Greenwood Corvette RC10

[XLR8]

First, a little background.
I’ll have to admit that I’ve never been a huge fan of on-road RC.
Although, back in the day I've raced a 12e, 12i, 10l (which I still have) and some custom-built pan cars on carpet and tarmac, dirt off-road is really my thing.
I really enjoy the 3-dimensional aspect of off-road.

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However, especially as I’ve walked my dog Sadie around town on the weekends, I can’t help noticing those big vacant parking lots for various churches and businesses etc., and they seemed to beckon to me.
Wouldn't it be fun to have an on-road car again?
So with no new off-road builds on the horizon, I’ve decided to build a road racer -- but not a flat plate, straight-axle car, I want a car with proper shocks at all four wheels and independent suspension.
A few months back I happened upon this neglected RC10 wearing a decent set of ProLine Striker road tires.

Perfect! Now I’ll just need to find the right body shell.
I’d mentioned having a 12e back in the day.
Somehow, I’d acquired a used 12e (in a trade probably) on which a previous owner fitted a Greenwood Corvette body.
It was very cool, the car handled great, etc., but somewhere along the way I sold it or traded it for another car – not sure what ever happened to that car.
Anyway, I’ve always like that car so I’ve been searching the web for a 10th scale version of the Greenwood Vette but no luck -- they seemed only to be available in 12th scale.
So, as my second choice, I’d settled upon a Porsche instead (911 or 934) -- many of these are available in 10th scale.

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Checking the sources looking for the best deal and there’s just one place left to look before placing the order, OldRC.com.
Much to my surprise, there it was; a 10th scale Greenwood Corvette body shell.
Completely unexpected.
Awesome!

So, I’m just waiting for the body to arrive so I can determine what changes to the RC10 are needed to fit the body.
For a paint scheme, not sure at this point if I’ll attempt a racer replica or something else.

[coxbros1]

Gonna be a cool build! U going vintage or modern electrics?

[XLR8]

Thanks Derek, I really hope so.
This is going to be a runner so definitely will get modern electrics. The vintage stuff goes in my shelfers.
I'm gonna try the Castle 4600kV/Sidewinder 3 combo that I got for the Ultima.
USPS says the body will be delivered on Friday the 10th.
Can't wait to start the design process.

[mikea96]

I have always loved that Gresnwood Corvette body.

[XLR8]

Me to. I've always like vettes in general. I drove a vette bitd, an '88, had it for 15 years, great car. Quick. Not sure of it's ultimate capabilities as I never had it over 150.
So the body shell arrived today and it's from a Bolink mold. How about that - I had no idea they even made them. Anyway, very nice.
The body is about 5/8" narrower than the tires edge-to-edge on the RC10. I'll definitely want the tires to be the same width as the body.
I guess I could try B4 wheels or some other wheels that will yield a narrower track width - or maybe design some custom arms. DS arms perhaps but they might be too narrow.
Anyway, sorting out these issues is part of the fun.