believe it's a Raceco because of the phenolic inserts but I know that Composite Craft and others made similar chassis. The shocks are all bottom load, 3 have no slots on the spring retainers. Andy's arms in the rear also. I wish it had a 6 gear trans to go with the rest of the old parts, but a stealth it is... On to the pics
I've already torn it down and started cleaning everything up. I managed to remove most of the blue RTV gasket crap that some one used as shoe goo. Some of the nylon parts were dyed red, then spray painted red at some point in time. Not sure if I can use some brake fluid to remove the paint or not. Going to have to test something I can replace easily. Hopefully I can remove the paint and re-dye the parts black.
I just didn't submerge it in any way. As for the blue RTV, I taped off the area surrounding it and carefully used a hobby blade to remove most of it, similar to removing a sticker from glass. I'm hoping a shot of brake cleaner will remove the last little bits, even if it's just enough to not notice once the electronics are in it. Thanks for the info on the brake fluid. I didn't think it would affect the nylon, but I wasn't sure.
