Steve's $65 Never Run A-Stamp Gold Tub. :)

[jwscab]

tips for keeping it nice are: clean, dry and constant temp, low humidity. The tires should be kept out of the sunlight as the UV will break them down. Will also yellow the nylon some too.

[huminski]

Thanks jws.

So I got to tinkering a bit tonight.

Replaced the KO servos and resistor speed control with a Futaba 148 for steering and a Futaba MC112B for go power.

There is a big old Futaba 75mhz receiver that will get mounted above the ESC on a shelf. Probably going to build that tomorrow.

I also noticed that the bulkhead battery box is notched to clear the arm of the mechanical speed control that was originally installed.

[rhino1]

Very nice find!

[RC10resto]

Bulkhead was notched (clean job) to clear the servo wire (as per the AE instruction manual).

Car looks great

[huminski]

OK well it's officially been run....

Got everything mounted up and pulled off a pretty clean install if I say so myself.....

Didn't have any nimh or nicd packs that would fit, so I used a 2S 5000mah lipo. Just ran it around in the house. Don't want to put the first gouge in the chassis just yet.....

Will be ordering a lexan body and wing, and need to find wing buttons and wing wires (probably just make up the wing wire).

So here she is.

[fastang]

Any thoughts about putting the servo in the correct location?

Other than that it looks great! Nice Job!

[huminski]

I kind of like it at an angle, it's different. Plus I figure the extra holes look a little less upsetting if they're actually use for something.

[fastang]

I kind of like it at an angle, it's different. Plus I figure the extra holes look a little less upsetting if they're actually use for something.

Fair enough!

Looks great!

[CamplinP]

Just a thought. If I were going to run this, I would use the Thunder Tiger wheels and tires or convert a couple of parts to use the B4 stuff. Those original new tires are getting very hard to find and expensive. But to each is own. I have a hard time not running mine with the originals like I did back then.

[huminski]

It's going to be a shelfer, just wanted to see it run around the house for a while. No way I'm putting the first mark in the bottom of this chassis...

[RC10resto]

Don't want to put the first gouge in the chassis just yet.....

You had me worried for a minute

[limestang]

I started a post about a couple of weeks ago on tips for storing vintage RC vehicles. To keep the tires from going flat I use Duratrax Pit stand, to protect from dust, moisture and the suns UV and put the RC10 inside of a 4x ziplock bag. This is fairly low cost, and easy way to keep them like new. Hope this helps. Limestang

[80sGuy]

Congrats on the great find! I just bought a really nice cadillac edition from craigs list last weekend. I plan on building a shelf queen out of it. I was planning on using s mechanical speed control but I like the futaba ESC you put in yours. Is that ESC from the late 80's? I would like to put something in from the same time period as the car itself.

[huminski]

I can't find any concrete info on the Futaba MC112B esc, but I've read anything from 1989 to 1991 as the release year. Close enough for me. I also have the mint condition mechanical resistor control in a baggie.

[Bent]

Whats the IROC 85ish that is in the back ground?