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If he did that there hed haft to put a hole in his chair lololol.Don
ps:johnny gets this way around any alcoholic labels aka the budweisers on top shelf lol

Lets see some of your interesting photos.

Post only interesting pictures taken by you, not ones you find on the web. Any subject matter is fine...

It doesn't appear to have the rubber O ring friction dampers on top of the front springs so that says Grasshopper to me .

Judging from the rear body mounts, I'd say its a Hornet with a Grasshopper body. The front wheels appear to be from a fox and have tamiya super gripper tires. The rear tires are standard Hornet tires. Both the Grasshopper and Hornet came with the nerf bars. The Hornet and Grasshopper share the same ...

Very nice work!! I've just pulled a couple examples and the rere bumper is actually a little smaller than the original version. Of course, it will still fit but I'm surprised that it isn't an exact copy. Anyway, nearly every other molded rere part is same as original - the transmission cases being t...

Vintage boats are definitely welcomed here. I've always loved the look and name of this one. Very futuristic.

This is turning into a neat little project! Side note: I love RC junk!

Hey dirtburners, thanks for the coments👍🏼 I ran this buggy at the 92 Nats at harewood when it got rained out and we ended up running indoors on carpet.I moved to a trx-1 just after the 93 nationals at Palmerston North, had a few friends driving them and also got my butt kicked at the Nats using the ...

Looking good Craig

Its not called a 6 gear, its called a "vari-lok"

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 3:13 am Its not called a 6 gear, its called a "vari-lok"

Actually, it is the "low profile, six gear transmission". It also has the "Varilok differential".

That is from the AE literature.

Custom Factory Works RC10 C2 build called the Mid 4:10....build thread here :https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=47006

Looks like a kyosho optima rear end, and a mid front gearbox, belt conversion? Not sure about the arms, out drives look like early YZ-10? But steering uprights and steering knuckles are Kyosho optima /mid era. Anyone else? Thanks, the part on the front gearbox that was throwing me off was the reces...

FPE155 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:27 pm

Johanp wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 4:02 pm It's finally here!
I will go for the original white version since I have an original vintage one in the collection.
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Guess I have to wait until Lara leaves until I can build mine

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This should be a new thread… Pets in R/C Boxes!

This was one of my favorites, hardly any information out there about them.

I could be wrong but from memory it was the smallest ESC of the time and pre-dates the Novak Atom.