RC10Talk - The Net's Largest Vintage R/C Community

this is a great thread, I have a SWB, XL,XLS and a Pro Cat that were all in various states of disassembly when I acquired them and all in the same box. I may have to move some parts around now Good to hear this thread can be useful. Moving around parts is great fun. Would be very interesting to get...

Just to back the statement on the suspension arms (T213 and T214, left and right). They were upgraded with extra support. Like 1911Colt describes, the dimples were there to indicate where to drill holes for down stop screws. As seen, this is even written in the original manual under "Track sett...

Such a pleasure to follow this build - thank you!

Lavigna wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2025 9:26 pm The Traxxas esc is a bit too new, but being sealed I figured it may be good to have for a future Traxxas build.

The aluminum end Trinity motor is an actual new (with box, container, paperwork) beauty. I've been after a pink label for awhile.

What a jewel of a motor!

Excellent build!

I had a Fox in the mid eighties (mkI) and rebuilt it soon with the Hot Trick conversion. Still have a few Foxes but never done this one - Very cool build! I'm driving both the original gear diff and the Thorp ball diff. Interesting with the diff grease, and will be good the hear an evaluation. Will ...

This is my recently built Schumacher CAT XL 2wd.
A runner for vintage racing, true to original XL specs.
Build thread: https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=50034

Just a little update on this build after the first real run. Had hardly shared any run time with this CAT before a vintage meet at the end of March. Put on a set of fresh tyres (Schumacher Cactus at the rear end, and Fusion slim up front). Car was like glued to the carpet with heavy roll and very tw...

My Hot Trick Hot Shot finally got to stretch it's legs at a vintage meet after a couple of dormant years in a box.

Recycled a plastic bottle cap as carpet protectors over the shock struts. Long-awaited excuse to buy a Fanta..

Two happy days in day light at a brisk pace

1911Colt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 7:56 pm Me deciding:

Like the line of those CAT drawings - classical literature!

Congratulations - good win!