How rare is the AB stamp gold tub

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How rare is the AB stamp gold tub

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I am currently restoring some Gold Tubs, A, B and C stamps. I don't have an AB stamp so of course I need one :)

Question, how rare are they?

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if it takes 2 years to find one = rare

if it takes 2 days to find one = not so much

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I want a "AB" gold chassis as well, I had seen one a while back on a built car, used on E-bay, I passed on it. I would say its not one of the easier things to find :wink: One, or two Black A's have popped up, and I thought that they would be harder to find then the gold "AB" :roll:

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Sold one recently as a complete rebuilt car on ebay, whoever bought it got a nice deal i think.

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Sorry for the stupid question, but what is a AB stamp?

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It literally has both an "A" and a "B" stamped on top of it. Pre "B" stamp
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I'd say they are pretty rare since we have the only ones in the known universe!
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Where's the popcorn...
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I don’t have any popcorn, nor time for people that can’t read the rules
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"Needs an idler" :lol:

It was my understanding that the 'B' in AB refers to the darker gold tub that is drilled for the stealth trans. Most of the time when you see tubs for sale they don't mention the stamp. IMO while they may be considered rare they aren't going to be highly sought after.
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Colors changed every batch of ano they did, so it’s hard to use that as a certainty

The AB stamp happens like this. Associated had a bunch of A stamp chassis blanks stacked up. The Stealth trans came out so they drilled them for a stealth and they stamped a B over the A and then anodized them. It was just due to the fact they already had them
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GoMachV wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:48 pm Colors changed every batch of ano they did, so it’s hard to use that as a certainty

The AB stamp happens like this. Associated had a bunch of A stamp chassis blanks stacked up. The Stealth trans came out so they drilled them for a stealth and they stamped a B over the A and then anodized them. It was just due to the fact they already had them
+1 That's the explanation I heard as well although I don't recall where I heard or read it.
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