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Here is my Optima. I hope you guys like it.

20190128_152343.jpg Hi, I aquired a Nitro Brute this weekend, it pretty rough, gonna do a complete box art restoration (except going with oil filled shocks). I will update the thread as i progress. As u know, parts for this are scare so if anyone has anything i need i would be interested in them fo...

Coming along nicely! Pics are right side up too. I no longer spill my beer when I go to look at them...

Thanks homz! i rushed the paint and if u zoom in u can see where it puddled☹...oh well, it is a driver and runs really well, big speed and power, prolly too much for that truck anyways but i love driving it

it's p/n 6255. There are a few on ebay but definitely not cheap. If you don't mind aftermarket, you might find a better deal. like these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminum-Steering-Cranks-For-Team-Associated-RC10-6255-Dhawk-Racing-DR-920038B/201533862346?hash=item2eec5ab1ca:g:QvcAAOSwnHZYb6GY You'll...

I hear ya. Parts for these cars are becoming rather scarce and expensive.
Anyway, I've ran into a similar problem recently.
I needed a set of bellcranks for a very basic runner car I'm building and the only set on hand was broken - just like yours.
So I re-made the part from aluminum.

No expert here....others will be able to add more....but...I think that's an OG Revtech modified motor 1987-89ish maybe. The blue caps and painted can are a dead give away. I'd say you might actually have a 12 turn Sizzler there! The number of winds is burned into the endbell of the second photo of ...

Got a couple nice projects there 8) the red wheeled rc10 looks like maybe someone started a truck conversion. Looks like front tower may be a JG truck conversion tower. Shocks look like kyosho golds but could be duratrax golds. The duratrax will have a bevel on the bottom of the shock body and usual...

Yep shocks on the truck are definitely kyosho golds,

The rear shocks on the buggy look to be kyosho platinums with different ball joints/ spring cups on the bottom

The trailing arm chassis is Houge, the arms and the chassis. The slotted chassis most likely Composite craft.

The silver shocks look to be the kyosho platinums as mentioned above. But yeah, the gold shocks look like they got the bevel/chamfer on the bottom of the shock body. That would make them duratrax. The bottom of a kyosho shock body will be sharp where the duratrax shock will have a slight bevel. The ...

Lol. About the seals but not surprised.

Had to get my phone out to get the picture enlarged enuf to see that its duratrax.

Todd

This is the chamfer…

cool, makes me feel less crazy looking at your pictures now :lol: . I wonder if the depth is different in the two shocks for the seals since Duratrax seal compartment only uses one rubber o-ring and Kyosho uses 2 o-rings. I didn't think of checking until after I put it all back together. This third ...

Yes I would clean everything up and assemble as two buggies with period correct gear. Any transmission today is going to be pricey but you could find 6 gears especially in pieces reasonably . I also second the a&l belt trans as a great addition. Part of the game is patiently waiting for the part...