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It's a clod thing



Chassis is pretty much done, I'm glad I spent the time to clean up the original gold hardware as all the new Clod screws are silver.....

Looking brand new mate, antenna tubes are on their way too

Thanks Kym

Not far to go now

Shocks all done.....

I never in my wildest dreams would have thought I'd ever be restoring one of these......

RC10th wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:24 am I never in my wildest dreams would have thought I'd ever be restoring one of these......


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Pretty sure you may be the first !

Dadio wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:16 pm

RC10th wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:24 am I never in my wildest dreams would have thought I'd ever be restoring one of these......


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Pretty sure you may be the first !

And maybe the last.....

I must say the MSC turned out fantastic, I had to solder some new power leads onto the board and replace the Tamiya plug as the previous owner cut them and spliced in a deans plug. Pretty simple stuff really but makes a big difference. I even managed to remove and reuse the original zip tie.....

All joking aside the mechanical speed control looks great and brings back lots of memories .

Well worth the effort RJ, staying so true to the original, loving it

Thanks guys, the MSC definitely wouldn't be my first choice but is the most fitting for this build.

Dadio wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:44 am All joking aside the mechanical speed control looks great and brings back lots of memories .

Memories of frustration and runaways ?

mtbkym01 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 5:01 am Well worth the effort RJ, staying so true to the original, loving it

Thanks Kym, the Clod has turned out overall better than I had thought. I can't wait for your antenna to arrive, then I can officially call it done.


I also of all things can't find a NiCd or NiMh battery to test it to make sure it all works

Hey RJ, remember posting this? "It will be a runner"

https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=44118#p501334

mtbkym01 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 11:13 pm Hey RJ, remember posting this? "It will be a runner"

https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=44118#p501334

Famous last words.....

mtbkym01 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 11:13 pm Hey RJ, remember posting this? "It will be a runner"

https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=44118#p501334

That was before it took me a year and 8 months to finish.

I need to find another Clod to run now, preferably a new one, but they seem to be far and few between at the moment.