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AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet Resurection has begun

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:07 pm
by murphy3428
Here is a new find that I just picked up it came with a bunch of tamiya buggies I plan on turning this into a Boost

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:12 pm
by vintage AE
sometimes those closet rescues are just as fun, mainly because they are cheaper :lol:

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:17 pm
by murphy3428
vintage AE wrote:sometimes those closet rescues are just as fun, mainly because they are cheaper :lol:
I agree, I wish I could find more like this for what I paid for it :mrgreen:

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:19 pm
by AYKBOBCAT
Cool! First time I see someone else with the truck conversion. I have one too but I really don't like it... Nice find!

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:23 pm
by murphy3428
AYKBOBCAT wrote:Cool! First time I see someone else with the truck conversion. I have one too but I really don't like it... Nice find!
The only thing I like about the truck conversion is the race prep decal on the back this will be finished off as a boost

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:54 pm
by GJW
another nice find hey? looks to be in good nic.

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:51 pm
by Lowgear
Nice score :)

Those white rims and tires look like King Cab ones.

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:55 pm
by AYKBOBCAT
Lowgear wrote:Nice score :)

Those white rims and tires look like King Cab ones.
I know but there was a truck conversion at one time. It could have well been made of Tamya parts though. Make sense. The front wheels have a larger axle hole to accomodate the one-way bearing. I don't know who made the body...

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:56 pm
by Ayk Viper
There is a bit of information on the conversion here:

http://www.rc10talk.com/download/file.php?id=32245&mode=view

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:34 am
by RedScampi
Nice score! When you say "a bunch of Tamiya buggies" what else did you get exactly?

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:57 am
by vintage AE
that ad looks like a traxxas one would if were around back then, I wonder if they are the same people?

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:53 am
by murphy3428
RedScampi wrote:Nice score! When you say "a bunch of Tamiya buggies" what else did you get exactly?
Nothing special frogs, some grass hoppers, pan car enough to finish off the pro and call it a gift :D

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:01 am
by murphy3428
Ayk Viper wrote:There is a bit of information on the conversion here:

http://www.rc10talk.com/download/file.php?id=32245&mode=view
Thanks for the info on the conversion it looks to be complete not that I will use it but its still a part of race prep history I would probably say that J.G would be a good guess on the maker of the conversion

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet Resurection has begun

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:45 pm
by murphy3428
Well I finally got started on the rebuild of the pro, I broke down the pro cleaned all the parts and now it is time for re assembly. I will add pics as the build goes on

Re: AYK Pro Radiant rescued from a closet Resurection has begun

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:42 pm
by Bormac
Great to see another AYK up here :mrgreen: . I see s few ball diffs in the back of one of the pics there. Have you worked out how to accomodate them yet?