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Nice haul there, two classics!

Very nice! I've spent the last couple years slowly restoring one to running condition. I had one in the early 90s, so I have a bit of nostalgia towards them.

I like that they're so complete, even has the electronics connected. Like they came right off the track and into a storage box a few decades ago. Congrats, they look like fun projects!

That is so cool, thanks for posting those photos!

I have to appreciate the commitment to this project, really impressive!

Man, that thing refused to stay put.

Congrats, so cool to get a brand new in box truck of that vintage.

I talked to Don Jones last Sunday, he still has his 2WD Mod winning car in his basement. He said it was built off a piece of graphite with a kickup. Rc10 short arm parts on the front, rear trailing arms, Kyosho shocks. He told me he almost let Mike Giem run the car, as it was so good, but decided t...

Impressive amount of ingenuity! Must have been a highly rewarding build.

Looking good, definitely keeping an eye on this restoration. There don't appear to be a whole lot of Maruis around these days.

Indeed. I encountered similar issues many years ago when I first built the Marui Galaxy RS for my brother, it's actually funny that I still vividly remember this from way back in the early 80's. The manual steps for installing the front stabilizer referred to a piece of piano wire that had to be be...

Looks good to me!

Good to hear you got it running! It is definitely rewarding to get a car back up and going after being out of commission for some amount of time (or decades!).

It looks like it's coming together nicely. With a 13.5 it should rip.

That is looking really sharp so far! The carbon fiber and blue aluminum looks classy and clean. Are those Blackfoot tires that were on it?