Shelf queen or not?
- mdutcher
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Shelf queen or not?
I picked this up just recently. Did not expect the guy to accept my price, but here it is. It was an impulse buy for certain.
CE version with an 'A' stamped chassis.
With: Novak Mercury receiver, HPI Racing ESC, Futaba servo, original AE competition motor.
The chassis is not absolutely perfect or pristine as it does look like it was run back in the day, but I would say that it is in excellent condition.
What do you guys think? Shelf or runner? If a runner, it would not be with these electronics of course.
Just out of curiosity, what would be the average value of the vintage electronics here? I am not looking to selling them, just curious based on what the experts here think.
CE version with an 'A' stamped chassis.
With: Novak Mercury receiver, HPI Racing ESC, Futaba servo, original AE competition motor.
The chassis is not absolutely perfect or pristine as it does look like it was run back in the day, but I would say that it is in excellent condition.
What do you guys think? Shelf or runner? If a runner, it would not be with these electronics of course.
Just out of curiosity, what would be the average value of the vintage electronics here? I am not looking to selling them, just curious based on what the experts here think.
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Re: Shelf queen or not?
mdutcher wrote:I picked this up just recently. Did not expect the guy to accept my price, but here it is. It was an impulse buy for certain.
CE version with an 'A' stamped chassis.
With: Novak Mercury receiver, HPI Racing ESC, Futaba servo, original AE competition motor.
The chassis is not absolutely perfect or pristine as it does look like it was run back in the day, but I would say that it is in excellent condition.
What do you guys think? Shelf or runner? If a runner, it would not be with these electronics of course.
Just out of curiosity, what would be the average value of the vintage electronics here? I am not looking to selling them, just curious based on what the experts here think.
man i dont know?????? it looks good,!!!!!!! i seen it on ebay too.
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Re: Shelf queen or not?
Jesus, those high school CE's are like Lemmings!!! They're being flipped all over 

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Re: Shelf queen or not?
Runner for sure!
Your electronics are not worth my 2 cents! lol
Your electronics are not worth my 2 cents! lol

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Re: Shelf queen or not?
That is truly what I had intended to do once I committed to it, but wanted to ask you guys first to make sure that I was not missing anything.JK Racing wrote:Run it
Thanks for the feedback.
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Re: Shelf queen or not?
I say shelf queen. There are plenty of runner-quality cars out there, and they are a dime a dozen . In my opinion a car this nice should be preserved.
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Re: Shelf queen or not?
I predict a spare hole in the transmission areaAndrewSi wrote:Whats the bottom side look like?


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Re: Shelf queen or not?
If the tub is unscratched then take all the dyed nylon parts off it and build a more interesting shelfer out of it like a rare hop-up car or a replica. Black dyed stock CE parts aren't really shelf worthy but a gold tub in good shape is.
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Re: Shelf queen or not?
The tub is not pristine where there are no scratches on it. There are a few here and there, but for the most part is in excellent shape. If it were like brand spanking new and fresh, than my decision might be a little easier.
I appreciate all of the feedback.
I appreciate all of the feedback.
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Re: Shelf queen or not?
it's a 6 gear ce so they're dyed. towers are dyed too.justinspeed79 wrote:Are the parts dyed? I thought they looked like original black parts.
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Re: Shelf queen or not?
Yep, that is what I have figured as well.scr8p wrote:it's a 6 gear ce so they're dyed. towers are dyed too.justinspeed79 wrote:Are the parts dyed? I thought they looked like original black parts.
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