The Official "What is it?" Thread

[GoMachV]

O interesting. Being metric it makes it harder on me- I don't know my metric cars well. I wonder if its a chassis brace for a 1/8 car? That would explain the threaded ends but not the threaded center. Hmm

The wheels don't look familiar at all! Very cool....but not familiar

[V12]

[quote="civilguy"][quote="j-sou"]Who used plastic ends on their dog bones? Might be tough to figure out what exactly they fit.

The ones I have are SRM Racing (address is 140 West Street, Fareham, Hamsphire, PO16 0EL, England PH (0329)234262... if anyone on that side of the pond wants to do some digging), and are called POLYBONES. PN is S220 labeled for Hotshot R, Bigwig/Boom F&R. I do not know if they made them or just repackaged them. I also have some NIB steel pivot balls for the Hotshot that SRM had too... much better than the Tamiya aluminum. /quote]

Seeing these dogbones I immediately remembered the name SRM Racing, also the product name Polybones.
But SRM Racing was a shop and distributor, no manufacturer. I think Bill Jones was the owner or had to do with the shop.
We did run these Polybones at our RC10 cars and they were really good, from what I remember they were slightly longer than the original RC10 dogbones also had less weight.

[Coelacanth]

I bought a set of these front wheels from some Hong Kong seller about a year ago, but I have no idea what the make is. I'm looking for a set of rears to match, either 12mm hex or AE-style pin-slotted. Anybody know who makes this wheel and what kind it is? They're pretty close to 2.2".

[JK Racing]

I'm thinking Proline for Tamiya, see this old auction.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-TAMIYA-STRIKER-NEW-WHEELS-WITH-RARE-PROLINE-TIRES-RC-FULL-SET-NO-GLUE-/370665080943?ViewItem=&item=370665080943&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466&nma=true&si=XYhTa5BfpzCalsRdpySghz9QhrQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[Coelacanth]

I'm thinking Proline for Tamiya, see this old auction.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-TAMIYA-STRIKER-NEW-WHEELS-WITH-RARE-PROLINE-TIRES-RC-FULL-SET-NO-GLUE-/370665080943?ViewItem=&item=370665080943&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466&nma=true&si=XYhTa5BfpzCalsRdpySghz9QhrQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Thanks, you're exactly right.

EDIT: Just bought a set of fronts & rears from fireboy, $26 plus shipping...not too often his prices are that reasonable! The rears will need some kind of 12mm-hex-to-funky-Tamiya adapter, though...

[DennisM]

I'm thinking Proline for Tamiya, see this old auction.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-TAMIYA-STRIKER-NEW-WHEELS-WITH-RARE-PROLINE-TIRES-RC-FULL-SET-NO-GLUE-/370665080943?ViewItem=&item=370665080943&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466&nma=true&si=XYhTa5BfpzCalsRdpySghz9QhrQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Thanks, you're exactly right.

EDIT: Just bought a set of fronts & rears from fireboy, $26 plus shipping...not too often his prices are that reasonable! The rears will need some kind of 12mm-hex-to-funky-Tamiya adapter, though...

The normal crosspin adaptor from Tamiya (Wild One, Fox) is quite long. I´m not sure Your axles will be long enough - If it´s meant for Your 2wd Mid.

[Coelacanth]

The normal crosspin adaptor from Tamiya (Wild One, Fox) is quite long. I´m not sure Your axles will be long enough - If it´s meant for Your 2wd Mid.

I guess I'll know what I'm dealing with when I have the wheels on the workbench. Where there's a will, there's a way, and I can be a very willful boy--as Mr. Grady told Mr. Torrance in "The Shining".

[markbt73]

I'm thinking Proline for Tamiya, see this old auction.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-TAMIYA-STRIKER-NEW-WHEELS-WITH-RARE-PROLINE-TIRES-RC-FULL-SET-NO-GLUE-/370665080943?ViewItem=&item=370665080943&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466&nma=true&si=XYhTa5BfpzCalsRdpySghz9QhrQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Thanks, you're exactly right.

EDIT: Just bought a set of fronts & rears from fireboy, $26 plus shipping...not too often his prices are that reasonable! The rears will need some kind of 12mm-hex-to-funky-Tamiya adapter, though...

The normal crosspin adaptor from Tamiya (Wild One, Fox) is quite long. I´m not sure Your axles will be long enough - If it´s meant for Your 2wd Mid.

The Wild One/Fox rear adapters are thick (1/2" or so) because those cars have very long rear axles, but the Falcon and Striker rear axles are much shorter, so the adapters are pretty close to the same thickness as a normal 12mm hex adapter. As long as you have axles with cross-pins instead of the normal Kyosho tapers, they should bolt right on. Looking at the manuals, I think the adapters are on the Falcon "C" parts tree, or the Striker "R" parts.

[SnoopMaxx]

The Wild One/Fox rear adapters are thick (1/2" or so) because those cars have very long rear axles, but the Falcon and Striker rear axles are much shorter, so the adapters are pretty close to the same thickness as a normal 12mm hex adapter. As long as you have axles with cross-pins instead of the normal Kyosho tapers, they should bolt right on. Looking at the manuals, I think the adapters are on the Falcon "C" parts tree, or the Striker "R" parts.

That's the ones I used on my CE
Falcon C parts 0005236 (C6)
Striker R parts 0115056 (R3)

http://www.competitionx.com/pdf/vehicle-manuals/tamiya-falcon-manual.pdf

http://www.competitionx.com/pdf/vehicle-manuals/tamiya-striker-manual.pdf

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamiya-58071-Striker-Sonic-Fighter-R-part-0115056-/120676678225

[Coelacanth]

Thanks guys. markbt73, I'm using modern CVDs with 5mm axles & crosspins so I was thinking I could make those adapters work, one way or another.

[hugger19]

does anyone know this body? or who signed it?

[RC10resto]

Could use a couple more shots / angles

[hugger19]

only pic sorry

[Barnfind]

anybody know what this is and if it goes with this car and what it is used for???

[Phin]

Front suspension "arms" for a parma panther.