My original CAT XL - freshly uncovered

[dinglem]

Same as me then really. Came and went before I could really drive or knew how to set up a car. I guess I can give my original XL a second go (although saying that I am even worse driver now!)

[Sprocket]

Love the build! What wheels are those?

[dinglem]

Love the build! What wheels are those?

Thanks Sprocket. The wheels are Gisom alloys. They came in various fitments and offsets so you have to ensure you have the correct ones. I have a set on my Concept Car also, but the rears have a shallower dish, and as such I have had to use a pair of SRM spacers which have the Schumacher castle fitment in order to make full width at the rear. The ones on the rear of the XL have a deeper dish as at that time they were designed for the rear of the unwidened CAT. They do pop up for sale occasionally, and were a great period rim, particularly in the UK. I recall seeing lots of cars running them during my racing days, which is why I have started collecting them now.

[Retro rc]

A couple of sets made their way down to Nz back in the day. Got a set of Schumacher castle fitment sitting on my shelf atm
Waiting for a project to use them on

[dinglem]

Very nice. The Schumacher fitment ones are really shallow dish - especially the fronts to make sure the car remains within the 250mm width limit. It always amazes me how light they are.

[AscotConversion]

Any idea what the part number is for the front tires on that rc10?

[LurkingCAT]

To me the front tyres on the RC10 looks like the Schumacher T660 (soft) or the T661 (hard). These are 4 rows of 24 spikes.

[dinglem]

LurkingCAT is exactly right. Quite hard to find full sets of them. The original ‘mini spikes.’ I buy them whenever I see a pair come up for sale. Fronts or rears. I have them on many of my cars you will notice.

[Frankentruck]

What are the front shock shields/covers from?
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[dinglem]

…. from the base of the last bottle of water I drank at the time….! The perfect solution.

[Frankentruck]

…. from the base of the last bottle of water I drank at the time….! The perfect solution.

Do you have a part number for that?

[dinglem]

I did at one stage, consider painting them to match the bodyshell ….