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Post by Eau Rouge »

I finally got one. Built and never run, even.



:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

:D






My wife doesn't know why I'm running around the house like a little kid on Christmas morning. She wouldn't understand anyway.


Oh my.

My Holy Grail of vintage R/C cars.







Needs a body an a wing, which should probably take the other half of my life to find. But who cares? I GOT ONE! wOOt!


I know Jay has at least one. Who else has them here?
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Good for you! And please share with us, where did you find such a treasure?

I know Shodog/Jim has one.
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Post by Eau Rouge »

I did something I don't normally do... I made an offer to someone on eBay to change an auction to a Buy It Now. My thought was, if I didn't do it, someone else will. All is fair in love and war. At the price I saw the last new/unused one sell for last winter, I needed to take a shot in the dark, and it worked.



Andy's Mercedes oval body and all... :shock:
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Very cool! I LOVE that body! I know what you are after, but I would leave that body just as is. PM coming on you body issue.
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Post by scr8p »

sweet looking car, doug. congrats. :)
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That is defiently one clean looking buggy. The RPS yokomo is one of my favorites also
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Post by carloco8 »

That's a cherry rps yoke there! I like the lines on that body........ w/ some andy's paint too :shock:
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Post by Synergy »

I think this is another :?: , if anyone's interested.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YZ834B-Yokomo-Dogfighter-RPS-SE-Losi-Dog-Fighter-Lot_W0QQitemZ130133796716QQihZ003QQcategoryZ2565QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
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Post by Asso_man! »

that's the one from Dr Robotnik, aka Ed, and the highest bidder sounds familiar too :wink:
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carloco8 wrote:That's a cherry rps yoke there! I like the lines on that body........ w/ some andy's paint too :shock:

The body, itself, is one of the rarest dirt oval bodies ever made. The fact that it was Andy's handiwork for a Team driver and has never been used is jaw dropping. This car was built for a big event at Radio Controlled Hobbies in Costa Mesa, CA, as a display car for Checkpoint and Andy's, and sat in a case until now. Twenty freakin' years with a body on it under glass display!

For the price, I'm shocked. I'm expecting some rust or even broken parts on a car this old, but it looks super clean in the photos. Now to get on my search for period correct electronics. I have some photos somewhere of the World Championship Gil Losi car somewhere—I need to find them. Might need to do a replica...


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Here you go Doug:
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Post by Eau Rouge »

Thanks!

I just found this one, too...
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Post by Eau Rouge »

Gonna have to dig out my old decals and new artwork for the Ranch Pit Stop, Trinity and RPS decals. :D May need to do some replicas of those...
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Can do, if any one has an original that would be great. I would like some too.
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Eau Rouge wrote:Gonna have to dig out my old decals and new artwork for the Ranch Pit Stop, Trinity and RPS decals. :D May need to do some replicas of those...
I would be up for a set of decals also. thats the one thing my Yoko is missing
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