Andy's R/C Products began offering replacement control arms for Associated's RC10 buggy in 1986, with production handled by Rohart Precision Molds (RPM). Andy's product line would expand to include a multitude of chassis and suspension components as...
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That Audi body is cool!! Never seen that one before
In 1989 AYK debuted the Pro Radiant, a 1/10th 4wd buggy as a successor to the 1987 released Radiant. Changes included fiberglass vertical chassis plates replacing the previously used aluminum plates. Movement of the motor from a rear mounted to a...
Buffalo - The 1985 replacement for the sidewinder 1/10th 2wd buggy. Utilized a square tube aluminum frame. Wishbone mono-shock front suspension. Semi-trailing arm rear suspension. And featured a redesigned...
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Cool. I've never seen that paint scheme on a Buffalo before. The box art scheme was a lot less interesting. :P
AYK promoting their new for the year Radiant 4wd buggy and Trinity Dirt Shootout win in 1987. The Radiant was built upon a pair of vertical anodized aluminum side plates sandwiched between upper and lower fiberglass decks. Suspension was handled by...
AYK advertising both the 4x4 Viper and Boxer in 1986:
The 4x4 Viper was the first four-wheel drive buggy from AYK. Introduced in 1985 its transmission was derived from the Buffalo/Bobcat 2wd buggies and adapted into 4wd with the use of a chain...
In 1985 the Buffalo became the third buggy to be released by AYK. Evolving from the Sidewinder (itself an evolution of the Super Trail) the Buffalo continued AYK's mission to create a lightweight racing buggy. Still built on a square tube aluminum...
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That's a pretty cool buggy! Very interesting....
It's almost like I've seen the rear suspension... somewhere.... :wink: :mrgreen:
Very cool! And they assemble the tires for you! :lol:
You know it's ready to run when the tires come mounted...
AYK's first off-roader, the Super Trail, was introduced in 1982 and offered as a Baja Bison buggy and American Pickup model. Constructed primarily of aluminum the Super Trail rode on a square tube aluminum ladder frame chassis with tubular cage...
The Hammerhead 1/10th scale truck was one of three models (Ironman, Hammerhead, Vortex) released by Model Rectifier Corporation in 1997 that rode on a lower cost version of the MT-10 platform. Under the street rod style truck body the Hammerhead...
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Funny what you do and don't remember sometimes. MRC was really big on taking the back cover for their ads. Not the latest racing tech of the day but like you said, they looked cool.
This MRC ad from 1999 shows a pair of new vehicles introduced that year...
First is the Q-Tee Coupe, a 1/10th scale belt driven four-wheel drive street rod built on a double deck fiberglass chassis with fully adjustable suspension on all four...
The Ironman 1/10th scale truck was one of three models (Ironman, Hammerhead, Vortex) released by Model Rectifier Corporation in 1997 that rode on a lower cost version of their MT-10 platform. Under the new Dodge Ram body the Ironman shared the...
Hitting the market in 1995 was the entry level MT-10M and MT-10S 1/10 scale trucks from Model Rectifier Corporation. Built on a molded plastic chassis with fiberglass shock towers, plastic oil filled shocks, a 540 motor, bushings, and mechanical...
The MRC Baja King, released in 1993, was the stadium truck version of Model Rectifier Corporation's World Scale line. Designed as a racing model the kit came equipped with bearing in both the transmission and wheels, a low mounted stadium truck...
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Short answer:
1/8th scale
Long answer:
The Nitro Thunder King was advertised as 1/8th scale and shared the same 14 inch wheelbase as the electric Thunder King and Baja King World Scale trucks... which, like 1911Colt mentioned, never had a...
In 1993 Model Rectifier Corporation brought their World Scale to market with the MRC Thunder King. Offered as a larger option to 1/10 scale trucks the kit featured a pressed aluminum chassis, fiberglass shock towers, aluminum oil filled shocks and...
Never one to leave well enough alone, Duratrax found a way to fuel the desires of early 90's gas truck racers.
