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Francis wrote:I thought this was made in Japan so why am I being asked to pay more!

Designed in California by a Japanese, but made in Taiwan.

Here are the various bodies for it (from the 1975 Kyosho catalog)

Yes, it's a Kyosho Dash II.

Hmm.... model #30617. With the Scorpion being #30613, the Beetle #30614 and The Tomahawk #30615, there could still be a Turbo Scorpion at #30616.......

http://reports.kyoshoeurope.com/en/legendary-series-optima-toutes-les-photos/

They didn't change the drive on the Scorpion (unfortunately), so I doubt they will on the Optima. Yes, they did. The rere Scorpion's "drive washer" has a locking pin, while the old one rely on a "conical" lock, or what ever it's called. The original Optimas did already have a he...

I'm sure it has a cross pin to lock the hex.

Grunger73 wrote:Lmao at the esc. Sounds like something Traxxas would do.

...or BMW

Thank you!

Ron, Thank you for taking your time to answer. I'm basically looking for the complete manual. It is no problem if you scan the pages in two operations, as I can stitch the parts together with photoshop. I don't know how many pages the manual is, and if you are willing to take the time to do this. Bu...

yellowdatsun wrote:The Ultima had SAE thread screws? I thought that was an Associated only thing?

No, the Ultima had metrics all around.

Thanks for that french link, Terry. I found lots of other manuals I was missing there, as well

I still need that AYK Sidewinder manual, though.....

Tom

Hi. I would really like to get my hands on the manual for the AYK Sidewinder/Gator. Either an original manual, or a scanned version. I'm also looking for the manual for the AYK Boxer. I have the Buffalo/Bobcat manual as those are identical to the Boxer, but I would like to have the Boxer manual as w...

Here is how the mentioned ball diff looks:

I have put most of the "kit" together, and man you're right.... There are some tight spaces up front with the steering, suspension, gearbox, driveshafts and shock tower. But it all fits in amazing!