Tamiya Tyrrell P34 "1977"

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Tamiya Tyrrell P34 "1977"

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HI!... O.k I picked up this original Tamiya Tyrrell P34 from Andyaus a little bit ago. Was in decent but rough shape. As soon as it came I started working on it. I always wanted one of these. :woohoo: I saved both mirrors and the two aluminum mounting brackets off the original body. The rest of it went into the garbage. Too far gone to be salvaged. My re-re Tamiya Tyrrell P34 needed a driver's side mirror anyway so now it has one. :) I tore the car down and let all the parts soak in a plastic tub of Greased Lightning over night. Next day started cleaning 38 years of dirt and grime off of it. The parts came pretty clean but now you can tell this car was run a bit. Scratches all on the bottom of the chassis plates. No big deal. I decided then that all the aluminum parts would be fine glass beaded and sent out to be powder coated. Nice thing about my glass beader is that it takes small scratches out quite easily. After powder coating you will never tell they were there. I'm going to go with a aluminum powder coating colour so it will be hard to tell the difference. The main chassis plate was pretty bent and the stiffening grooves were disfigured. I used to be a Way cover repairman in a fabrication shop so this was easy to fix. Took about a hour but got the chassis plate almost good as new. I ordered a NIP body for the car and it came in today. I also cleaned up the upgraded 540 motor. I ordered a NIP steering set that should arrive next week. Here's some pics of the process so far.

Car when I bought it : (Andy's pics)

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HI!... So NIP body came in today :

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All the chassis parts degreased and cleaned :

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All the chassis parts glass beaded :

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That's pretty sweet.

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I would suggest shooting the beaded parts with flat clear paint for some protection.

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HI!... They are currently in vacuum sealed bags. Going to get them powder coated later this week.
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Nice! Will be following this resto. Always had a thing for the real P34 six wheeler. I have the re-release F103 version with some mods.

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HI!... Thanks, I also have a re-re version as well.
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HI!... Just an update. The NIP steering set came in today. Also ordered a can of Tamiya TS-15 and TS-26 for the body. Should be here next week. I dropped the glass beaded parts off at the powder coaters tonight. Going with a light silver metallic. Cost? $15. lol! :mrgreen: Hopefully I can start assembling this thing soon.
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Can't wait to see how it turns out!

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HI!... Well the paint showed up today. Might paint the body tomorrow depending on how I feel. Also the NIP P34 steering set showed up.

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Wow this is gonna be great,interesting resto for sure..

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HI!... Well I picked up the powder coated parts today. They look good. Hopefully I can start assembling it soon. What I still need to find is the rubber tires that came on the TYRRELL P34. I know the re-re had the same tires. But I can't seem to find any. People would have to replace the ones on the re-re eventually, so where do you get them from? Anyone?

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HI!... Wheels came in today. Just going with the huge rear foams until I can find a set of the original rear rubber ones.

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Very cool its looking great
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