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Hi Joe, it's great that you joined this message board. You would make several people happy if you did reproduce your cherished wheels. I grew up in King City and raced in Salinas and Carmel back in the day. I bought a few sets of your wheels out of SRS hobbies several years ago. I've been by the machine shop on Dayton street a few times but the people at salinas valley precision had no Idea what I was talking about when I mentioned your products. In any case here is my collection of tecnacrafts.

You guys are out of control. Great collections. Makes mine look small. I am going to dig through some old paperwork and see if I can find out exactly how many wheel sets we made. They quit selling in the early 90's and I did not make any more. I only took some samples to the Chicago show for folks to look at. I guess the $99.price tag was a bit high. That would be a steal today.
I am looking into remaking some it will be a 1 time limited run and they will be marked as vintage so there is no confusion. I do not want to ruin the value of the original ones.
Thanks for all the pictures and comments.
Joe

Great news!
And while your at it I am sure that you could sell a few sets of RC10 turnbuckles

jgproducts wrote: I am looking into remaking some it will be a 1 time limited run and they will be marked as vintage so there is no confusion. I do not want to ruin the value of the original ones.
Thanks for all the pictures and comments.
Joe

....just tell me when you want orders to be placed and I'm there!!.

Hey all,

Been making calls and trying to find who is worthy of making my wheels. Got to go see a few first of the week and get more details ion what they can do. I did find a anadizer that I can use that is close by. Will keep you informed when I have more info.
And yes I will be taking pre-orders so tell me what you want first and formost.
Joe

i personally would like a set for the RC10 , but would like maybe a couple sets of different inserts by themselves? if that makes sense.

mikedealer wrote:i personally would like a set for the RC10 , but would like maybe a couple sets of different inserts by themselves? if that makes sense.

x2 but all depends on cost.

Agree - depending on cost I'm looking for around 5 or so sets for my vintage cars, and a number of different inserts if they are available separately...

I all depends on cost for all of us. If I can get them made for a reasonable price has a lot to do with them getting made. Most shops want you to run hundreds of parts to get the cost down. I am trying to explain to these guys that numbers will be on a smaller scale but I want the highest quality. Material also plays a big part of the process. We always used only Aircraft grade aluminum. The centers are cut from billet stock. I did not remember it being this much trouble all those years ago. lol Just got to get all the ducks in a straight line.
I am going to give this a lot of effort to make it happen.
Joe

Thanks Joe, either way your efforts are appreciated.

I know of one guy that might be able to help you but he's in Colorado. His names Chris and goes by toyranosaur on the R/C message boards. After seeing his work over the years I would say he can deliver the quality people expect from a Tecnacraft wheel.

He hangs out on scale4x4rc.
http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=39

Hey Joe, are you going to be making any of the kyosho sets for the Ultima and the Optima?

If it is possible I would like optima hex mount 2.0 any style gold or alloy center and rc10 CC,AA,or Blanks depending on the cost at lest 6 set. Thank you Joe, either way your efforts are appreciated let me know... Here is a pair of my CC fronts that I need rears for.

I would be down for 2-4 depending on price, and styles avail

Hi Joe,
Great news, Pending final price, i would love a set for my Optima . I think mine are the most common spoke pattern, no ? Would you consider some Tshirts, maybe using some of your old advertising, just a thought .