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My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 7:16 pm
by city.life
For this build I'll start with a “Cadillac” roller and finish with vintage hop up parts. Ultimately, I want it to be similar to a racer from the early 90s.

Parts so far:
Cadillac roller
Andy’s wide track front arms
Andy’s light weight rear arms
Dirt burners Thorp turnbuckles
JRX2 XX rear tires
Proline knobby front tires
Aluminum Tamiya Fox wheels adapted for RC10

Up next:
Custom machined chassis
Stealth transmission

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Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 7:27 pm
by city.life
Wheels on chassis before Andy's a-arms

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Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Fri May 29, 2015 11:59 pm
by city.life
Andy's arm installation

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Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Sat May 30, 2015 12:12 am
by city.life
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Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Sat May 30, 2015 8:00 am
by RC104ever
Wow, very nice! Love those wheels. Is it going to be a shelfer or will you run it?

Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Sat May 30, 2015 12:30 pm
by city.life
I may end up racing this one. If I do, of course I'll use newer components. For example a Brushless 17.5 system, different wheels, and re release shocks that I assembled this morning.

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Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Sat May 30, 2015 8:18 pm
by city.life
The body is inspired by the classic 1980's video "The Winning Edge."

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Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Sat May 30, 2015 9:05 pm
by city.life
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Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Sat May 30, 2015 10:52 pm
by city.life
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Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Sun May 31, 2015 11:04 pm
by knucklebuster
Awesome 8)

Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:06 am
by slotcarrod
Looks great, one of my favorite paint schemes. 8) Also used on the the now discontinued Pactra paint stand artwork!

Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:52 pm
by city.life
Decided to make this build a display car so I’m keeping original shocks. The Remaining hop-up parts will be old school as well.

I’m going to replace the chassis with this one that I found on eBay. The seller reports it was given to him by J.D. Beckwith. Well used and custom machined. Clearly a “racers” chassis.

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Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:46 pm
by city.life
Upgraded the transmission to stealth, which I believe is from a team car.

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Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:04 pm
by city.life
Chassis completed.
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Re: My Vintage RC10 Racer

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:25 pm
by Racerx336
Saw that chassis on eBay. Good score!