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A couple of motors and ESCs from Frankentruck, and a new driver for my Hilux. This stuff always gets me about Tamiya! You can order this driver from any Tamiya RC retailer today, and it will be the exact same driver that came in your 1981 Hilux 42 years ago!! Weird that my digital Hilux manual doesn...

This one was on eBay not too long ago. Although I don't think it's the one from the magazine: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1980s-advance-engineering-10-3844913772 Nailed it!!! Thank you so much!!! :mrgreen: Those pics give me 90% of everything I need to know about this car. I have...

Tub is pretty much done. Next part is a body, which I am hoping to recycle, but getting that last 10% of paint off is a PITA! If I do get a body recycled, 100% of this project will have been insourced, even down to the consumables. I could get used to this free project stuff!! Oh, and don't get bogg...

He is in France.
https://www.hotracetyres.eu/266-110-pan-car

Just my opinion, but I think 1/12 only became popular because it was run on local indoor tracks, and square footage costs money. It is cheaper and easier to own and operate a 1/12 indoor track than a 1/10 indoor track. Heck, the only indoor track around here is a Mini-Z course. :roll: Once you got o...

romulus22 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:38 pm First gen nitro rustler restoration I just wrapped up.

Very Nice!!

I recently finished up a 2nd Gen Nitro Rustler thingy.

Made a road trip to pick up a lot.

So, I stumbled into this MIP 4X in a lot that I picked up yesterday, not having any idea what it was, outside of being cool. I am just starting to break it down now to get a jist of what is there and not there, and get nylon soaking. I am going to have a lot of questions because I would ultimately l...

GoMachV wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 3:07 pm If you haven't seen Toybarons excellent reference page make sure you check it out.
http://www.toybaron.com/MIPreference.htm

What a fantastic resource that person put together!! Thanks for the link!

So, I knew the chassis plate had an engraving on the bottom of it when I bought it, and I had thoughts of what it might be, but then talked myself out of it. But really, if it isn't what I think it is, is it just an odd coincidence :?: The founder, and current president, of Moore's Ideal Products is...

Going to throw together a little build thread for my Hilux. I went looking through my emails, and I purchased this rig around July 2006. I ended up buying two Hiluxes, and putting the better parts into one build, and selling it off for close to what I had in the pair. From that point on, the rig (in...

Got into the chassis and axles next. Most of the chassis parts were fine and just needed cleaning. The leaf packs on my truck had been cut, to basically removed two of the three leaves. This would be because the packs are incredibly stiff, so people would modify them. I had Bruiser packs sitting aro...

Next would be the electronics box. This would be crucial as once covered, it covers half of the upper chassis. Problem was, mine was in junk shape. The "transparent" plastic is/was a lot like old record player covers, it is clear, but darkened. Well, mine had multiple spider cracks coming ...

Really nice score. Does it have an MIP or Thorp diff? It has a diff that looks like this. :mrgreen: TRANS INTERNALS.jpg At some point today, I remembered the fantasticness of Aero Kroil (now just called Kroil??), and went and bought some in just liquid form instead of aerosol. I am just leaving the...

What a fascinating build, thank you so much for taking time to document it here. I really appreciate how you've found work-arounds and innovative solutions for broken, missing or damaged parts. Of course, your time and effort will not go unrewarded. This model brings crazy money these days. There's...