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Picked this up ftom fletch the other day. Not exactly sure if it will become anything more than a tear down, clean up and put back together. But we'll see. I like starting out with cars like this to see how nice they are under the dirt.

Are your rear arm mounts backward for a reason?

i bought it just to fix that.

alright, i figured out what i'm gonna do with this car....
my car will end up just looking like a well used version of his. i'm not in the mood to start another replica with all new parts, fresh ano, etc. but i've wanted to do this car for awhile and it's a decent enough platform to start from.

it'll be another one of those runners of mine that never get run.

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EDITED: so no one takes my original comment out of context.

i was always suprised that he kept the stock servo saver with a ziptie to keep it tight

Nice... my favourite of magazine cars!

integra22t wrote:i was always suprised that he kept the stock servo saver with a ziptie to keep it tight

i'm sure it had to do with a factory team driver using all the possible factory parts as possible. plus, wanting to show that it will hold up the rigors of racing. i don't recall seeing a car of his that he didn't use a stock setup.

uniquenamehere wrote:Nice... my favourite of magazine cars!

i've always liked it as well. there's been a few guys that were gonna tackle this replica so it's one reason i chose to do his 88 nats win instead. mike got close to the end with his, and the others never seemed to take off. so i figured i'd give it a go...... even though the end result isn't gonna be pristine.

i thought about doing masami's 90 reedy race winner (maybe 91, can't remember off the top of my head), since i have wanted to do that one for a long time too. but i know there is already one of those being built right now, and with who is building it, i'm sure it's gonna look awesome. i've already seen a spy shot or 2.

I did get close then had to let it go do to financial issues but i have been collecting parts to start another one.

scr8p wrote:i thought about doing masami's 90 reedy race winner (maybe 91, can't remember off the top of my head), since i have wanted to do that one for a long time too. but i know there is already one of those being built right now, and with who is building it, i'm sure it's gonna look awesome. i've already seen a spy shot or 2.

Nice! I love that one too... I would love to do that one, I'd have to take out a second mortgage to afford the yokomo rod ends though!

scr8p wrote:

integra22t wrote:i was always suprised that he kept the stock servo saver with a ziptie to keep it tight

i'm sure it had to do with a factory team driver using all the possible factory parts as possible. plus, wanting to show that it will hold up the rigors of racing. i don't recall seeing a car of his that he didn't use a stock setup.

uniquenamehere wrote:Nice... my favourite of magazine cars!

i've always liked it as well. there's been a few guys that were gonna tackle this replica so it's one reason i chose to do his 88 nats win instead. mike got close to the end with his, and the others never seemed to take off. so i figured i'd give it a go...... even though the end result isn't gonna be pristine.

i thought about doing masami's 90 reedy race winner (maybe 91, can't remember off the top of my head), since i have wanted to do that one for a long time too. but i know there is already one of those being built right now, and with who is building it, i'm sure it's gonna look awesome. i've already seen a spy shot or 2.

Be an awesome thing to do this car, and run it (updated electronics maybe?) at next years VONATS-

Charlie don't surf wrote:, and run it (updated electronics maybe?) at next years VONATS-

would be a good one to run and a decent place to run it at. Start this one so its ready for the '15 VONATS

Todd

Spent some time with Mr. Dremel. I might start on the tub sides tonight.......we'll see.
Guess I should've cut the back of the nose plate off while I was at it. Oops...

Ok, now it's done.

Looks good!

Well... I couldn't leave it alone.

The scratches were just bugging me too much, so I decided to re-ano it. I got the majority of the gouges out, but there's a few left. It's still 99.9% better than it was.