I picked up a schumacher truck shortly after the Top Cat purchase as a parts car. The chassis was in really good condition and it came with the aluminum gearbox. Looking at the auction pictures, I knew it had some problems, but I've seen much...
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Nice build, think it was a good decision to go buggy rather than truck.
Before making the decision, I looked at a bunch of truck and buggy pics. While the trucks looked ok, there was something about the buggies that made that option more...
Recent aquisitions to undergo refurb. Pictured as I received them, the cougar looks like it has been well used but looked after, the topcat looks like it has seen a lot less use but is definitely in need of some love.
I have already stripped the...
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Topcat undergone its first wash, it was really dirty. Looked like a spider had taken residence in the front bulkhead. Chassis had a quick go over with some brasso but still needs more work to get it properly cleaned up. Not sure on the front end...
I picked up a Top Cat last year on ebay and I finally have the time to begin the restoration. Overall, the car was in decent condition and there was minimal wear on most of the plastic parts. Unfortunately, there were some deep scratches...
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Wow! How did I miss your 'finished' pictures... I can't believe your pace of progress on this project (puts me to shame :oops: ) & your final result is stunning... especially when you consider the 'before' pics. Your methods for restoring both the...
It's been a while since I posted on here, time to stop being lazy!
I'm mainly a Kyosho fan/restorer/collector but have a huge soft spot for the original CAT. I remember watching an indoor race at Gateshead Stadium when I was a kid and...
I'm clearing out my garage and intend to sell my old schumacher cat which I've had sitting in a box for over 20 years..
I had no idea these cars are quite sought after so I would like it to go to someone who will restore it or use the parts to...
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Hi,
Thanks for all the replies in helping identify the car - it does look to be a little bit of a hybrid, then, built on top of an original SWB base. That does explain why certain things matched with a SWB description and others not so - e.g. it...
I'm restoring a cat 2000 and somehow i lost the piece that the o rings go into and the pieces that goes in the wing...would anybody happen to have a set they would want to sell ? thanks
Hi all,
New to the forum, I fancy reliving my youth ( ah the good old days ) so I have got a few project cars to play with one I belive to be a procat and the other a topcat ( not that sure as the front seens to have been changed??? Here are a...
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cheers, got that in the bag.
Does anyone know were to get some top cat front end parts from as I cant seen to find any!!!
Thanks for all the help
Ryan :D
I've got an orange belt by Buds Racing Products. Does anyone know how these are better than the kit item? It feels more plastic and less belt like (?)
Also, looking for some new CAT driveshafts (not one ways) ta.
Luke
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Sorry for the thread resurrection. Anybody know where I can get hold of one of these orange belts? I already have a pair of the short belts and would like to run a full set in my Bosscat Works that I'm getting ready to rebuild for racing.
This would have to be the longest running r/c project I have undertaken yet. Most people who know me will tell you that from the beginning of my involvement with the vintage off road buggy resurgence around 8 or 9 years ago, I am best known for my...
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hey, matte transparent looks rather nice. Might even work for my car...
I think this could be made into a good idea for shelfers: mask the windows and sandblast the rest for a semitransparant look. Or take it a ste p further and put some...
I've been hunting for the right Topcat for ages and finally found one :D I wasn't really looking for one in great condition as they tend to go for a high price in good condition, plus there's something about the restoration that i really love....
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I have a Tekin 410K which is too late, a Nosram F1 a Futaba 210 and a Speedmaster Silverstar. The Silverstar would be more period correct, but it's just the look of them i don't like...
Paul.
The Speedmaster ESCs were very popular with racers in...
I'm just about to rebuild my Schumacher Cat 98 and was wondering if the shell and undertray from the cat 2000 series will fit.
I'll post pics of my car during the build and hopefully get the new shell and undertray to finish the job.
I've...
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I think that mold is pretty much the same as mine, only the back bit was trimmed off where the shocks go through.. Then I thought I may as well
remove the back part altogether to stop it from breaking off..
I really like the look of the Cougar2, and the belt drive tranny is really enticing, but the schueys are kind of elusive here in the States. Imena they are rarely on ebay here. SO, I was thinking of throwing the body on something else instead, just...
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Have a look on eBay.co.uk Steve Haskins sells cougar shells, 1,2 and club 10
i know there's a fireblade, and i'm fairly sure it's a cougar 2000 but what's the last one?
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I've got em at last, fireblade evo, in good nick, cougar2000, got some wierd thick plastic undertray on it, other than that not too bad, and a procat, which is just missing one rear wishbone pin, and the rubber bands for the crash back, tons of...
