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I got this fancy smushed box from Poland, so excited

This is from Artful Dodgers who make class 2 comp chassis' i have to get one for one of my Enduros.

Spring retainers and cups came in today. I've searched many many times for this AE part # and never had luck finding them until the morning after I asked about spring retainers for 10mm shocks in my Pro-XRT thread a week and a half ago. The funny this is, a member here sent me a pm offering 3D printed spring retainers (but in white which is much better for the XRT) while I was ordering these AE parts on the bay. But still glad I got them because my brother's T4 and another set of shocks I have are missing the spring retainers.

The locators are harder to find than the cups. Early locators are easier to find than the B4 type.

juicedcoupe wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:48 pm The locators are harder to find than the cups. Early locators are easier to find than the B4 type.

Shoot, I got the cups and locators mixed up. I meant the locators/retainers at the top of the springs, not the cups at the bottom.

Thanks

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A couple of nice Modifieds, a Reedy pink dot and an unknown model Twister. Also a couple of stock motors.
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The one with only 2 screw holes has me interested. Seems similar to an earlier Yokomo can and endbell, but with no markings.
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This is going to be a giggle , the Grasshopper was my third car after a Sand Rover and a Willy's wheeler . Isn't the 380 motor cute , forgot how small they were

Dadio wrote: ↑Thu Jul 14, 2022 6:53 am This is going to be a giggle

Very cool! I watched the RCKicks Grasshopper video last night. I had forgotten about the dinky motor, all of those wheel nuts and bolts, etc. I may have to get one, too.

TravelinTravis wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 3:28 pm Technically....delivered today...but will take a few months until I get back state side to pick her up! Very new Revtech to add to the collection! Stoked!Revtech15DJuly2022.jpg

Enjoy that motor since I was the seller.

This baddie came today.

Motor spring tension tool arrived.

HI,

Just receive my 2nd Corally Mini Assassin, it came with box and manual.




Need to find a wonderfull body !


Jerome

Trass wrote: ↑Sat Jul 16, 2022 10:40 am Just receive my 2nd Corally Mini Assassin, it came with box and manual.

Here is why I love this site still - I have that motor plate, that has been kicking around in a box for years, no idea what it was from. Now I know

Yes, I got another Lazer ZX, MOTHER...

Unlike the other two, this one looks and feels like somebody actually took care of it. Suspension doesn't bind, differentials are smooth, hinge pins don't appear to be bent, not all gritty.

Not exactly the post, but something happened.

I spend part of the week-end at my borther's place. He has some specific tooling and I brought some stuff to do with him, and we took pleasure doing this stuff together (and that will help few of my projects). When we finished, he told me that he has a onroad chassis somewhere I could give a second life, and he sent his son fetch a box in the attic...
My nephew gave me 2 boxes : one with 2 bodyshells inside and one smaller box with the chassis inside.

I started to inspect the body shell first : unpainted, one is trimmed and the other one not. And there is the original stickers with them.
Then the chassis : the suspension arms looks familiar for me, as I modeled some exactly like those for a guy at the club. Same shape, but size is different than the Kyosho GP Landmax arms I modeled... Weird. I'll have to look further. The brand on the box was not familiar for me, but the chassis reminded me something...


When arrived at home, I did further search. This chassis was marketed in France under two brands : MFI and Yankee. The car is a Shaft 1/10 (it was the same car name for the two brands, and it cames with various bodyshells). The front and rear cells are identical, and could even be doubled : you could build a 6x6 or 8x8 or NxN with those, and build it 4WDS as well, this is interesting... Upon further search, the car's manufacturer is Great Vigor, well known for some Optima's total copy paste with the Beagle (which may explain why the arms looks like Kyosho GP Landmax arms).

The GP engine has been rebuilt by my nephew (he is an apprentice in automotive mechanics, and he loves doing that, but don't run rc cars anymore): he told me you would be able to run it as long as you succeed to set it right.

At the end I'm not sure if I'll run this car GP or Converted EP. I'll keep the Clio Williams bodyshell, and the Peugeot 306 Maxi will find a new home (I have a friend searching for this exact bodyshell for quite a long, and I tried myself to help him... If only I knew the treasure was in my brother's attic ).

In short, this will allow to help a friend and this is one addition to my own projects list...