PROJECT: RC10 Cardinal

[scr8p]

i found this on ebay. i know you'd probably rather nip, but i just figured i'd post it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Novak-T-1-T1-speed-control-ESC-for-T4-B4-or-team-losi_W0QQitemZ160061125661QQihZ006QQcategoryZ34063QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[carloco8]

The novak T1 was the hottest speed control to have way way back in the day since it was smaller than the T1X and could handle lower turn motors than the T4. You know you want it apex!

[scr8p]

i'll bet he'd like the one i have. can you say................n.i.p novak T1? i'd have a hard time letting it go, though.

[Eau Rouge]

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Yeah, with everything on that car being NOS, for the most part, it'd have to be a really perfect ESC to put into that car. It might be worth a flyer, though, if the price stays low. I can always rewire it, too, if the wires look too beat.

I'm working on finding photos of the ProLine body I'm seeking, too. I know I have something around here with a picture of it...


Also, JG made a small, kydex lip with a machined aluminum very tiny rear body mount that sat in the center of the rear shock tower. It was basically about the size of a quarter, folded in half with this little tiny bullet screwed into it. Anyone wander across one of these or ever even seen one?




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[carloco8]

Was that JG part suppose to act as a rear sprint car body mount? Mounts on the shock tower and then curves back and downward?

[Eau Rouge]

Nope, it was tiny, and was essentially a small "L" bracket that was made for off road body mounts. I ran one on my Schumacher Cat (they didn't have bodies past the rear shock tower), and one on my RC10. At a certain point in the 80s, most people stopped using the entire rear of the body past the shock towers like we do now. It was too much of a pain to remove the wing all the time just to take the body off, plus the wing came out on the track if you weren't really careful.

I'll have to draw it up from my memory if I can't find any photos of it.

[Asso_man!]

is that the body you were after?

http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&sspagename=STRK%3AMEDW%3AIT&viewitem=&item=160058435385&rd=1&rd=1

[carloco8]

brand new T1 speed control for a good deal too!

http://cgi.ebay.com/NOVAK-T-1-SPEED-CONTROLLER-NEW-FREE-SHIPPING_W0QQitemZ130057529079QQihZ003QQcategoryZ34063QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[carloco8]

I'm glad you saw it, and got it quickly, very quickly. Its gonna look really nice in your cardinal project for sure.

[Eau Rouge]

SCORE! Thanks for that tip! I appreciate it.

No, unfortunately that Proline body isn't the one. I found a photo of the body in an old Competition Plus, I just need to scan it. After talking with my brother about it, neither of us are sure what it was called.



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[carloco8]

OH MAN, COMPETITION PLUS MAGAZINE!!!! I remember those and I was just a young'in back then!

[Eau Rouge]

Still one of the best R/C mags ever.

[mrlexan]

apex, when get a pic of it, post it.... I might be able to help you ID the body, they don't call me mrlexan for nothing.

[scr8p]

awesome score on the T1, doug. that'll help it get closer to completion.

[Eau Rouge]

Only a few items remaining for the car...

And after 3 hours of wrestling with my scanner, I finally got it to work again. I found photos of the original Proline buggy body that I have been looking for. It's on an Ultima, but it's the identical body.