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[slotcarrod]

What Yokomo is this??

[Asso_man!]

looks like a Works '93 with some options (AE shocks, graphite parts and Pavidis '95 body)... could be wrong though

[slotcarrod]

Thanks Asso_man!, I thought it was around about that time. I would be nice to be sure though. Any other Yokomo Guru's out there?

[Dual]

That is a 1994 Yokomo "New" YZ10 Super Dogfighter. Early 1994: Yokomo YZ10 Super Dog Fighter
For the majority of people that missed out or could not afford the World Championship Special, Yokomo released the YZ10. Quite similar in design to the W.C.S. but a lot of 'special' parts were ommited to save costs and make the YZ10 more user friendly compared to the one-off W.C.S. Like the W.C.S., the YZ10 was a completely different in design to the earlier Works models and this made it very popular in the mid 1990's as it was a very durable car. At one point the majority of racers (pro through to novice) used only this car.

It has quite a few option parts compared to the stock version (AE shocks, T.C.S. system, Carbon Fibre parts, Titanium Turnbuckles and hardware, Lightweight Parts set etc.). A very nice version you have there

Body is the stock 1994 version and not the Pavidis Edition body (they both had a scoop on the left side but the one on the Pavidis version was longer).

Vin

[slotcarrod]

Thank you so much. It's good to know now what it is, and thanks for the compliment

Any chance that anyone has pictures of an original 94 YZ10 Super Dog Fighter?

[Mr. ED]

I thought it was the 96 (check the first page of the yokomo timeline = the thread where you posted the question without pics)
The reasons I think it's the 96 and not 94 (which I owned at one point) are the graphite towers, graphite top plate, graphite battery hold-downs, asso shocks and the lightened chassis: see the hole under the servo...

[Dual]

I thought it was the 96 (check the first page of the yokomo timeline = the thread where you posted the question without pics)
The reasons I think it's the 96 and not 94 (which I owned at one point) are the graphite towers, graphite top plate, graphite battery hold-downs, asso shocks and the lightened chassis: see the hole under the servo...

Definately a 1994 YZ10. The parts you mentioned (carbon fibre towers, top plate and holdowns, associated shocks are option parts). The 1994 YZ10 did have a section machined out of the chassis near the servo area but the Pavidis Edition had a lot more of the chassis machined out and also featured 4 battery/cell holes on the left hand side of the chassis as opposed to 3 on the 1994 YZ10. Look here for what a box stock 1996 Pavidis Edition looks like -

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=7181

As for pictures of a box stock 1994 YZ10, check out this thread. http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=2580

It is on the first page and is the car with the pink wing and rims and clear body.

Vin

[Mr. ED]

That shows again we need to get some pics for each model and version in the timeline

It definitely is a marvelous present you got, all the way down to the electronics the entire car spells PRO

The wheel fixation looks like team suzuki, though I'm not sure if they did a red version... Could they be from a Tomy intruder perhaps Vin?

[Dual]

Hey Ed,

I totally agree with the Yokomo Timeline being updated with photos. Between all the members here, I think we can put a photo to each description (even the hard ones )

I have a set of the Team Suzuki Hubs in blue but I have also seen them in green, purple, pink and red. Not sure if they were stripped and re-anodised by the owners. I think you are on to something regarding the red anodised Tomy versions.

Vin

[slotcarrod]

I think Dual is correct. The car looks just like the 94 yz10, just tricked out with carbon etc. Unless it was a "TEAM" type version direct from Yokomo. I'm just saying this because the gentleman that gave me the car has strong connections in Asia, and he was not the type of person at that time to hunt down option parts for a car. All his cars from that era were mostly box stock. 2008 is a different story! lol

Photos of each car in the time lines would be great.

Again, thanks so much for all your help!