there's something about some cars in particular that appeal differently to some of us - one of the cars that turns me on like crazy is the TRX-1, and like most of us here I do get excited by a mint RC10, but somehow I get really aroused by a good-looking TRX-1.
Not sure why, really... maybe because it was the anti-RC10, the underdog that actually could outperform the topdog, or simply because it was short-lived and one of the last single-deck hi-performance 2WD, or because the body looked, let's say, peculiar... I dunno. But I love them
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![Image](http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp83/UsernameALaCon/20120816%20Green%20TRX-1/DSC_0350.jpg)
I do have to say I was anticipating it highly, as it was sold as "new". It's a car I had seen a few months back on another forum from the one where he was asking how much it was worth, without a picture, but I recalled it being in top-shape (no, it wasn't on rc10talk
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
Well, you guessed it, the car isn't new... but it's in darn good shape still
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![Image](http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp83/UsernameALaCon/20120816%20Green%20TRX-1/DSC_0354.jpg)
shame about this handful of scratches on the chassis and the chipped rear rim...
![Image](http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp83/UsernameALaCon/20120816%20Green%20TRX-1/DSC_0359.jpg)
I do have a nip chassis and nip rears, so that might be fixed at some point
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![Image](http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp83/UsernameALaCon/20120816%20Green%20TRX-1/DSC_0352.jpg)
Again, repros are available, plus I have a couple of nip original bodies and sticker sheets, again, fetishes eat you from inside for years
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
The person who built this did a few oddities too... for instance he reversed the front body mount, added M3 screws and nuts on the front bulkhead (stripped already, or just risk-management?) and some of the hardware simply is non-sensical
![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
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The battery box had to suffer lightening insults, but oh well. The retainer bar is missing too, oh well #2. I think I might have some nip ones
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
![Image](http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp83/UsernameALaCon/20120816%20Green%20TRX-1/DSC_0355.jpg)
A zoom on the transmission. I can't believe AE didn't take Traxxas to court when this was released! Proof that the car wasn't run much - it has the plastic outdrives
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![Image](http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp83/UsernameALaCon/20120816%20Green%20TRX-1/DSC_0358.jpg)
Funny how the TRX-1 really gives me chills in the spine... when you have one in hand, it really feel "special" and it has a more premium feel than a graphite rc10, to me at least. This is the "worlds" version with the hard-ano'ed shock bodies. One heck of a good looking car if you ask me (but then again I'm biased
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
![Image](http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp83/UsernameALaCon/20120816%20Green%20TRX-1/DSC_0360.jpg)
Very happy to own this one, although it could have been even better if it were truly new but I still consider myself lucky
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To close it off, a couple of family shots with the Black Widow runner - not too often you see two TRX-1's together
![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
![Image](http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp83/UsernameALaCon/20120816%20Green%20TRX-1/DSC_0363.jpg)
![Image](http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp83/UsernameALaCon/20120816%20Green%20TRX-1/DSC_0364.jpg)
With a bit of TLC it'll be "Best In Show"
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Paul