In the late 1980's Brimod shocks were known as the best around - certainly on the UK scene - and were beautifully engineered and extremely exotic looking. They were very expensive for that time period, and as such only the top drivers ran them. Brimod themselves sponsored a team of drivers, and also made hop-up items for various models including a LWB Mid conversion, and a wider saddle pack chassis for the Schumacher CAT. They also advertised items such as UJ's for various PB cars, chargers, and eventually started producing Pro-10 car kits.
Then, over the summer of 1988 a few grainy pictures of a 'Brimod Prototype' off-road car began to trickle into the two main UK RC mags. Both mags ran a similar feature on successive months, stating the car was only in the prototype stage, and that they were not being produced at that moment. I vividly recall reading these articles with interest, but i also remember nothing ever came of the car and that was the last i heard of it. It was in 2wd guise, which at the time being mid-engined, seemed a bit of a novelty. The wishbones were also an oddity, being flat sheets of presumably carbon fibre, and the rest seemed to be comprised of nicely machined aluminium and nylon.
FFWD until 12months ago and as i was getting back into the RC scene i looked up the old articles and posted them up on various Fb forums to see whether anybody remember them, and also whether anybody new any more about the story or whether any of the cars survived.
Here are the articles as scanned directly from the 1988 mags:-
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