saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-ups
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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-u
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.
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.
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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-u
Yeah, it's a terrible design, like most Hot Trick stuff
Mine always worked fine though despite itself
Mine always worked fine though despite itself
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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-u
I think I have seen all 3, gold - red - raw. I'll dig and find one of each.
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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-u
havent found a raw yet...maybe it was your's in my head...LOL
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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-u
Mine is somewhat primitive looking, I'm guessing maybe it was the first run of them they did.
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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-u
I found a pic of the guy that designed the Hot Trick parts,
Here he is testing the latest batch of parts,
Here he is testing the latest batch of parts,
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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-u
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.
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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-u
It's possible. Here's a NIP nose plate that's natural aluminum with what could be an early version of a header card:
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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-ups
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!
And for fun, here's a few other cars we had around that time. Wish we still had the Clod and the Scorcher!
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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-u
Just looking back through this thread... Joey, wtf is that thing? Obviously Frog suspension in front, but what was out back?
Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-ups
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....
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....
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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-ups
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.
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.
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Re: saved from the closet: late 80's RC10 with vintage hop-u
Frog = look up Red Prince Frog and be amazed...
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