I could not pass this up, it was 45$ shipped to my door. Just had a Bad ESC. Came with a new set of tires, and
the plastic dogbones were already upgraded to steel universals.....
This is just begging for a little Brushless setup......
THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote:It will be a rocket ship. I saw this a while back and thought of doing something similar.
I'd like to find a 1/18th priced like that. http://www.beatyourtruck.com/project-RC18T.html
They go pretty cheaply. I was watching one on eBay that sold for 60$ Mine had a bad ESC, but did not care as it's going to be brushless anyways....I already have purchased a used motor for it, have a ESC, and likely need to upgrade the plastic bevel gear diffs, as they would not last more than 1/2 a battery.
I'm just getting back into the hobby after leaving in the late 80's. Back in the late 1970's or early 1980's, I recall buying an rc airplane magazine (that was all they had back then) and seeing a one or two page section they had devoted to rc cars....
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Thanks for the link, I hadn't seen those photos. Those are super rare cars!
what i really hate about losi, is that they still charge $89.00-$99.00 for that spektrum reciever as a spare part, yet the whole care is $149. they should be selling those recievers as what they actually cost with slight markup, $20 lol...
I have acquired both a nip bobcat and a nip cheetah and started a thread on them here:
Pretty cool cars considering the 1981 dates on the paperwork. If you have pics to add from yours, we would love to see them! I also have learned that Bolink had...
Here is a Cliff Lett replica I just finished on a RC18T. Let me know what you think.
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Very cool. I just bought a replica off ebay from the following seller. Perhaps he has stickers for you. I'm guessing he's on here given how much vintage RC10 stuff he sells.