So my local club have been invited to put on a display/arrive & drive type thing at one of Europe's largest car shows for Japanese cars.... JAE, being held at Wicksteed Park in the home town of the club - Kettering Model Car Club.
Our club...
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the 148s wont be up to the task though... :lol:
Paul
Actually the 148 was ok!! :shock: ..... we used to hot-wire these Bitd (solder the red power lead direct to the 7.2v supply rather than 6v through the RX) when we couldn't afford a decent...
Won a bosscat cf chassis on ebay sweden. Figured the price was too good not to give it a shot and figured it would be a nice project. I know some parts for the bosscat were also used for the cougar 2 and club 10. Was anything shared with earlier or...
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I've been looking for cougar parts on ebay uk but nobody seems to ship outside the uk, so slightly frustrating...
I find that if you contact the sellers on Ebay UK and ask them to open up the listing to Europe, explaining that you are prepared for...
Hi, just joined up, probably going to be asking questions about cougar2k and cat2k's
my growing collection so far has a couple of sst's a mission and another tc, axis i think.
i've got a few cougar 2k and 95's in various states, including my old...
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It looks that you dont like RC cars...... :mrgreen: :D :lol:
Picked this up on a trade, which version do i have? I need to get a body for the old thing and i know there is different ones that fit. I need to know what is the proper one for it. The guy that i got it from seemed to think it is a mash-up of a...
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Sorry Henrick :oops: , actually didn't mean for it to come across that way but as it happends you spotted those bone coloured eccentrics before I did. I had to have another look over that car before I realized it myself. :mrgreen:
Hi Guys,
I've finally got around to signing up here, having enjoyed perusing all your old-school Schumacher threads. I've got an old XLS I'm about to restore, a Bosscat Works to rebuild and then race for the fun of it, enough spare parts to build a...
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Groomi - with enough forum posts you will be able to have access into the buy-sell-trade area where you will be able to offer/request parts..... :wink:
That could get expensive... :lol:
In my cat2000 collection, most of the cars have the palstic clicker one way unit, but one has a metal roller version, however i can't work out how it should all go together, and i'm thinking i've got the wrong layshaft to go with it, has anyone got...
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I can confirm that the alloy roller uses a different layshaft. It has a hole through it so you can lock out the one way with a pin and go full time 4 wheel drive.
I've been a long time fan of the Cougar2 buggy and have built and rebuilt more of these cars than any other. I'm always looking for nice add ons and don't mind modding some parts too.
Here's my current CGR2 collection which consists of both shelfer...
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I have a Cougar 2 (red chassis) and it has the T320 Ball gripper.
The midle one in Moozo´s picture.
My front suspension arms are T333 and they doesn´t look like the ones on the Team car, Derby Dan posted. Did the team car have an updated version?...
How can we easily and for sure make difference between short and long wheel base C.A.T. ?
Chassis and plate are the only differences, or other parts are also differents ?
Can you please tell me if the one I have just bought is a short or long...
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I believe yours is an XLS (based on widening spacers) as the XL is like the SWB with a longer chassis. Nothing wrong with leaving it as an XLS, have fun restoring it and so much easier locating parts than a SWB CAT.
It's a team edition with ball race steering & a slipper.
So it's ready to run.
Going to change the wing mount & add a new body with decals, Thanks Gary .
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very very sweet, keep the Losi rears for the museum though, they aren't that easy to source and they look fantastic on the shelf! Lots of cougar activity on the forum these days :mrgreen:
Penguin/Haskins has great repop bodies, inexpensive for the...
I picked up this Cougar 2000 from RedScampi not too long ago. Its in great shape with a full carbon fiber chassis and top deck. The only thing I'm not a fan of is the telescoping type of driveshafts that came stock on it. Are there any parts still...
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I think the 95 chassis is a little longer the the 2000....
just wondering what you guys think. Was approached with a nice offer on a 6.5t brushless + esc + lipos. Car is geared for a 12t brushed motor. Would a 6.5t just kill the transmission? Price asked for the lot is about what I'd have to pay for an esc...
Ok so i won this auction for a built but never run Procat with nearly enough spares to build another car also never used for a very good price....this is what i received..... :mrgreen:
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The Procat that has surface dirt and icing like...
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Cool Luke, I'll have to get me one of those wire brushes. Cheers-Jason
I bought this Club 10 for around $80 posted I think for parts.
It was advertised that it had a slipper fitted & a few other upgrades so my initial thought was to break it up for parts. Once I got it I thought I should run it just to see what it's...
