TopCat at last!!! (New pics)

Post by **Synergy** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:59 am

Finaly I have managed to buy a Schumacher TopCat, just waiting on it's arrival, this car has been at the very top of my must have list for ages.

Comes wiith new original body, wing and all the other related bits and pieces

Post by **jeroen206** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:53 am

hi mark , join the Topcat club

Post by **Asso_man!** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:02 am

wow, that TopCat has never been run it seems, did you get it for a good price? VERY nice find dude

That was my second car as a kid, gotta love it (even if it's crap compared to a good old 10

)

Post by **Mr2.4T** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:31 am

WOW nice ride. I forgot about that car. That indy car style suspension is some cool stuff.

Post by **jeroen206** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:37 am

Asso_man! wrote:wow, that TopCat has never been run it seems, did you get it for a good price? VERY nice find dude That was my second car as a kid, gotta love it (even if it's crap compared to a good old 10 )

the RC10 was not that great at all , only in the hands off TEAM drivers at the time , which still are one off the best drivers in world.

Post by **Eau Rouge** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:22 am

jeroen206 wrote:the RC10 was not that great at all , only in the hands off TEAM drivers at the time , which still are one off the best drivers in world.

That's a hefty statement...

Post by **Synergy** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:37 am

Asso_man! wrote: did you get it for a good price? VERY nice find dude

Thanks for the comments guys, I will post some more pictures of it when it arrives (it's coming home from Canada

) I think I paid the right price for it, anyone who is seriously looking for one of these knows how rare they are especially in this condition with all the bits (box, stickers, new shell etc.) so I think it was a great find and I have jeroen206 to thank for that as he pointed me in it's direction

As for what was best (RC10/ JRX2/ TopCat/ Ultima) for me it doesn't really matter they're all rc history and they all made a difference one way or another

Post by **Eau Rouge** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:52 am

Always loved that pushrod/rocker arm front suspension on that car. Beautiful find, for sure. That's a very clean example.

NICE!

Post by **Bikerbob** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:35 pm

Yeah, its funny how that type of suspension is almost without exception UK based eh?

T Tech , Schumacher. Must be all that F1 blood in them.

James

Post by **Eau Rouge** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:55 pm

Bikerbob wrote:Yeah, its funny how that type of suspension is almost without exception UK based eh?

T Tech , Schumacher. Must be all that F1 blood in them.

James

No, it's off road tracks without jumps.

Post by **Asso_man!** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 6:11 am

jeroen206 wrote:
Asso_man! wrote:wow, that TopCat has never been run it seems, did you get it for a good price? VERY nice find dude That was my second car as a kid, gotta love it (even if it's crap compared to a good old 10 )

the RC10 was not that great at all , only in the hands off TEAM drivers at the time , which still are one off the best drivers in world.

then how was the TopCat back then? Only running good in super-expert drivers from outer space

Post by **Mr. ED** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:48 am

When I was asking around back in the days why nobody ran Shum in our club, they told me the Shumies were real good, but too fragile.
You needed lots of spare parts they said and availbility was real poor around where we lived.

Tamiya and kyosho was all you could find, but then one guy started getting stuff in from Holland and got everybody (well except for me) on Asso. I think he made a nice little extra on the side for years.

Post by **wyldbill** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:54 am

was the top cat the one with the belt drive transmission? somebody used to run one at our track years ago and dominated the stock class. we were not alowed to run belt drives unless it came with the kit originally, the next thing ya know everybody had them. wich models came with belt drives i cant remember, i know theymade a truck with one too.

Post by **Synergy** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:19 pm

Yep as with their 4WD this car has a belt driven trans from what I remember.

Post by **wyldbill** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:21 pm

i have been looking for one of the schumacher belt drive trannys for a while for a project but cant find one complete and i dont need a whole car.

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