Unidentified Kyosho Buggy

[EdNine]

Hello all. Sorry if this is in the wrong place, but i’m new here.
I bought this partial Kyosho buggy at a yard sale and cannot find anything that looks like it online.
Does anyone here know what it is?

[Dadio]

its a "Sand Skipper " 1982 vintage and pretty rare , https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=132238&id=0 , about all i know is it had pneumatic tire that you actually pumped up !

[EdNine]

Thanks for that! That’s fantastic!
I googled vintage kyosho and didn’t find that one.
Do you think that’s the original motor?

[Dadio]

It could be , its the right type but I'm no expert on the specifics and there were a few of the same general design at around that time , it should be inside the gearbox in the part hanging out the back so if you have not opened the gearbox there might be one in there ?

[EdNine]

Yeah, i pulled the motor out. It’s in the second photo down. Says Mabuchi and Japan on it and it has a capacitor on it.

[Raman]

OMG ... My friend had one and he would always need to take it apart because the centrifugal clutch would stop working..

[stevin]

I have the entire rear end, but no car and believe it or not I have the stupid tire pump. lol

[Lowgear]

Just to add that's it's not necessarily a Sand Skipper. They came is three variations which were a VW Baja Bug, Toyota Hilux Pick Up, and Sand Skipper. Which one it originally was remains a mystery without the original body. Although it doesn't have the roll bar which points to the VW Baja Bug version but that doesn't mean much as it could have been removed.

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