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Is the Chassis differnt to the Top Cat? It seems a little wider at the back maybe to take the battery across the chassis. I couldn't fit the battery up the chassis like the Top Cat. Maybe the bulk head is longer at the front.
Getting worried about breaking my transmission and spares are hard to find. So I'm considering using a different unit. Do we have any bolt patterns?
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couple of guys have retrofit B3 and B4 transmissions to the gold pan. Search through the forum or use google advanced search for 'b4 transmission gold pan' (the search here will ignore 2 letter words). Toastedcoastie is one guy I know did it....
I have always wanted to build a Topcat on steroids . So with mid-motor all the rage these days and my local track switching from dirt to carpet the time seems right for a Topcat mid . I have been thinking about this for a while and collecting...
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One thing that came to my mind is a reversed tranny means that the motor will have to spin in reverse. Shouldn't be a problem with brushless especially with the better brushless set up's that can be programed to run in reverse.
Please help me. I browse here and then it came up.
An very top nice top cat.
It had carbon chassis and very clean.
That car inpired me alot.
Please put here some nice top cat links so maybe it will come up.
I have tryed to search here but no luck....
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Thanks! I have since removed the white rockers and put it back pretty much to stock. They were hand made and pretty sloppy.
I was trying to change the geometry so I could use a lighter spring. It seemed to have the desired effect.
Finally got most of the parts together so made a start on the build.
Still needs a few parts to finish the build, shocks, bodyshell, undertray & wing.
Can't decide on the shocks Cat SX standard or big bore. I do not have a set of big bore to test...
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That's looking fantastic :) Comparing my SX2 big bores against my Procat, i don't see any real issues getting them to fit. You may have to space out the front slightly for clearance, but should be fine.
The COMCOM-Fybre-Lite saga goes one with a Schumacher Cougar 2000 that I got from evil bay Germany a few months ago. Classic carbon bathtub with some options like the Tecnacraft turnbuckles, a nice LRP Pink E motor with its original box and loads of...
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Nice! Is that one of those keypad ESC's that was released before the 410K?
Cheers for all your help guys..
I've finally finished my mint SWB box art resto, took a good few days, cost me a good few quid but worth it for me to have this baby in my collection.. As of now I've not seen another anywhere.. decided to share the...
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Such a nice SWB Cat (probably the nicest out there) - well done on the box art body & faithfully reproducing the decals & making them available for others to achieve the same.
P.S; I recognise your first image from a US based Tamiyaclub member's...
Previous to any of the vintage racing scene being introduced here in Australia I used to just fool around in the park with my trusty vintage rides. Funny thing is I didnt even know they were vintage as that term had rarely been thrown around back...
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Hey, just wait till the talent scouts get a look at my newly publicly available footage
I found this Cat xls in my friends basement, its in perfect condition, it looks like it may have been run maybe once but not much...I asked him how much he wanted for it and he just gave it to me... he said he was going to throw it out anyway, this...
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the blue tires cam in a spec version of the xxxt...losi made it for a short period of time....it was cheaper than the original xxxt
they must have had a whole lot of those tires after that Big race are vice versa, have you ever ran them?
do you...
Ok.. it's not an old Cougar :lol: Delivered this morning ready for building this weekend.
I think this must be the first alloy chassis Schumacher since the Cougar 2, i'm looking forward to racing her this weekend. My slightly older SV will now be...
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Thanks guys, i've had a few runs around the garden with it, but it's not going to be raced for a couple of weeks as i'm racing on-road for the next couple of weekends.
How do these go against the others like the B4, XXX, 22 & etc
Ok so i know i just sold my new built Topcat. I did not have any other Schumacher cars at the time i had the new Topcat, my OCD just could not take it so i sold it (I have a thing for cars that dont really go with other cars, if i had a 2wd and a...
All - thought I'd share some pics of what has kept me busy over the Xmas vacation. I'm on a Schumacher binge at the moment and this SWB build is with 99% nip parts - I had to recondition the used grey bumper and polish up the used front shock...
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I love it!!!!!
Seriously, building a used SWB is hard enough. Building new mint is near impossible these days.
I was ecstatic to pick up this Topcat from William this week. It is new built from parts and has an original body. This car is one of my grail cars and I'd have been happy to have one in almost any condition. Actually I have another one which I...
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Very nice Gary.
You have some really nice cars in your collection that scream quality.
as I was looking through my topcat bits and bob, I realized that I have no clue whether it's got the narrow tract or stock item. Can anyone give me the length from the a-arm pivot pin to the pillow ball capture end. And what about the decreased...
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Just have a look for those part numbers which will be on the underside of these parts. If they don't have any then it's a good bet you have the factory original bits.
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