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Most all brick n mortar shops are struggling against the online places. And yes many folks lack a shop or one that has anything. We have two decent RC shops in Indianapolis. Yes they are Traxxas heavy, thanks to the Slash being the hot thing locally. But the also carry the other major brands in stoc...

Thanks, looks like a pain in the tail to find parts for. From reading, the out drives were a weak link. Cant seem to find much out there part wise for them. Sounds like I will part out the chassis and she will be dead in the water till a tc3 or 4 shows up used for a keen price.

Hpi and Tamiya TT01 have been suggested but searches on ebay ect have not yielded anything that matches so far. Both of those brands had very different diff cases

I was told this was a hopped up TC 3 but now that I need a new out drive on the rear diff, nothing matches. The diff ring and mating out drive have double flats. The stock parts have a single flat and the diameter is a bit smaller so the fit in the case bearing is loose. Any idea what I have? Here a...

Found my old chargers and a NOS 1400mah Nicad that I never used. I run a modern Onyx smart charger that does every style of battery so the old ones are eye candy and look good on the shelf. The battery I ran thru a double charge cycle and it works. It didnt fall on its face when I nailed the gold pa...

To dust off my vintage AE's and run them, got my gold pan running with it's new body, wifes B3 running and her TC ready(needs a battery plug on the esc). Mike the aspie

Time for an update, finaly got the body back from the painter. Paint quality is top notch but they forgot to paint the wing for me, I hate clear wings, so I used the red wing off the other body I have, does not look to bad with it. Now I need some good vintage decals. Need a couple Team Novak decals...

I know the one guy that everybody has been sick lately, but 2 weeks past that I have heard nothing on my body they are painting. I am hoping everybody there is doing ok. Since they are in Cali, maybe someone here might know more. Mike

Body is in the paint shop now, they advise it will be done in a week or so. I cant wait to see it. I will post up pics as soon as the painters send me some. Mike

Made some progress last night and today. Only spare radio I have that works, or atleast it did the last time I used it, is an old Airtronics 27mhz AM thing. Guess that will have to do for now. I got the motor hooked up, reciever mounted and one of my 5000mah Nimh batteries is on the charger. Will ge...

Got a little money for my birthday, so the body is packed up to go off to fatty grafix for the special paint job. I also got front wheel bearings, so now its a rolling chassis. I am going to try and get the rest of the radio gear installed this week and see how the old motor runs. Life has been busy...

Havent forgotten you guys, life has been a bit crazy for my wife and I lately. Found out around Thanksgiving that her father has stage 4 lung cancer along with horrible COPD. So we have been driving home to Erie, PA every chance we can. Along with a real slow down at my job making any extra spending...

Just got home from the Indy RC hobby shop. My friend got me a new body and wing (on order), along with re re front rims and tires. So she will have reissue front and rear tires and rims. The body and wing will be here next week. Hope to get them off to the painter before Christmas, depending on gett...

So what is a good vintage ESC to handle this hot motor? Something from the old Novak line maybe? The Futaba I have is a MC 111B. This is also just a motor I happen to have on hand. I am open to changing it. But if I can use it to race, and its got some punch to it, then I will try to make it work. I...

Oh that speed control is history. No mechanical speed control in my cars. I will put a spare Futaba ESC in it tomorrow. Mike