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morrisey0 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 3:30 pm Tami Stadium Blitzer, plus some needed parts. Thought it was old, then thought it was new, now kinda thinking it is old again.

Originals have "The Falcon" in the tub, at the battery tray. New ones don't, just the part number.

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 1:40 pm Interesting lead group in the votes, 3 very different contenders. One of them got my vote.

I voted for the 33' Ford because you don't see the Parma Good Times cars often. Also, a Parma California Sport Truck (similar chassis) was my second hobby grade car.

I need a California Sport Truck body, but I doubt that there is much demand.

The better question is what happened to Kyosho after that? The RC10 won three more Worlds, before the B2 was released.

But if you look past Johnson's dominant performance, #2-4 all had similar times.

"The RC10" being used loosely here, at least for '89 and '91 :mrgreen: Well, there wasn't any "loose" usage in 1993. Just saying. The RC10 was still getting it done, several years later. The Ultama, well wasn't. If the Ultama were truly the better car, it would have maintained i...

scr8p wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:07 pm Associated antenna mount and ball cups on the steering on Joel's car. 'Nuf said.

I had (have) an 80's Kyosho car. The ball cups would come off it you looked at them funny, even when new.

Is the diff tight? The old diff and/or slipper springs could be weak as well.

I like my diffs a little tighter than normal. It might not corner quite as well but it will be easier on the ( hard to find and kinda expensive) diff parts.

I run the original pics through my phone's remaster function. One of them cleaned up nicely.

What did your first RC tool set look like? Mine was one of the cheap ratcheting screwdriver/socket sets and some jewelers screwdrivers (you know the ones). I might have taken my dad's needle nose pliers as well. I got these pics from ebay, but they are a pretty close match to what I remember. Screen...

I use the small Harbor Freight one as well, with 50/50 water and Simple Green Pro (the purple SG is aluminum safe).

I put small parts and hardware in a stainless mesh tea ball so that they don't scatter.

You guys put modern radios in vintage cars? Eww. Most of my stuff still uses 27 and 75mhz AM radios. Using modern stuff just doesn't feel right. And while I do have a fairly large collection of vintage transmitters, most of my runners use a Futaba T2PL, JR XR2i, or Airtronics MX-A (also have a Kyosh...

morrisey0 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:27 am but it is soon going to get real uncomfortable for the driver.

The current generation is probably okay with it.

Steve71 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:13 am Had to go with Hemiclod. The rarity and price of the JPS cases/chassis/wheels alone are worth the price of a decent used real car

I agree that it's cool. But the image looks like a picture of an older picture (or something).