New to the RC10...
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 2:14 am
Hey all, new here on the forum but I was big into R/C in the mid-late 80's. Once I got my driver's license though the R/C's went into storage and were long forgotten, fast forward 20 years later and I've now got the bug again. Back in the day I could never afford a RC10, always wanted one but the closest I got was a Losi Jrx-2 and I can't even remember what happened to that. I believe it was traded for something when I worked @ the LHS back then. Anyway, I have recently picked up a project locally and a few others while browsing eBay. I had no idea there was such a cult following for this vintage R/C stuff until recently.
See photos:
The first is a gold pan Cadillac A stamp, it's need a good cleaning but almost everything is there and it came with some decent spares. Not sure if I want to go with an ESC on this one or not, the original manual speed control is pretty trashed.
The 2nd is one I grabbed off eBay with a Hot Trick conversion kit, Andy's A-arms F&R, Proline bumper, 6 gear transmission, modified chassis, etc. It's got so much stuff on it it's hardly recognizable as a RC10 and I'm not quite sure what some of stuff even is. If anyone can identify parts from the pics that would be great. I'm not sure on the front nose plate either, it almost looks hand made. Anyway, it came with some nice spares as well and I'm anxious to try it out.
Third is a 94 World's car, pretty good shape. I'll probably just go through it and see what it needs if anything as it's already quite solid.
I plan to eventually go through all these and restore them to their former glory, perhaps run some vintage races if there are any around here. I've yet to find anyone old enough to know what I'm talking about though.
thanks,
Mike
See photos:
The first is a gold pan Cadillac A stamp, it's need a good cleaning but almost everything is there and it came with some decent spares. Not sure if I want to go with an ESC on this one or not, the original manual speed control is pretty trashed.
The 2nd is one I grabbed off eBay with a Hot Trick conversion kit, Andy's A-arms F&R, Proline bumper, 6 gear transmission, modified chassis, etc. It's got so much stuff on it it's hardly recognizable as a RC10 and I'm not quite sure what some of stuff even is. If anyone can identify parts from the pics that would be great. I'm not sure on the front nose plate either, it almost looks hand made. Anyway, it came with some nice spares as well and I'm anxious to try it out.
Third is a 94 World's car, pretty good shape. I'll probably just go through it and see what it needs if anything as it's already quite solid.
I plan to eventually go through all these and restore them to their former glory, perhaps run some vintage races if there are any around here. I've yet to find anyone old enough to know what I'm talking about though.
thanks,
Mike
