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Birthday RC10

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Wife bought me this A stamp for my birthday.

Not totally pristine but looks to be fairly period correct and complete. Very few signs of wear other than a few belly scratches and tire wear.
Pretty sure it's a Cadillac.
Completely disassembled and every nut, bolt, washer, clip, hinge pin, bearing, piece of nylon etc. cleaned, polished and oiled/protected.

Futaba ESC is kind of different as it mounts much like a servo.


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Re: Birthday RC10

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And it arrived in it's birthday suit, naked!

Congrats on the birthday and the RC10. So, did she pick it out and purchase it by herself?
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Re: Birthday RC10

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Happy birthday Chuck. Very cool gift!
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Re: Birthday RC10

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Frankentruck wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 4:51 pm And it arrived in it's birthday suit, naked!

I've been working on that.
I might try the Jconcepts Protector body. Started to trim one using this chassis but everything else on the car is pretty original so I may want a Protech.


Congrats on the birthday and the RC10. So, did she pick it out and purchase it by herself?
Thanks, and she did pick it out and purchase it all by herself.
She is getting a pretty good eye for the vintage RC cars after having to put up with me for 30 years!

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radioactivity wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 5:45 pm
Frankentruck wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 4:51 pm And it arrived in it's birthday suit, naked!

I've been working on that.
I might try the Jconcepts Protector body. Started to trim one using this chassis but everything else on the car is pretty original so I may want a Protech.


Congrats on the birthday and the RC10. So, did she pick it out and purchase it by herself?
Thanks, and she did pick it out and purchase it all by herself.
She is getting a pretty good eye for the vintage RC cars after having to put up with me for 30 years!

Chuck
She's better at picking cars than I am.

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Re: Birthday RC10

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Gotta say this Jconcepts body seems to fit like a glove!
No thin spots either.

Not fully trimmed yet but 90% of the way there.


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Re: Birthday RC10

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Nice.

I have that same esc in one of my Stadium Blitzers, mounted in the original msc servo location.

Someone had previously drilled my gold pan for an in-line battery, so I decided to keep it that way to cover the holes. Since mine isn't original, I took the liberty to make a few other changes as well.
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Re: Birthday RC10

Post by XLR8 »

Very nice indeed!
Happy birthday Chuck. Now the wife can tell everyone she bought you a Cadillac. :lol:
Anyway, it's going to look great with that new JConcepts body.
I recall having one of those funky Futaba ESC's many years ago. Not sure what happened to it but probably got traded somewhere along the way.
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Re: Birthday RC10

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XLR8 wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 9:26 pm Anyway, it's going to look great with that new JConcepts body.
I agree. The fit of the JConcepts body is 10X better than the reproduction Protech 1 that I just did.
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