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Hello, Scrap8 you're sure , Jay use a Novak 1 ?

Thanks PRP

Wow , nice build . How do you get the front hole for the body perfect like that , because the body post comes out at an angle I never get it right . End up with an oval or a large hole in the body .

pituk wrote:Wow , nice build . How do you get the front hole for the body perfect like that , because the body post comes out at an angle I never get it right . End up with an oval or a large hole in the body .

you have to mark the hole on the body about an 1/8" to 3/16" further front from the center of the post.

prp wrote:Hello, Scrap8 you're sure , Jay use a Novak 1 ?

Thanks PRP

prp wrote:Electronic speed controls make their first World Championship appearance at the 1985 Off-Road Worlds, with both Jay Halsey (2WD) and Gil Losi Jr. (4WD) using the NESC-1 to capture World Titles."

yes, he used a novak 1. i don't have the correct esc in my car.

thanks to brian (Y'ernat Al), the front bumper on my car finally has the jg mfg. decal on it. it's not the dark blue that the car is supposed to have, but like brian said......... baby blue will have to do. i'm sure one day down the road the correct one will show up somewhere.
i also have the correct jg decal for the nose section of the body (below the 4). once i have the body back in hand i'll be able to switch out the one i threw on temporarily. i still need to find the "mickey thompson" decal for the roof. that one is proving to be hard to find.

after 13 months, the body is back in hand. so, i swapped out the temporary jg decal on the nose for the correct one, and i also painted the window nets. i'm still missing a couple decals, but i'm sure they show up a some point.

since better pics of the car with the body off have come about since i got this thing together, i now have alot of stuff i have to do to it to get it closer to original. so, a complete teardown and rebuild is in it's near future.

scr8p wrote:after 13 months, the body is back in hand.

clap clap clap

two words. BAD ASS

scr8p wrote:after 13 months, the body is back in hand.

I don't see Jay's sig on it anywhere.....

Well at least you got this one back. That's more than can be said for my feeble attempt.

Brandon G wrote:I don't see Jay's sig on it anywhere.....

nope. just didn't work out i guess.

a01butal wrote:Well at least you got this one back. That's more than can be said for my feeble attempt.

don't feel bad, it was worth the shot. you lost out more than i did, though.

Great work on the replica, looks spot on!

Hi with a friend we have a problem with the servo , every body say it's s32 / s32sh but the servo case on the Jay car have
3 parts like this one:
s31 / s31sh:


The s32 is different:
s32 :

thanks to mikedealer, another hurdle has been cleared on this car. mike custom made the mickey thompson decal on the roof for me in vinyl. it turned out great!

That look great scr8p and nice work Mike.
do you have anything on the list of needs to finish this one?