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Bit of trivia. I just remembered (while checkin out the bosscat auctions) that Matt Francis ran a Bosscat for a while. I should ask him where it ended up :P -Jeff

Cant wait to see what you do with this car. Enjoy it- :D

Thanks...the 1st thing I gotta do is replace a lower A-arm that broke will bashing it. :shock: :lol:
Good time to take her all apart and clean everything up. :mrgreen:

Ask the buyer

He is a member of the Tamiyaclub

Hello D.M.
I had been a member of the Chargers club a little while back and I even had a few meets out there early on this year but I haven't been racing there alot this year. I want to go back out there but with work being slow i have other things...

Nice score.....that's a beauty!

Can I see some pictures of how those big bear wheels were fitted to the shumacher axles please?
(Just for inspiration : I own neither the car nor wheels)

I've already taken 'em off and gave 'em away..... :D
But let's just say the mounting was...

MIP made a very similar shock body only black teflon coated.

Carl now you can appreciate the ' TRUE ' cost of what it takes to own and run Schumacher buggies-LOL.

Just call me Grasshopper why dont ya ! :lol:

It looks to me to be a Bosscat Comp (red side plates) but has the works chassis and shock bodies.

Thanks for the info Jeff. I think the Bosscat is the more reliable car of all the early CATs and a definate powerhouse. This is the second 'works' i currently have and I used to run a 5.5t B/L in my other car. The belts have held up fine too.
Not...

I found some ultra rare spare parts for the SPC car.

wow, you get parts to bling without them being bling parts.
I've never seen such a shiny carbon fibre before.

Really have to make work of meeting up with you some time.
But first I need to make sure I get 2 cars running so we can fool around a bit...

Why don't you put this in the original thread you started on this build?

cheers for the info. just been on there website and they still sell the bits or at least most bits for them. The bar has not arrived in the post yet so not sure what parts i need i hope not to many :)

thanks rob

Fine grit blasting

Sorry for the bump steer - I just checked and all the SST's seem to run hex drives.

It's Cat XL/S/Procat/Bosscat wheels only from what I can see!

I remember you could get all sort of adapters back in the day but I can't find any now. BORMAC or...

Or I could just sell you a NIP one? PM me if you're interested.

I'll have a look this weekend as I havent opened the the rear g/box yet. The front looks MMS (white Nylon with the recess) so i'm hoping the rear has been changed as well.

It's been originally built by a bafoon though! Kyosho screws, bolts right...

Hi all and thank you for all the info

Seriously though, what is the diameter of the tires? For the non-purist sometimes a tire is a tire.

There is definitely a slipper unit in there!

jason,
I tried the cone washer trick on the diff screw and it works great as well as cutting the back side of the trans housing so the belt does not rub. you said you have other helpful mods........I think we have waited long enough (almost 2 mon)...

It works :-)
The Yokomo wheels dyed better than the Schumacher wheels, but they look like a different kind of plastic. Trying some glass fibre bits at the moment to see what happens.

Dave here's the 'XPC' Cougar2000 car Ive been telling you about.

I believe that the standard Bosscat chassis (all versions except the Sport) had 8 cell slots. You could chose whether you ran the cells forwards or backwards, however you had to file lugs off to run the forwards set :x There was also a optional USA...

Indeed I did build that Bosscat Works and Jeroen is right-it may well be one of the best Bosscat's around at the moment. .

Quick question: Were those battery straps & alloy posts available when the Bosscat was on sale, or are they the CAT 3000...

Its an Turbo optima mid special chassi LWB more known as optima custom

They look ok to, but would be worried as the flanged bit looks to big also the size should be 8mm x 12mm x 4mm these are 3.5, so they might not fit. But nice to know options are out there :D

Scott

Matte chrome and gunmetal, too. :D

i am a loser- :cry:

never your a damn champion my brother, am i wrong? of coarse not 8)

I wish!! Ant is too busy with his new company and hasnt had the time to make any more repro shells of late. I'll keep you posted should he start again.

Yeah it ought to be, I built it! LOL
Grrrrrr :) But i diasassembled it and replaced all the plastic parts with new ones :) And i put in new diffs and such, and wide track and a quicksilver motor and.... - whatever! Thanks again for supplying me...

That's an awesome find !

Although as you said you would like comments or advice, my advic would be to not paint it as per the pic on the instructions.
I never liked that scheme.

That's just me though :D

wow these are supperb jas,unreal paint 8)

beautiful works man id love one of those

Hm as i can see after campared the two exploding diagram i have considered to give up the convertion to the 3k cat.
there where to many pieces that hade to be replaced like the shocks and drive shafts, belts ,chassi and a arms it just got to...

The Schumacher Cougar2 buggy definately is my favourite 2WD buggy. They are light,handle well and go real fast!

Thats a very good point :lol: :lol:

Morning Stu,

PM coming your way!

Gotcha.... I am no Schuey expert. Thanks for the info.

My Cougar 2 with 2000 gearbox and drive assembly - need's rebuilding but give's you the idea :)

I have a CAT98 I can part with, very similar to the EC.
I do have a new in the box EC as well, but that's a keeper !

Wow, thankyou! I've got those diagrams somewhere :) I've also got an original MK1 Nitro 10 instruction manual, properly second hand mind!!

Nice work, Mark! If you doing house renovations, make sure you make a nice little r/c workspace for yourself. :wink:

If there's just one thing both CATS and I know - it's vintage schumachers buggies. I own 3 Cougar2 WORKS buggies and they are by far the cream of the crop when it comes to the alloy pan cars.