1/8 Driven Hard and Put Away Wet 26 years ago...........

Post by **RC10resto** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:18 pm

This was my first 1/8 on-road car that I bought out of the Recycler back in 1983-84 for about $50. It was old back then and I did not respect it, used it as a street basher and apparently did not believe in cleaning it

Pulled it out of it's trunk today, what a mess - I should be shot (but at least I kept it).
Always assumed it was an Associated RC100......now I think not. So tell me what it is

Post by **RC10resto** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:26 pm

Post by **reign79** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:46 pm

The only thing associated is the separate rear pod,it's a modified rc300 pod. The car looks like a homemade deal nothing looks to familiar?

Post by **a01butal** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:26 pm

Brian, I've looked at the old books I have and can't find anything like it. The radio tray looks like the one that Reign79 is reproducing but can't place these particular parts anywhere else. I still can't believe this was salted away just sitting there all these years, cool car.

Post by **Charlie don't surf** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:11 am

Man that's cool! Scary how fast 26 years ago was

Post by **LouCicconi** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:00 pm

The front suspension is a Thorp.....

Post by **a01butal** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:18 pm

LouCicconi wrote:The front suspension is a Thorp.....

Hey Lou, welcome to the board your 1/8 on-road knowledge can only help. Going to show some of your beauties I hope?
Al

Post by **RC10resto** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:24 pm

ok, good to know - so what is the rest of the car?

and welcome aboard Lou

Post by **THEYTOOKMYTHUMB** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:44 pm

Don't know anything about it, but it's cool that you kept it. I'd love to see it get cleaned up. You're a stronger man than me keeping it locked away all these years. Make a nice shelf piece.

Post by **reign79** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:15 pm

I know someone who could restore it

Post by **tim.sanderson** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:42 pm

The box it's kept in looks like something a serial killer would keep his rusty saw blades in.

Post by **THEYTOOKMYTHUMB** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:51 pm

tsan wrote:The box it's kept in looks like something a serial killer would keep his rusty saw blades in.

I was thinking how awesome that looked too, but was too lazy to type that much on my ipod laying in bed last night...

Post by **GJW** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:49 pm

spoke to a mate in japan, he said the car is a homemade

Post by **RC10resto** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:02 pm

thanks for the info Gary

and more trunk

Post by **RC10resto** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:04 pm

I know someone who could restore it

But he would do such an incredible job he probably wouldn't send it back

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