Hi. I'm new to this forum, but not new to RC (27 years experience. My first RC was a Lunchbox, I still have, I built when I was six in 1987). I should've discovered this forum years ago, but that's neither here nor there. I'm a huge and avid Associated collector. My goal is to have one of every model ever made, NIB (but I'll take it out and build it), and one to run.
I recently got this car in a big lot. I bought the lot cheap, five vintage cars for $75, because at a quick glance I noticed a new B3, which I was lacking, in the lot. Once I got it home and looked at it, I noticed a vintage Yokomo I knew had to be worth big bucks! I had planned to sell it to buy more vintage Associated parts or cars, but then I did some digging... From the little information I've found, this appears to be a Yokomo YZ-10 810 Dogfighter, but I may be wrong. I know nothing about Yokomo, aside from the motors they made for AE. However, the little digging I did do seemed to point to this having been imported and distributed in the US by AE, and that it was the first real 4wd 1/10 race buggy. If this is the case, it's associated with Associated (lol), so I will keep it. At this point, I'm trying to see what knowledge I can gain from the brilliant minds I've seen here. Once I saw actually Associated guys like Curtis were on here, I was sold on this place!!!!!
I'm going to post pictures momentarily. Give me a few.
Any tips? Am I not allowed to do that yet?