RC10 newbie build

[jooles]

Hello,

so, here is my first post on this forum... If there is somewhere to intrroduce myself, just let me know

I recently fell in love with the carbon fiber tub Fiber Lyte makes for the RC10. So I had to get a RC10... I had seen this car on magazines when I was young, but never in person. Not knowing anything about those, I sourced one on ebay. Here it is.







So it has long front arms, I thought it was an RC10 CE but it has an A stamped chassis (so probably 6 gear tranny)... Don't really know what to think about this car, except it's in nice condition. Anyone to help me?

Thanks a lot!

Julien

[RedScampi]

Welcome to the forum! You definitely have a 6 gear there. Looks like a nice clean tub too.

[jooles]

Thanks!!!

The tub is clean indeed, but is scratched at the rear, under the motor. Otherwise, the car looks almost like new!

So this should be a 1990 or 1991 RC10 CE. Am I right?

Julien

[RedScampi]

Well Julien, I'm no authority but it certainly looks like a CE to me. Here is one of my CE projects. Do your wheels look like this? Also the front shock tower is correct for a CE.

[jooles]

Looks like we have the same car Thanks a lot! Now I have to begin to source some parts to begin the build.

Julien

[matteo]

Hey Julien,

Your car looks to be in great shape. It seems from the pictures that all you need is a body and a battery box. A very nice car indeed! Good luck on the restore...do you plan to run it or is it a self queen?

[jooles]

Hi Matteo!

It's pretty nice indeed. I didn't want a worn car for this build as I want to make a shelfer from her... The plans are a Fibrelyte chassis and damper mounts, titanium turnbuckles, alloy wheels, a nice body (Proline if I can source one...) and maybe some other goodies and details... I'm a stupid guy because I ordered stainless steel screw for 2 other cars and forgot to order some for this one... Hopefully I will be able to build this one with the remainings of the other kits...

Julien