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Anyone else have a source for OOS JConcepts parts besides the bay?

There is at least one nib and one built on rctech.net. Of course they are on the bay as well. I'm still on the fence about buying one.

Modernized dirtinator. Outstanding!

Very nice attention to detail. Flat black on the body?

I suppose it also depends on your budget. I've seen some vintage ones being sold at ridiculous (to me) prices on the bay.

Those were pretty popular back in the day. I had a few, and I either sold them off or trashed them. I've considered buying one for my vintage collection.

Hey guys, I've noticed there are numerous threads where not all images aren't showing up. It looks like Photobucket is the #1 culprit. How come a lot of you are using 3rd party hosting when the forum allows you to attach images? I've seen so many outstanding build threads that are degraded due to a ...

It looks like a runner, and you only paid $80 for it. Depending on your budget you could drop $35 on a Stealth tranny and run some modern electronics. Otherwise the vintage stuff will work fine using your current 6 gear tranny. If the idler gears break they are p/n 6613 (white) or 6614 (black). I be...

jwscab wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2016 3:45 pm it looks like bones might still be available, if so, you can build your own:

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Thanks. I was able to acquire all 3 bnip.

Not really rare IMO, and that conversion could have been done well after the real truck kits were available.

One of the cleanest builds that I've seen. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the heads up on Lunsford.

A few drops of light oil on the internal gears (some will tell you no oil), clear silicone diff grease in the diff, and black grease on the thrust assembly. They tell you not to use Associated but that can be ignored.