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The vintage cars you've set down on a race track.

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What vintage/classic/retro/old school cars have you actually set down on a race track? Whether it be to race, practise or even just bash I wanted to start a thread for those of us who have been brave enough to get these off road buggies back in their natural habitat ( :mrgreen: ).

Please, post some pics of the cars you actually use or have used at a race track in recent years and get us all revved up and inspired to make that leap of faith and get these things dirty.
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Sweet ride Reggie. What gear are you running in it? (love them pink decals/rims) :mrgreen:
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I've been racing a Cougar 2 against modern opposition for a few months:
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And my boy (and I) do a bit of bashing with an original Hornet (with squash bottle shell):
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Been hitting the track (well it had a pretty good 25 year hiatus :roll: ) since December, 1984:

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just my jrx2 and rc10t.

i did build an OIN but in practice the jrx2 killed it so the jrx2 get's raced. i may try the OIN again at this years vonats.

to lazy to post pics this morning.

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I own a few "vintage" cars that I've raced, but that's when they were still new :lol: (RC10, RC12L, RC300, RC500, Trinity "Magic Carpet Ride" and RC10GT)

Since returning to the hobby two years ago this is my only old RC that has seen any track time...

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First run after a ground up rebuild. Novak 13.5. Notice the damaged front right camber link.

I forgot to replace the zip tie on the front with a rubber band and landed awkwardly off a jump and snapped the camber link.

DOH!
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J.M. wrote:Sweet ride Reggie. What gear are you running in it? (love them pink decals/rims) :mrgreen:
LRP Stock Spec 10.5, SXX V2.2 (for now) Futaba 9550 servo and Futaba 1024 PCM rx with a old Futaba PCM 1024 tx, geared 21/81 and Reedy batteries.

I'd go back to nicad and brushed in a classic class though-

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How competitive was it 8rad? I have a couple of Bosscat Works and a Sport and intend to rebuild one for competition at some point.
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I wouldnt dare race it unless it was a vintage class. Not for fear of breaking it just because the local racing scene is pretty competitive. Theres a bunch of sponsored guys who would just embarrass me.

If I were to race locally I would start in SCT and move up from there.
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Aside from some original creations I've put on the track several ultimas, MR4-BC, kyosho plazma, YR-4, hot-dog, Academy wyvern, academy griffin.
(That's all I can think of right now. Pics are in my gallery ,and in the threads linked inside the gallery).

Still need to get the MX-4, TCP, optima, optima mid, lazer, triumph and some hirobo done, and a corally 1/12 and an SG prosso. But that'll take some time, and with the others working well, those have become an extreme low priority: I don't want to rob the others from their electronics or spend money on more electronics :roll:

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Hotshot outjumping a nitro Rustler. ;)

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For the most part (when I do get to the track) my Hotshot or RC10 runs in with stadium truck (elec & nitro usually get combined) as there is not much local vintage action.
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JRX2

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RC10CE

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