Maybe I'll actually finish this one. I got this buggy along with another chassis and some random parts plus batteries a charger and a discharger from HotRodJosh. He got a JRX2 project and basket case JRXT for parts. We both think we got the best deal! The purple dye is what inspired me as well as Josh's plans to polish the tub. The tub itself is solid with a small number of extra holes. Many of the holes appear to have beel filled with JB Weld. I'm not sure if I'll continue that or clean them out. The tub bottom is kind of rugged so I don't feel bad about polishing it, besides, the clean aluminum will look bitchin' against the purple. I got it stripped for the most part and the sanding has begun. I'm going to strip the shocks too, but sub in some less attractive front shocks for the polishing. I also found this old litesink in my parts box, incomplete but with a hacked on motor plate. I cleaned up the upper corners with a file then stripped it and polished it. It came out pretty decent I think so I'll use it in lieu of the stock motor plate. I'm going to finish dying the white parts and add the nip front white arms - dyed too of course! (If anyone wants to trade me some decent used or yellowed arms, etc. in lieu of dying these let me know! Enjoy the pictures, I'll post more as I go along.
oh man!! im glad you got that project, that purple woulda drove me nuts/ looks like itll turn out pretty good...
i wish id known you was gonna strip the tub! i just got a polished tub in the mail , wishing it was gold too
oh well.. howd you get them rear jelly bean rims to get that white? hopefully ill be getting a few fresh basket case goldpans here soon! boxed up my stuff to ship , and i only have a few left to play with!!
Thanks guys! The shocks are getting polished along with the tub although as noted I'm going to use a pair that is pretty rough and save the nice ones for a gold tub. The Litesink wasn't in too bad of shape but all I had for a motor plate was one that the top edge looked like it had been chewed on by two angry beavers. I used my dremel and a file to clean it up - looks pretty good, if not correct. I'll put another pic up soon. The purple is awesome! Just the way it would have been done in the '80's.
The wheels in the background are just standard front rims. The pic does make them look a little bigger for some reason. I got the rear rims white by bathing them in Super Clean then scrubbing them with a household cleaner. Of course it helps to start with rims that are not particularly yellowed to begin with. I clean up the edges by sanding them on a flat surface with progressively finer sand paper. On harder plastic you can bring them back to a high gloss with this method but the RC10 rims just get nice and smooth. I realize that there are purists who don't like polished tubs but to me its an awesome way to bring a beater back to life.
i don't think it's a "purist" thing as much as it is personal taste. me, i would rather see a beat to hell gold/black tub instead of one that has been polished. i don't like it....... it's just too much. but that's me.
scr8p wrote:i don't think it's a "purist" thing as much as it is personal taste. me, i would rather see a beat to hell gold/black tub instead of one that has been polished. i don't like it....... it's just too much. but that's me.
I do understand and respect your opinion. I just don't like the beat to crap look on my personal cars.
A quick update on this car. Shocks are polished but the tub is pretty rough so I left it "brushed" I may try to polish it later but right now I'm tired of sanding. I had to dye all the parts again since the originally dyed parts turned out to be very light in comparison to my batch. I threw everything in the bucket and it all came out pretty decent. A little darker than I hoped but it is what it is. The camera is not kind to the dye job, it does not appear blotchy in person. Oh, and I didn't dye my NIP short front arms. They went to another car that is much more original and the well used arms from that car are now purple. All the parts that got dyed were well used and yellowed for that matter.
HotRodJosh wrote:Nice....I may have to have ya polish a set of shocks...my fingers are hurting just looking at yer pics...
Know what would look nice? Polished SS fasteners....
It's BLURPLE now....
My fingers are hurting from BURNS! Do you realize how hot aluminum gets when you buff it? The dremel really makes quick work of the shocks, probably less than two hours all told. The tub is another story. I need to put it on the buffing wheel that I can't get to in my garage.
That car is not coming apart to polish screws! It might be cool to replace everything with stainless or aluminum though. Hmmm...Fastener Express here I come!
I ran the hell out of the Ghettoday buggy until the wheels came off literally as it was my fun car I like to bash and pop wheelies with but when the esc burnt out from running thru puddles it was put in the basement for about 2 years now so I...
If you put a modern 2wd buggy from 2022 against a 30-year-old 4wd buggy from 1992 on a medium to high bite clay track who would win this shootout? This is assuming using the same tires and electronics.
Would 30 years of advancements in 2wd...
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I hope the track increased the value of the house. I'd consider that a key feature. 😁. That's a cool layout.
as title states. Was tryin to get an idea of what it is from you Losi gurus here but I'm lost. Maybe JRX pro. I know its pry a mixture so let me know what you guys think and I'll go from there to see if I might just keep this one and fixer up....
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thanx for the info guys. With the tranny feeling pretty good, cvds, lundsford turnbuckles, puretech battery strap and it being in overall pretty good shape I think I might just do a lil work on it. See how it works out and if it doesn't it might...
Hey everyone! Very cool that there is a vintage RC10 buggy forum. I've seen some great looking buggys here. I originally bought this buggy from a friend back in the early 90s. This buggy has been sitting in a Kyosho bag for at least 15 years.
I'm...
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I knew there was something funny about that Nose. Were the Graphite Chassis' never supposed to have a Nose Plate?
Sounds like something I might have come up with, considering something I have going right now. :wink:
Just wondering what buggy this is? I am going to build an eastern dirt modified out of it and just wanted to be sure that i knew exactly which one it is.
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Only the T2 had the aluminum chassis the b2 went to this style composite chassis.
If you owned this buggy what would you do with it? Restore it, run it, sell it off, keep for parts or throw it in the bin? It is pretty rough, has a home made arm, some coarse screw treatment, body painted in house paint and is generally beat. If it...
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I race my B2 with a 14x2 brushed motor and nimh batteries at my local track with great results. Its by far my best buggy.
Need info on this, the more the better. I remember it had a white black and I think yellow body with yellow wing and yellow wheels. The dog (few years back) got the rear wheels and the body.
I built one of these when I was much younger. Have wanted to build another for a while but other cars took priority. I finally got it to a point where I consider it ready to view. More parts to arrive but its...
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The rear bulkhead gets the majority of the work. The battery cup needs shaved completely to fit in between the GT arm mounts and to make room for a battery. I shaved down where the trans brace mounts to get closer to the height of the GT trans. The...
I got this buggy along with another chassis and some random parts plus batteries a charger and a discharger from HotRodJosh. He got a JRX2 project and basket case JRXT for parts. We both think we got the best deal! 
I had to dye all the parts again since the originally dyed parts turned out to be very light in comparison to my batch. I threw everything in the bucket and it all came out pretty decent. A little darker than I hoped but it is what it is. The camera is not kind to the dye job, it does not appear blotchy in person. Oh, and I didn't dye my NIP short front arms. They went to another car that is much more original and the well used arms from that car are now purple. All the parts that got dyed were well used and yellowed for that matter. 
