I grabbed this car a few days ago on eBay.de for about 100$. I just couldn't resist the price. There were no pictures of the underside of the chassis but a few bonuses like the Mr. R's Reedy motor, a NIP LiteSpeed Heatsink, Yokomo front and rear adapters together with Yokomo pink wheels. I was intrigued when I got it as the battery is offset and the tub is A-stamped. Then I remember Reggie's post about his Team Car build and came to the conclusion that the car I just bought is actually an early Team Car (older style gear cover, A-stamp chassis, offset battery cup placement, older style ball cups, no bumps in the tranny brace, thick 6 hole front shock tower, but unfortunately the OE spur gear has been replaced by a 87T Kimbrough spur gear). It must have been run once or twice and then stored in a dusty place. Perfect candidate for the peroxide treatment which I still need to try by myself. I'm quite happy with it Here are some pics:
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Hey hey- nice score! I really need to build mine Hey David- did you take the tranny screws out yet? I'm curious to see if that chassis was factory countersunk ( I bet 99% it was ) but that's the first black "a" that I have seen for the stealth, I have seen only black 6 gear "a" stamp before.
and I hope that front and rear tower set comes out clean, it's fairly rare being the team car tower but the routed version VS the stamped ones
That is a wonderful score, David! The closest I can come to that is a Graphite car with the same spec (Well, no offset battery cup holes, or stamped chassis...).
slotcarrod wrote:I wonder if that's an AB stamp? Under that NICE motor it has a B stamp over the A.
I took the motor out this morning and there is indeed a very light B stamp under the motor. The Stealth chassis holes were definitely factory countersunk.
slotcarrod wrote:Note to self: Start looking on the German eBay!
Oh no! That is the only place were I can still snag good deals with little or no competition, prices are generally sweet out there. I recently found a very nice Yokie for a hundred bucks as well (pics will come soon).
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slotcarrod wrote:Note to self: Start looking on the German eBay!
Oh no! That is the only place were I can still snag good deals with little or no competition, prices are generally sweet out there. I recently found a very nice Yokie for a hundred bucks as well (pics will come soon).
I wont do that to you, your too nice of a guy, and I just don't have any extra spending money, plus I don't speak German (apparently neither does Halgar! ). Good luck on more great deals! Just make sure you keep showing them to us!
Very small update here as I found some time to tear down the car completely and to scrub all the plastic parts. Next wednesday I'll try to find the top secret fluid that will make these parts as white as new hopefully. I'm especially curious about the Stealth trans case that is really yellowed. Overall the car seems to have been run a few packs only as I couldn't find any wear during the tearing down. Really happy with this one as it was my very first RC10 BITD. Stay tuned!
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So, the parts went through the whitening process pretty good, they now really look like new, if not better. As there is not so much sun right now in Belgium and the parts were really badly yellowed, I had to soak them for more than a week to achieve the result below. The trans case took a really long time before looking good and it did not get "chalky" after staying several days in hydrogen peroxyde as a member told me. In the mean time, I cleaned and buffed every ball studs and the rebuild started with the rear drive train. The car will look virtually new with only a few new screws replacing the rusted ones. Other than that, it will keep 99% of the original kit parts. I'm really happy with this one as the Team Car was the very first RC10 I could afford when I was 16. Stay tuned!
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I'm in the process of building an early Graphite Team Car and still gathering parts. The only thing i can't find in good shape are the wide front A Arms in white . ASC6206 I believe is the part number. Any ideas where to find them would be...
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Naw we were begging for a team car rere just for those white arms :mrgreen:
Early car, all new built with all NIP parts except front tires :? :lol:
Early car with milled front( should have the 4 hole ) and rear towers, early tranny brace, and early ball cups and 1st gen carbon fiber chassis zzz early 6036 002.jpg zzz...
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there must be an e-clip shortage in reggie's stash. a couple of 8-32 aluminum nuts, too. :wink: :P :mrgreen:
That eye surgery must have worked out very well for you eh? :wink:
i picked this up in a trade with 85edinger. it was used a little bit but it's still in pretty decent shape. as you can see in the pics, it definitely needed a cleaning and was missing some parts.
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I sold one set of those 8115 so I'm down to only 6 new sets now :lol:
Just recently started to restore this full original Graphite Team car.
Was completely original with every nut/bolt/washer.
Waiting on a few bits now to continue.
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I like the Detonator Worlds body as well. I have them on two of my cars. I like how sleek and low slung it is.
Ok, Reggie has threatened to kick me off the board if I don't attempt a build thread. So I guess I better stop buying and start building :idea:
These were the missing link :wink: