RC10L clone?? ...... or who made this pan car 20 years ago??

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Hi all

I bougth this car at ebay few days ago from Germany , It was advertised as "RC Vintage Chassis Team Associated Vintage RC10L Asso Pan Car Carbon Tamiya Karo" (Karo =body)

yesterday I received it and this is sure not a rc10L , unless it would be another kind of vintage associated

it is a 235mm wide car same as rc10L , has black fiberglass chassis, does not have "T-bar" suspension , it has ball bearings in the rear pods with tipical associated height adjuster blocks, and has a brass sleeve instead of bearings at front wheels
front wheels are held by c-clips and rear wheels by a giant alloy hex nut, same way as 80's kyosho plazma , but bigger sized

has ball diff and 32 pitch gear

it has no markings of manufacturer in any part

rear wheel hubs are round with a chamfer to transmit the power to the wheels

I suppose the mechanical speed control has been a drop-in by someone at some stage, because the screws that hold it and the location drills are not original

front bumper looks a perfect copy of rc10L

body is brush painted (not factory painted) and does not match any tamiya as far as I know

seller told me this car has been with him at least 20 or 25 years

at least it was cheap!!!


does anyone know who manufactured this 235mm car?











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[terry.sc]

It's a Flying Point Onro T10 from 1989.
http://www.pro10-classic.com/eng/pro10modelle1989onrot10.html

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Hi Terry.

thank you very much for your fast answer, now the seller and me know what brand is this.

Now we know the brand, I had just done a search and found Flying Point also done a few gas 1/8 buggies, some sold under their own name and some others rebranded as "Duratrax" and as "Tower Hobbies" to name the most know.

I also found a comment somewhere telling Flying Point was a brand based in Taiwan and was active during all the 90's until the owner of the company passed away.

But about this electric on-road there is very few information. Only found 2 cars like it pictured, mine is the third.

If possible it would like to know if it was a kit or RTR , if motor was included and which and if the body pictured here is original, if someone can give more info it will be nice!! At Pro-10.com it wears a good looking motor and no body. and other sample i had found in google pictures has a modern brushless and no body too.

Until now I had dismantled it totally , made a good clean-up with degreaser soap and rebuild it. It has recovered nicely the original shine in the white parts, a white much more white than the Associated cars , Pictures of rebuilt chassis soon.

best wishes
Jose

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Here is after some cleaning , now thinking what new body choose for it as present is really damaged. Maybe a 70's muscle car....It need to be 235mm wide at rear