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This is a great update and build. My early edinger also has those pistons in it. Well 2 of my edingers do. That is each car came with 2, and 2 pistons that were of the same clearer plastic material but with holes...Both owners must have taken 1 set out and tried diff pistons in rear..

Ruffy wrote:...I'm gonna paitently wait for the day when you finish putting back together your car.

It'll come. I've just had other projects taking priority for while now.

That picture is priceless. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Don't know how I missed this thread last year, but I'm glad I caught it now. That car is sweet! It's great that you held on to it all these years. Call me crazy, but I'm digging your "speed holes" on the chassis. This is a real car, not a shelf queen built from NIB pieces and I find that refreshing. I don't think I could have stripped the shocks though, even if they were in rough condition. I'm curious, do you plan to re-anodize them or are you going to put them on polished?

you have a...... WTF?!?! I wanted a tamiya frog.... look on your face.

MelvinsArmy wrote:Don't know how I missed this thread last year, but I'm glad I caught it now. That car is sweet! It's great that you held on to it all these years. Call me crazy, but I'm digging your "speed holes" on the chassis. This is a real car, not a shelf queen built from NIB pieces and I find that refreshing. I don't think I could have stripped the shocks though, even if they were in rough condition. I'm curious, do you plan to re-anodize them or are you going to put them on polished?

I kept the original shocks original. Still have them. I stripped an old (newer) spare set. Sorry I didn't make that clear. The originals are quite beat, and actually have some set screw holes in left over from me swapping on some aluminum collars BID because I thought they looked so much cooler (like on the box.). The other thing is that (due to the assymetrical slotted pistons) they are worn on the inside too, with the one side worn in where the piston had been driving into the wall. I won't reanodize the originals. I'll try both on the build and see which I like.

scr8p wrote:you have a...... WTF?!?! I wanted a tamiya frog.... look on your face.

The surprise factor was all gone because I knew full well I was getting it. The weeks of waiting wore me out maybe. And I was like "I can't build open it up now and build it because why...we're going to church now?!!??

Y'ernat Al wrote:Look What I found! Actually my parents handed this pic over to me this thanksgiving. Christmas 1984...knowing I've been into the old rc10..

Holy crap! That is fantastic, thanks for sharing. Now I'm going to go back and ask my Mom if she can find any old photos of me with my RC10. I'm trying to remember if I got it for Christmas or my birthday.

Maybe we can add to this old thread - c'mon guys.

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=15410&hilit=old+photos

Y'ernat Al wrote:

Ruffy wrote:...I'm gonna paitently wait for the day when you finish putting back together your car.

It'll come. I've just had other projects taking priority for while now.

I'm a man of my word, so I got back to the RC Cars! RC10 #1 is coming back together...Lets just say the swiss cheese holes in the chassis were drilled by a 14 year old WITH a rather dull bit and WITHOUT a drill press . After a much internal debate I decided to make this car one of those restorations with some degree of re-tooling. Since I was historically a careful driver and now even more averse to drivng into walls or nosing it into a whoop, I figured I could get away with weakening the chassis a bit more. It didn't come out half bad considering what I started with..



Stay tuned. I'm on a roll!

AWESOME!

With all the gorgeous old is new builds going on with anodized this and powder coated that this is a truly refreshing build.

This is what we are all here for! RC history. I love it!

Excellent work on the chassis.

Awesome stuff, love to see the older cars shaking it!
Keep up the pictures too!

Wait... You dyed those white parts black?

Love it! What body and paint you doing?

I still don't understand why you did not smile or at least look happy in that 1984 picture? You should of had a big $h!t eating grin on your face! Like Mr Green !

SMOKE-DOG wrote:Wait... You dyed those white parts black?

it happens

You turned that into a great looking car! I'd be proud to have one like that in my collection.