The Official "What is it?" Thread

[Charlie don't surf]

yes ? It's works 93 parts ?

ok, thank you

The car in the pic is a 91/92 works I believe, they used a unique link made by yokomo, similar to the 93 era RCPS and kinda like lunsford. On third look they look like standard works 91' as I've seen a notched version on most 93's here-

[cyberfox]

the car in the pic is mine, it's a mix between YZ870C and works 91

So to summarize, it's standard Yokomo part, but I can find some similar lunsford parts to replace it.

Thank you everybody

[tim.sanderson]

Sorry for the bad pics, had to take them with my phone.
A co-worker brought this to the shop today, and doesn't know what it is. All he knows is that it came from a guy who ran it in Finland.
Any ideas?

[lpddpd]

Sorry for the bad pics, had to take them with my phone.
A co-worker brought this to the shop today, and doesn't know what it is. All he knows is that it came from a guy who ran it in Finland.
Any ideas?

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That's a Roadrunner Xpress, maybe from '98, '99. Fiberglass chassis and decks would be Xpress Junior model. Xpress had all carbon fiber and Xpress pro was CF with red anodized bulkheads.

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[tim.sanderson]

Good job! The knowledge on this site never ceases to amaze me. You've given me a head start in some research.
It indeed has a fiberglass chassis. Our guess was 15 years, which would have made it '97 or so.
It's actually a very nice car, and could easily be a competitive racer in some classes today.

Thanks lpddpd.

[j-sou]

I've seen one of these bodies on a RC12 chassis, but never seen one in person. They rarely pop up for sale and no one yet has been willing to ship to the US yet. I really want one for my collection, but don't even know who made them or when they were made. I'm guessing maybe Kamtec from the early 80s? Anyone seen one before or have more info?

Pic is from an ebay UK auction about a year ago. Seller had no info.

[EvolutionRevolution]

Mardave Banger body perhaps?

http://www.mardave.co.uk/shells.html

This one is very similar:
http://www.mardave.co.uk/example-product-153.html

[V12]

Sorry for the bad pics, had to take them with my phone.
A co-worker brought this to the shop today, and doesn't know what it is. All he knows is that it came from a guy who ran it in Finland.
Any ideas?

Don´t know the Xpress cars very good, but the motor also is interesting. It´s an old AYK GZ1200R motor.

[highwayracer]

I've seen one of these bodies on a RC12 chassis, but never seen one in person. They rarely pop up for sale and no one yet has been willing to ship to the US yet. I really want one for my collection, but don't even know who made them or when they were made. I'm guessing maybe Kamtec from the early 80s? Anyone seen one before or have more info?

Pic is from an ebay UK auction about a year ago. Seller had no info.

Reminds me of the Herbie Nascar....

[j-sou]

Mardave Banger body perhaps?

http://www.mardave.co.uk/shells.html

This one is very similar:
http://www.mardave.co.uk/example-product-153.html

I think you're right! It does seem to be Mardave and not Kamtec. I even have one of the Mardave "V-Dub" cars but didn't realize the two were from the same company. Doh...
The regular v-dub body doesn't have the molded in front bumper. I think that's what threw me off
Since then I've found pics of another version of the body with the side pods. Both seem to be long out of production.
I'll find a couple one day!

[Phin]

Not exactly the same body but you can try emailing this guy and see where he got his Mardave Beetle body.

http://mardaveforums.com/blog/2012/03/new-body-for-2012/


A little nicer looking IMO.

[j-sou]

Not exactly the same body but you can try emailing this guy and see where he got his Mardave Beetle body.

http://mardaveforums.com/blog/2012/03/new-body-for-2012/


A little nicer looking IMO.

Yes! That's the other version I found pics of. Looks like an updated version of the first one i posted.
They both probably look like arse to most of you, but I've got to find them for my collection!

[Goatless]

ANY VW body is simply awesome. Nuff' said!

[Incredible_Serious]

ANY VW body looks like arse. Nuff' said!

Fixed it for you, mate....

Alex

[Mr. ED]

I think Kamtek has done all bodies for mardave in the last 10 orso years.
MArdave apache excluded I guess; but that's sooo long ago