Question - Late Edinger tires and wheels

[greene-r74]

I bought this on ebay for what I thought was a very fair price. Anyway when I asked him if he had the original tires and wheels he said. "Its been so long I thought those were the original tires and wheels" did I stumble upon a great find? They look like proline rims, and tires the fronts are the same on either side, so there is no wrong way to put them on. The rears are almost flush on the back with a tiny lip for the tire bead. The tire wear is consistent with the motor and speed control resister wear. And there are no logos on any of the sidewalls. I have no doubt that these tires were put on the car new. The guy that had the car had an impeccable attention to detail when he built this. So it just makes me wonder if towards the end of moving from the Edinger location to the new store if they threw in some funky parts to complete kits. Or maybe the hobby shop swapped out a set for another customer and substituted the tires and rims. Edinger address on the box and on the motor label.

[klavy69]

or he just picked up some proline tires/wheels when he bought the car and don't remember along with the proline bumper.
Todd

[CamplinP]

I remember the factory tires or any other tires for that matter wearing out quickly if driven on cement. He probably bought these as replacements and lost track of the originals.

[RC10resto]

Just period hop up wheels and tires, very common BITD to change out your shoes. I would bet money that those did NOT come sealed in that kit box.

[Ruffy]

No those didn't come with the RC10.
Associated didn't make or package those with any car kits. I used to use those back then, they are aftermarket Proline rims and tires. Probably bought them from the local Hobby Shop after he wore out his original ones.

[greene-r74]

I bet the originals never touched the car. If you saw how clean this thing is. There is no way he ran it more than 2 or 3 times in the street. I might send him an email and and offer him a nice finders fee to look for the other set.

[CamplinP]

If you never hit curbs or bottom it out it will stay looking nice. I have an Optima Mid that I ran on cement and carpet. I bet I went through 12 sets of tires and then put it away. It still looks darn near new. It is worth a try though to see if he still has them even if they are shot. The wheels should still be good and then all you would need are the tires.