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Vintage Hobby Lobby Tornado restore help needed!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 4:02 pm
by old_rc_lover
Does any one have a pic of the Hobby Lobby Tornado with the top off? I need to see how the linkage is set up for the break. Thanks. Here is a pic of a Tornado.
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Re: Vintage Hobby Lobby Tornado restore help needed!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:32 pm
by old_rc_lover
Found some info out- Hunter and Tornado- This model went by a lot of names apparently. In the United States, they were sold primarily by Hobby Lobby International. So, it's often called the Hobby Lobby Hunter and Tornado. Overseas, the Hunter was also known as the Robbe Pantera or Graupner Hunter. The Tornada also went by Prafa Tornado. I am still tracking down the manual. There is a guy that has it, waiting for reply. Got some pics. Not very good ones yet.
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Re: Vintage Hobby Lobby Tornado restore help needed!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:39 pm
by GJW
looks pretty cool to me! now to find one :P

Re: Vintage Hobby Lobby Tornado restore help needed!!!

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:56 am
by old_rc_lover
Here are a couple more pics of both the hunter and tornado. From these I think I can get the break linkage hooked up. Still waiting on manual.
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Re: Vintage Hobby Lobby Tornado restore help needed!!!

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:43 am
by highwayracer
Very nice. Mine's brand new but I need the roll cage. On ebay, there's someone selling a new driver/box cover.

Just to add to your list, the same chassis was used in the early 90's ans marketed as a truck called the Mean Mudder.
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Regards,
highwayracer

Re: Vintage Hobby Lobby Tornado restore help needed!!!

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:12 am
by highwayracer
BTW, my hunter has the fiberglass chassis with the aluminum reinforcement at the rear. I first thought it was a "modification/hack job", but the box stated that it was a filerglass chassis.

Re: Vintage Hobby Lobby Tornado restore help needed!!!

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:07 pm
by old_rc_lover
I was able to complete linkage off of pics found on internet. My Tornado is done except for the body and wing. Still on the hunt for those items. Here are some pics of it. Also included one pic of my Hunter that is next up to be rebuilt.
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