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hello 1st post here...i had a rc10 gold pan BITD..raced it,hopped it up..it had a yokomo gold motor,aluminum wing and aluminum rims(eight hole) from advanced, years ago.
well it got stolen right out of my basement.my mom let hillbillies in the house during divorce.jeez...that was in 1987...
everytime i think about it,it just burns me up...so one day here i'll have to get another one somehow..so if anyone has a extra 1 lying around...i was about 13/14 yrs. in the pic im now 37...anyways heres a pic.thanks for reading

Nice car, sorry you lost it! Welcome to the forum...the cows are getting out of the barn though

man, that picture looks just like a track i raced at when i got started. any chance if that was taken in california?

no sorry....that pic was taken in michigan city,indiana.

i forgot what the actual name of this body was...i'm hoping to get another...
can anybody please name this body?
it's gotta be the standard one that came with the kit..
thanks

Protech--can be still found on tower and ebay

Charlie is right, from memory, the original body is the Protech body, which makes the buggy look more like a real buggy.

Just scour ebay, you will be able to find an original chassis (unless you want a championship edition, buy both )

Here, I'll start you off:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-gold-tub-chassis-RC10-offroad-buggy_W0QQitemZ280417365978QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRadio_Control_Vehicles?hash=item414a2d6fda

Team Associated still sells some of legacy parts, but most are NOT for the original RC10 (although it will fit), but for the Championship Edition.

I have a RC10CE, the difference between the RC10CE and the original one, in terms of geometry, were the arms and the tire/rim size.

The original RC10 used a 1.7"/1.5" f/r rims, the CE used a 2.2"/2.0" f/r rims.

There's a faq on AE's site that talks about how to use the modern 2.2"/2.2" scheme.

nice car man. too bad shes gone. good luck on the search!

Very cool picture. You look like you were one cocky bad ass kid. You should have done up your zipper before posing like that!

Joking aside, welcome to the forum! You can make a perfect replica of your original stolen car. Just look for info about the original RC10 on this forum (I think you had the Cadillac version). Get busy on eBay searching and buying a chassis. You can get the body and a wing at Tower Hobbies.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LX2697&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LX2734&P=7

After a few more posts (25 I think?) you can ask to be allowed in the buy/sell section of this forum. You can find all sorts of goodies there as well!

hey thanks for all your help guys!!!!!!!!!

i have a rc10 pending right now(yahoo!!)...i'll post it up if and when i get it...
yeah i was kinda a punka$$ kid....lol
and my zipper is up ..just that little bump right before the button is not zipped...cause back in the 80's you wore tight pants like steve perry....also you forgot to mention that my pockets are not totally tucked in...lol

slotcarrod wrote:Very cool picture. You look like you were one cocky bad ass kid. You should have done up your zipper before posing like that!

Joking aside, welcome to the forum! You can make a perfect replica of your original stolen car. Just look for info about the original RC10 on this forum (I think you had the Cadillac version). Get busy on eBay searching and buying a chassis. You can get the body and a wing at Tower Hobbies.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LX2697&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LX2734&P=7

After a few more posts (25 I think?) you can ask to be allowed in the buy/sell section of this forum. You can find all sorts of goodies there as well!

Don't take this the wrong way but...what the hell you looking at his zipper for?

so what kit # would the cadillac version be?

dsmith wrote:so what kit # would the cadillac version be?

Not sure on the kit # off the top of my head. Don't worry about the Cadillac version thing just now, you will learn the difference later. Any gold pan RC10 with short front arms and wheels just like the ones in your picture will work for your project. This is a link to the manual: http://aedownloads.com/downloads/manuals/rc10_manual.pdf

while looking through my r/c tacklebox i found my old rc 10 tires,front wheels.
it's like finding treasure..
what's a good way to get the paint(why did i do that ) off the wheels easily?
i wish i hadn't burn them knobby's off so much i could of used them now...lol
i bet these rears are hard to find again...

I use Castrol Super Clean.

Get a small container and let the parts soak until the paint starts to come off.

If only dye was that easy..