Finally my 870C restored to new life!

[slazzaro]

Hi everybody, I know that in this fantastic site it is possible to find a lot of old Yokomos perfectly restored, real pieces of art.. but let me show you my creation!
It all started with a real bargain at the bay, then continued with the restoring of a quite worn chassis, which I reinforced with a couple of carbon layers at the front and at the back, where the bulkheads screws holes are.
I finally painted it matte black, to make it the same as a brand new black fiberglass chassis.
I looked for some parts here and there (thanks bormac and kenooze!!) and topped off the car with a lovely repro body from mrlexan.
The electronics are quite vintage.. even if not as much as the car.. Take a look to the motor: that is the Tamiya Sport Tuned 540 I put in my Grasshopper almost 20 years ago!
The body painting is so nice thanks to my friend Giulia from Crazy Club.. I am not good enough!
Thanks for looking! bye!

[AscotConversion]

Beautiful

[mrlexan]

Beautiful

X2

[tiger1]

This is stunning paint job!

[bscotti]

fantastic work!

[59burst]

Nice body work !
did you put spacers between the wheels and the wheel hubs?

[slazzaro]

Hi! No spacers are put between wheels and hubs.
I have several hubs of different length, so I chose those giving the right width together with the arms and wheels I have.
Bye

[club]

e' venuta molto bene forse troppo per usarla

[mrlexan]

e' venuta molto bene forse troppo per usarla

Hi and welcome to the forum. We ask that all members please post in English. Right now, we only have english speaking moderators and we don't have the capability to moderate anything other than English. Any questions, please let me know. Thanks and have a great day!

Jay

[club]

ok

[slazzaro]

Let me translate what my friend Gugy (club) wrote:
"Too nice to use it"
Thanks, but I will use it.. at your club 2009 vintage race!!
Obviously with a different body (already scratched..), different undertray.. even different rims!

[Triniboy]

Ste

You really did get a good bargain with all the parts I sold on ebay and can I say you did a far greater job than I ever could have with that car and all the parts included. Have you still got the old Protech 4 body to bash around with? Great work on the front of the chassis.

Regards
Varma

[slazzaro]

Hi Varma!
It's a pleasure to hear you!
I was just thinking about sending you an email with the pictures, but you catched me before!
Yes it was a bargain, sure I had some work to do, but restorations are fun if there is something to fix.
Fortunately I could count on the help of my composite dept. colleagues to reinforce the chassis and restore the bulkheads holes; it was an easy task for them!
Yes, I still got both the original bodies, I intend to use the red-white-blue one for bashing and racing once I have restored it a bit..
Anyway the YR4 Pro I won in the same auction was also useful: I now have a lot more spares for mine, which I still race indoors during winter.
Thanks again! Bye!

Stefano

[Triniboy]

Stefano

I'm happy that the car ended up way the way I wished it had. I've been keeping an eye out on the forum and seen that you really had to hunt for parts well done again.

Cheers
Varma

[minimini]

wow.........this is crazy good !!............