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Both the rear and front shocks was anodized red long time ago...

Yes those are definitely kyosho some one took the anodizing off or it worn off,,the rears are landjump with crp collars and retainers and the fronts are Ultima Optima also with crp collars,,good shocks hard to find those collars and retainers...

Polish those up with liberal amounts of elbow-grease and wet-sanding...shame about the set-screw divots, though. That's why I'll never use that kind of collar...

tony13b wrote:Yes those are definitely kyosho some one took the anodizing off or it worn off,,the rears are landjump with crp collars and retainers and the fronts are Ultima Optima also with crp collars,,good shocks hard to find those collars and retainers...

I’s not Ultima/Optima shocks, because those are 10mm in diameter. This one is only 8 mm… They look just like the early Scorpion shocks, but those weren’t anodized red. They look familiar, but I can’t place them on any Kyosho car… might be from some Kyosho gas car from the early eighty’s

AYK shocks maybe?

Could it be from a Kyosho 1:12?

those ont the 1/12th car are the exact same diameter as the red ones on the scorpion, optima , ultima

I’m stupid those are from a Tomahawk...

I think this is some sort of Kyosho, but I'm not sure. Any ideas?

Yes it is

I've always been under the impression that it was Kyosho's answer to the Bruiser.

You are probably right, but I think Kyosho never reach the same heights that the Bruiser did. I have 2½ of those Chevys from Kyosho, and one of them is showed in my pictures above

Lowgear wrote:I've always been under the impression that it was Kyosho's answer to the Bruiser.

quite a lame one, then

Well its certainly cool in its own right but I think its biggest downfall was the four wheel independent trailing arm suspension. I feel if they went with two straight axles like the Bruiser it would have put it on the same level of desirability. They still command a hefty price though.

Somebody on another site I frequent has posted this car, looking for an ID... any ideas? I'm just curious.