Vintage Rough Rider score

[clm]

Just picked this up from a friend for working on a Traxxas Revo. It looks to be very low usage however it does have the side of the box hacked open to fit a longer pack... DOH!!

It however doesn't fit in my collection so I will likely just put it up for sale eventually.

Chris

[clm]

Original radio install goodness complete with reciever battery pack!

A pair of Aero Sport cs-28r servos and an Aero Sport receiver battery... I am guessing it's an Aero Sport receiver as well but I don't want to take it out and see, the only thing that looks iffy is how the connector is connected with the black tape... and the cut out side

The only cracked rubber appears to be the on-off switch, the steering servo boot is still soft and flexible as are the tires surprisingly. Tires still mushroom nicely when you sit it down like tires should

Body is an ugly color but not broken or cracked and doesn't look like it spent much time upside down... I have never seen a receiver antenna wire routed UNDER the chassis before!but it is untouched

Chris

P.S. it is growing on me in an odd sort of way... It's still not a Losi or Associated though!

[GoMachV]

Nice score!

[clm]

Thanks Gomachv!

And talk about flexible chassis... I have never seen a kit where the BODY is actually structural to the car! lol

Chris

[terry.sc]

The flexing chassis is why so many bodies and radio boxes were cracked. Using two chassis plates together or any of the replacements was a necessity if you attempted to race them.

the only thing that looks iffy is how the connector is connected with the black tape...

Nothing iffy there, that was how you were supposed to connect the battery plug - twist the wires together then insulate with the vinyl tube included, or with vinyl tape.

[clm]

Well I have word that the Aero Sport transmitter for it was found and I will be getting it eventually. Yay!

Chris

[shodog]

Before you sell it, at least drop some modern electronics and ESC in it and take it for a drive. You might end up keeping it. There are a few aluminum chassis on the market but at the bare minimum bolt down some aluminum 90 degree angle bracket to the sides of the chassis to stiffen it up.

[clm]

That would require pulling the original and very vintage install out, I kind of don't want to disturb it

Once the Revo is up and running I think it would be best to pass it on to someone with a passion for these vehicles moreso then just my "it looks cool"

You won't really miss it from the menagerie I have right now.

Only cars not represented there is my pile of random losi jrx parts and my t2 buggy project.

Chris

[Coelacanth]

You won't really miss it from the menagerie I have right now.

Only cars not represented there is my pile of random losi jrx parts and my t2 buggy project.

Nice collection...so where do you sleep, on the floor?

[clm]

Naw.. I normally pile them up on the small shelves, I need to build a large set of shelves in the front room for them >.<

Chris

[Niki]

My first RC car... in 1982. I was damn proud car owner at the age of 9.

-Niki-

[vwjuice]

I remember getting one with the old MRP Dodge Stepside truck body and I thought it was so fast and so cool after having a Tyco Bandit.

I should get another one.

[clm]

Nice picture! My first hobby grade vehicle was a mechanical speed control equipped used Tamiya Blackfoot that was found in a closet of a deserted house my uncle moved into... I used and abused that for a couple of years... I won't touch another Blackfoot with a 10 foot pole!

Nostalgia has not dampened my views of the build quality of that and it's hex drive dogbones and it's really cheezy suspension

Chris

[vwjuice]

Nice picture! My first hobby grade vehicle was a mechanical speed control equipped used Tamiya Blackfoot that was found in a closet of a deserted house my uncle moved into... I used and abused that for a couple of years... I won't touch another Blackfoot with a 10 foot pole!

Nostalgia has not dampened my views of the build quality of that and it's hex drive dogbones and it's really cheezy suspension

Chris

Whaaatttttt? The Blackfoot has amazing suspension.

[clm]

Nice picture! My first hobby grade vehicle was a mechanical speed control equipped used Tamiya Blackfoot that was found in a closet of a deserted house my uncle moved into... I used and abused that for a couple of years... I won't touch another Blackfoot with a 10 foot pole!

Nostalgia has not dampened my views of the build quality of that and it's hex drive dogbones and it's really cheezy suspension

Chris

Whaaatttttt? The Blackfoot has amazing suspension.

Compared to what? A toaster?

It wasn't really the rear suspension, that's fine.. how can you really mess up trailing arms? But that front one, a couple of i beams, a huge c hub, and some random shaped tie rods that only vaguely held anything in place. I swear the thing drove over rough ground and the front suspension did not actually move up and down... just bounce bounce bounce.

Chris