1992 Duratrax Gas Conversion Ad.jpg
One of my all-time favorite ads, the image of engine swapping an RC10T like it was a full size...
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Funny what some people remember that others don't, isn't it? A lot of aftermarket conversion parts were kinda crude back in the day compared to now. I've got some Duratrax chassis' that look like they were cut with a hand saw so, a janky chain drive...
1999 saw lots of new in Schumacher's lineup ads. The Fireblade Evo, SST Axis Pro, and Nitro 21 XT were all updated from their previous iterations for the '99 model year.
The SST 2000, receiving yearly upgrades to improve handling and performance would receive a new moniker in 1999, aptly labeled the SST '99 Pro. Upgrades to the chassis, suspension and driveline over the previous year SST '98 were detailed by...
Released in 1992 the Club 10 was marketed as an entry level kit capable of being easily switched between truck and buggy forms utilizing Schumacher provided parts. The kit was based on the Courgar 2 chassis and included a motor and mechanical speed...
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The original Club 10, (the Mk1, if you will) was pretty much a re-released original Cougar in many areas, but with some updates for later tech (hubs, towers, shocks, diffs, etc.). Things really changed up when the Mk2 came along - plastic-bodied...
Schumacher brought the Nitro 21 XT to market in 1999, two years after releasing the original Nitro 21 XS. The XT's more powerful engine sat atop a bright yellow powder coated Cougar style aluminum chassis with revised shock towers and chrome turbo...
Closely resembling Schumacher's 1997 Cat 2000/Fireblade 2000 full page ad this '98 version included space for the SST 2000 while pitching the availability of factory direct purchasing:
1998 Schumacher Fireblade 2000 Cat 2000 SST 2000 Ad.jpg
In keeping with Schumacher's history of continual evolution 1998 saw the release of the Fireblade 2000 USA. Changes over the original Fireblade included a relocated transmission for lower polar rotation, bulkhead refinements, and a return to...
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Schumacher must have changed ad agencies between the Fireblade and the Fireblade USA :lol:
Schumacher introduced an all new 2wd buggy in 1997, the Fireblade 2000. An exercise in radically lower center of gravity, everything on the Fireblade was about getting vehicle weight as close to the ground as possible. The redesigned slipperless...
A nitro version of Schumacher's SST 2000 electric 4wd touring car hit the market in 1998, dubbed the Nitro SST it retained the same Cat 2000 4wd buggy sourced drivetrain as the electric SST but on a nitro specific twin deck carbon fiber chassis:...
Schumacher taking a moment away from single product advertisements to showcase a multitude of their vehicles, from the Cat 2000 and Fireblade 2000 to the SST 2000 and Nitro Storm 21XS
The Cougar 2000 came out in 1993 as Schumacher's replacement for the Cougar II 2wd buggy. Gone was the aluminum chassis and belt driven transmission, replaced by a double deck fiberglass chassis, gear driven trans, as well as longer control arms and...
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I bought a 95 Team car version of the Cougar 2000. By this time though, my 1:1 drag race Pinto was ready to run, so the Cougar didn't see much action.
1996 brought to market the Schumacher Scale Tourer... SST 2000. Utilizing the Cat 2000 drivetrain in a 4wd 1/10 double deck touring car chassis the SST 2000 would see yearly updates to improve handling. First in 1997 with the SST 2000 SP which...
1992 saw the release of the Nitro 10 MK2. The Mark 2 version brought an updated S15R2 .15 motor and expanded vehicle lineup to the existing Schumacher Nitro 10 platform.
1992 Schumacher Nitro 10 Ad.jpg
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Yeah nah, that's not correct. Mk1 was Irvine S15R at .15 / 2.5cc. Mk2 Irvine S15R2, still at .15 / 2.5cc - just a few slight improvements (block, carb, etc.). Mk3 came with the option of a .12 engine (a Leo, from memory), or no engine at all, and...
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