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Hi everybody, some update pics of my project, for the Ultima of Joel Johnson from WC 89' in Australia:













Chassis Ultima XL redrill for more long wheelbase (original proto graphite Composite Craft).
Bac accus B44 (original Bac PK / Corally).
Front arm Andy's long for Ultima.
Losi JRX2 knuckles + axle + wheel Losi.
Upper deck GFK (original in graphite Composite Craft).
Hand made rear shock tower (original proto Kyosho).
Hand made front shock tower (original proto JJ) with medium OH shocks.
Tie rod Tecnacraft and RCH rear.
Body and undertray Mid Custom...paint soon.
Front tires Losi & X Pattern rear.
Speedo Novak T1.
Receiver Novak NER2S.
Servo 131sh or s9401 Futaba , need 3.

The original:

Where did you get those parts?!?!?!?!?!??! Holy cow I likey!

I have some , and the rest with RC10 Talk member...

you have alot of very nice builds dude!! very original. cant say i have seen one like this before.super nice man !! maybe a nice andy's long or short front bumper for it? its like the caddy/lincoln of ultima's . keep us posted.

Wow~ stunning!!!

Joel may love your project. I just met him in chicago hobby show. and got his signature on Orignal Ultima wing.

Cheers!

very cool pic gee gil jr has put on the beef.
both damn legends!

.I really like how his cars looked. He clearly had much more freedom than most teamdrivers to use whatever he liked best. He was not affraid to try something that wasn't intended to go together

Cool never seen it and didnt ever know it existed .

And it still had that crapy gearbox.

mvh Isobarik

With a full 48DP gearset and balldiff inside it's still no stealth but 'crappy' isn't the word I'd use either.
I wonder if anyone ever took an A&L beltdrive in an ultima to the worlds, or maybe with a triumph beltdrive...

"Normally" , it's the normal gear in the box, and 48 DP on the gear out the box...

Nice job mate

There is really nothing the matter with the Ultima trannies, especially when they had the 48dp gear sets. Allot of people think they are less efficient than others beacause they had 4 gears, but they still only had three total gear interfaces just like a stealth or MIP from that time period. Just think of the center layshaft like a really wide counter gear . I am currently working on a Ultima racer, with a home brewed slipper assembly and a removeable spur gear (48dp 1/12th scale spurs fit nicelly). When I am done, you will see the hotness...-Jeff

prp wrote:"Normally" , it's the normal gear in the box, and 48 DP on the gear out the box...

What do you define as normal: do you mean what JJ ran?

48DP internal gears were available from I think at least 3 different suppliers. But the only smaller than 32dp pitch that made it into kyoshos standard delivery was the spur with 0.6m main gear and 32dp back gear.

I make a confusion , for the internal , never seen.
The outer gear, on this one , it's the black 32 / 48 DP KYOSHO and I have from Thorp 64 DP and SRM ,
and SRM in 48DP but not complete...

What a unique Ultima. Its easy to see how they went from the Ultima to the Triumph with this car. I love seeing the evolutionary steps of progress with many of the older buggies.
Job very well done!