saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-ups

[DaveM]

Hi Brian,

I am glad you kept your homemade front tower, it just adds to its uniqueness.

I could never get the bloody Hot Trick steering to work for me, I ended up getting so mad with mine I

am pretty sure I threw it in the bin.

Mine was red, doesn't it pivot on the threads of the screws?

Cheers, Dave.

[mk-Zero]

Yeah, it's a terrible design, like most Hot Trick stuff
Mine always worked fine though despite itself

[JK Racing]

I think I have seen all 3, gold - red - raw. I'll dig and find one of each.

[JK Racing]

havent found a raw yet...maybe it was your's in my head...LOL

[mk-Zero]

Mine is somewhat primitive looking, I'm guessing maybe it was the first run of them they did.

[Phin]

Never saw a raw set but here's a black set (with a single gold) that I sold awhile back.

[mk-Zero]

Ooooh, maybe mine are super rare

[DaveM]

I found a pic of the guy that designed the Hot Trick parts,


Here he is testing the latest batch of parts,

[mk-Zero]

Here's mine. Lack of anodizing aside, they are much less finished looking than the examples above. I think these must have been the very first version, probably not many of them around I would guess.

[Phin]

It's possible. Here's a NIP nose plate that's natural aluminum with what could be an early version of a header card:

[mk-Zero]

We're visiting my mom this weekend and I started looking in some old photo albums and found these pics of this car back in the day. I didn't have any stickers for it, so I crappily hand painted some stuff on the body. Oh well, I thought it looked good at the time

And for fun, here's a few other cars we had around that time. Wish we still had the Clod and the Scorcher!

[mk-Zero]

havent found a raw yet...maybe it was your's in my head...LOL

Just looking back through this thread... Joey, wtf is that thing? Obviously Frog suspension in front, but what was out back?

[Ucsdmutt]

I was skeptical at first, but it came out beautiful! Congrats!

I love the hand painted stickers! Sometimes you gotta make due with what you got. I couldn’t afford the Andy bumper for my graphite ten when I was a kid so I cut one out of a paint bucket lid....

[mk-Zero]

The bumper looks great, I wouldn't have guessed it was home made.
I made and modified a lot of stuff for this car when I was a teen, some of it came out better than other, lol.
Now it looks good sitting on a shelf in my garage. I still need to put the motor in it, other than that it's done.

[JK Racing]

Just looking back through this thread... Joey, wtf is that thing? Obviously Frog suspension in front, but what was out back?

Frog = look up Red Prince Frog and be amazed...