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OK, where can I buy Protech II body? I tried to contact bluegroove but got no reply so are there any other place to try? I'm still waiting for the front arm mounts so in the meanwhile assembled the rear end. The white plastics are whiter than before H2O2 bath but not as white as the other car which has seen no sunlight. I used 3% mixture and heated it for a while and had them in the jar for 3 days afterwards. But these will do.

RC10 Graphite by Tomi Seppälä, on Flickr

RC10 Graphite by Tomi Seppälä, on Flickr

I think after this and the World's car I'm done with restoring these. I found another RC10 Graphite with stealth transmission so I will build that with modern parts, inspired by tOnio's rere build.

I knew I had the box and manual somewhere and finally found them today. These have been in my parents house for over 25 years. Sadly my original car is gone but this one is a good replacement.

RC10 Graphite by Tomi Seppälä, on Flickr

Hi. Your graphite buggy looks really nice. Thanks for sharing1

Another source of protech 2 body is Penguin.
Search ebay for seller haskins2004.

bluewormx wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:23 pm Another source of protech 2 body is Penguin.
Search ebay for seller haskins2004.

Thanks again! I ordered Protech II for this, Viper for the Team car and Turbo Mirage for my World's car. Saved a lot on shipping costs as he had them all.

Nice Graphite! You have a 1/12 spur gear on it and you might want to swap it for a 32dp original one.

Asso_man! wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:24 pm Nice Graphite! You have a 1/12 spur gear on it and you might want to swap it for a 32dp original one.

Thanks! Yes, I will change it but probably to 48dp so I can use same pinions on all my cars.

I finally got all the chassis parts for this and now it's basically a roller with no body on. But the front end still seems to be really loose. Compared to my World's car it feels like total crap. I have new bulkheads and caster blocks as they had oval pin holes but I think I still need new front arms. And I haven't seen those for sale in a long time. Anyone wanting to sell me a pair?

I also found some vintage Lunchford turnbuckles from my stash but missing rear ones and the short steering one. Do you know if they can be bought separately?

RC10 Graphite by Tomi Seppälä, on Flickr

RC10 Graphite by Tomi Seppälä, on Flickr

for those lunsfords yes. Just see what length you need as Lunsford still had this style locked away. and started selling again when the rere's came out. But just need to email them.

Hey Tomi, also check your hinge pins. The plastics typically don't wear so, often times, I've found that the suspension will tighten up significantly with a new set of pins. Your front arms are probably okay.

Also, as side note, as an American I'll admit to being biased but I've always thought that Graphite boxart is totally gorgeous - the best AE ever produced.

I had one pair of white arms I was saving for the Graphite Team car but I tried them anyway. Now everything is as tight as with the World's car. I The pin holes seems to be oval shaped on the old arms so maybe they go bad after all. Now I still need a set of white arms for the other car but as that will be more of a driver I may ahve to settle for black arms. They are still availabe so I don't have to worry about braking them.

And then mandatory pictures with Ultrahive's body on. It sits lower on this car than the gold pan and really looks much better, even with 2.2" wheels.

RC10 Graphite by Tomi Seppälä, on Flickr

RC10 Graphite by Tomi Seppälä, on Flickr

RC10 Graphite by Tomi Seppälä, on Flickr

Looks good nice job

That's a beauty!

Thanks! I'm still amazed by the body, it's just so cool.

Front end seems to be quite low even without any weight. I measured the shocks and Graphite has 2.55" and World's car has 2.75" from link to link. There are no limiters inside so do I have too short front shocks? They are the same length as short arm cars.

Those look like .56 shocks. Gotta use the bottom row on the tower for those. .71's on the top.