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Hey now!
I have had this car since it was new from way back in the 80's. I remembered that I traded a set of Redline 401 Flight cranks for this as a new un-assembled kit.(wish I still had the Flights as they are crazy $ now) It came with 4 new Andy's arms and an A&L steering bellcrank also new in the package. I assembled the kit then and ran it very hard. At some point I bent the chassis & put it away. Recently I bought an ebay parts lot that compelled me to pull out the old car & show it some love. It came with a bunch or RC10 parts so I replaced the chassis with another used one that is straight but still rough and added an older Novak Ballistic BL sensored motor & Novak esc that I had on hand. With a 2s lipo this thing almost takes flight. This is by no means a shelf queen but a solid "retro/new school" runner and lots of fun.

It's nice to see an oldie pulled from the closet to drive another day. Is that an older 5800kV motor?

Actually it is a 5800kv motor, sensored as well & Very fast at that. It's a shame Novak went out of business when they did. I took to collecting whatever I could from them recently, mostly the early brushless stuff that I use on older cars. They're pretty inexpensive now. I'd take an old Novak combo over a new Chinese no name brand any day.

I love my old school brushed Novak ESCs and receivers. Always reliable and other than my own stupidity, never had an issue with them.