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OK been collecting parts and almost there Got my friend to give me his Yokomo for parts it hammered but some parts are usable. So I it will make it easier to make parts for the conversion. I might have to hit up the Yokomo section for some front end parts so I dont have to machine all the axles and ...

Hey Guys

It has started to happen!!
Parts are starting to arrive
I thought these would be the hardest to find.
Im sure I will have othe problems so I might be asking to
check your parts bin.

Ha ha
Dan

gomachv wrote:Let me know if you get stuck, I have a lot of odds and ends- I'll help where I can

Thanks I'm sure Ill be needing some parts for sure!!

I think I just found 20 sets of new Holiday Tamyia rear tires

Ill know in a few days if they show up.

Dan

Got some more parts in today.
Still waiting on a few items before
I can start the project.
Found some other interesting parts Ill share
with you in a few days when they show up.

Dan

Hey Guys Just spent an hour on the phone with Jay. Asked him about the 4WD and he said he will look to see what he has in his boxes. So he will get back to me maybe tomorrow. He is also going to look for the mags or to see if he has any pictures of the car. He also said that the replica cars that he...

Very cool, sounds like the bug has bitten. Good news for us, bad news for your family and friends that you will be ignoring now that the hobby is back in your veins! Lol! It been there for a few years been driving some modern cars with my son. We have a few of them 6 1/8 electric 2 1/10 4wd buggy 3...

EBay, its also.the chain for the Kyosho Optima. Drop me your address in.a PM and I'll send you one- Thanks guys for the info. And for the chains. Charlie said he is sending me chains But the Catch is I have to do a build up on the car. Thanks JWSCAB Sterling does have ladder sprockets too. Called m...

In the pics posted it appears to have a pinion running on the spur (making the spur into a idler for the sake of front drive only) and a jack shaft running to another pinion on the left side. At this point i see that pinion spinning the same speed as the motor pinion as there (likely) has been no r...

In the pics posted it appears to have a pinion running on the spur (making the spur into a idler for the sake of front drive only) and a jack shaft running to another pinion on the left side. At this point i see that pinion spinning the same speed as the motor pinion as there (likely) has been no r...

gomachv wrote: now THAT is a killer first post!!!

Please tell us you owned a camera!

I will look to see if I have any Picts.
I went to work at the ranch helping Gil and was on
Worlds team in 88 but that was when my son was born
At the same time so I bailed in the race.

A few years ago I started driving again with my son. I told him that I knew Jay and Gil. He knew about them but never met them. So at a show we were at for my shop Jay was there and I introduced him. He is still a great guy like he was in his younger days. So the other day I ran across this thread a...