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John Boyer sand rail

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I bought this buggy about 4 years back and had almost forgotten about it. Correct me if i'm wrong but I think it uses stampede running gear. can someone confirm this. Eventually I would like to replace all the plastic with aluminum parts. Here it is, comments welcome

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That's very nice.
The rear end is stampede/rustler/slash, so there should be plenty of choices for aluminum parts.

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:shock:

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That looks AWESOME! What would really be cool is... working lights! Not LEDs, but actual incandescent bulbs old school style :) Very nice buggy you have there.

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How do you almost forget about owning something like that? :shock:

I guess if a person owns as many incredible R/C's as you do one can slip through the cracks. :wink:

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Cool 8)
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I actually just ran across a TC3 that I bought a year ago(sorta NIB) that was never assembled so I can kinda understand forgetting a car, but I wouldn’t forget this! That thing is a Cream Dream! If comments are truly welcome I would go black or silver with the shocks along with the aluminum parts. You can prolly get them for what you sell those purple ones for. I would re-route the wiring so it’s not so obtrusive. Other than that my only observation is the curious choice of a Tamiya plug. Might have come with the rig for all I know. That is truly a unique and awesome ride though! :mrgreen:
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Nice ride. I always loved Boyer's chassis. I had one a few years back but need to sell. :(

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nice i wanted one when they came out but the chassis alone goes for $199 so i said no... do the lights work???? any vids of this in action??? if the lights work a night/late day vid would be cool too ... i found this but i think its home made stuff [youtube]RykfwBgPIKI&feature[/youtube]

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thats a cool rail I couldnt forget I had that!

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Today I got a chance to fart around with this buggy. I switched the back shocks with the fronts to give it more travel up front. The main thing is I took Sofaking's idea of using extra spacers and used a set of Lohas wheels the sand tires on this buggy.

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That's an absolutely beautiful car! I particularly like the flames, only because the flame proportions are more correct-to-scale--unlike the garish & oversized, exaggerated, shaded, conflicting-colored flame-jobs you see on so many RC bodies nowadays.
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Those Lohas wheel really set it off!!! 8)
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Damn! Just keep adding to the gallery! :mrgreen:
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Love it!!!!
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