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Andy's Pro Race restoration with Pro-Steer rack and pinion
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 5:33 pm
by Twistedaxle
Found this on eBay a little while back and hopefully I can get it back to the way it once was in it former glory


Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 10:16 pm
by orangemazda
Very cool!
I went a slightly different direction with mine. More if a WOIN build.
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=36923&start=15
I kinda wish I would have went with some trailing arms though.
I look forward to seeing your build!
Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 11:38 am
by aeiou
That should clean up nicely. The steering and axles are a cool twist on this setup.
Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:27 pm
by Twistedaxle
looks good man! I debated pretty heavily on making mine a 10t but I just couldn't let those trailing arms go to waste

Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:31 pm
by Twistedaxle
Got it all stripped down and cleaned. I washed everything b with super clean and gave the chassis a rub down with some olive oil


Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:32 pm
by Twistedaxle
Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:34 pm
by Twistedaxle
Next is to give those wheels a bit of a cleaning. They have quite a bit of scuffs and a ton of excess glue on them, I'm going to try the acetone approach and see what happens
Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:41 pm
by Twistedaxle
aeiou wrote:That should clean up nicely. The steering and axles are a cool twist on this setup.
Thanks! So far so good, I wish I knew what axles they were so I could find some replacement shafts.
Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 5:34 pm
by Twistedaxle
The wheels are cleaning up really well. A bit of sand paper and A LOT of elbow grease goes along way

Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 5:54 pm
by orangemazda
Nice!
If you want to get rid of that pesky MIP trans, I'll get rid of it for you!

Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 6:34 pm
by Twistedaxle
orangemazda wrote:Nice!
If you want to get rid of that pesky MIP trans, I'll get rid of it for you!

You can pull it from my cold stiff fingers when I'm dead lol
Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:46 am
by Twistedaxle
Here is a nice little added touch my friend polished up

holding off on the rears for now to let my fingers heal a bit from sanding and polishing the front rims

Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:45 am
by Asso_man!
Twistedaxle wrote:aeiou wrote:That should clean up nicely. The steering and axles are a cool twist on this setup.
Thanks! So far so good, I wish I knew what axles they were so I could find some replacement shafts.
Nice chassis there. Rear axles are Raborn, good luck finding spares...
Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:19 am
by LurkingCAT
This cleans up nicely.
Me too - really liked the SP1, slider axles, trailing arm and steering rack combo! And a pro racer... such a desirable car

Re: Andy's Pro Race restoration
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 11:13 am
by aeiou
That did clean up nice - looks great! I used the MIP trans on my Andy's builds as well. I think it's the perfect match for the Pro Race setup.