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RC12E Race Car

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I picked this up a few days ago from Craiglist . It was simply titled Race Car , with no pictures and the description was "Associated 6 cell R/C car" . The car was located just a few minutes from work so I emailed the seller if may have a look at it on my way home . When she brought out the box , she told me it used to belong to her dad and that it's been sitting in the closet for several years . She was getting ready to throw it out when her brother recommended to put it on Craiglist in case anybody was interested . I'm really suprised the body survived because everything was just squished into the box .The Rc12e looks likes it in good condition just dusty and the controller looks new . What's cool to me is the stickers on the box , Hobby World . It was a hobby shop that was 5 minutes from my old house , remember walking up there all the time to buy models and watch them race in the parking lot when I was growing up .



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Awesome find!
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Re: RC12E Race Car

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Team Nats kit = weightsaver special edition probably pretty rare to find with the kit box. I saw one other sell this last year which was an "unassembled nib kit" on eBay and it went for about $390. Nice find!
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This is all very interesting!

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Lovely car, and not to forget the Bantam servo!

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Re: RC12E Race Car

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It appears he has a 4 cell in it and an unused 6 cell, leads me to believe he wired it for 4 cell so please double check before you plug in a 6 cell.....would hate to see that old receiver and servos get smoked :shock:
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Re: RC12E Race Car

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Thanks for the great information guy's , I am unfamiliar with onroad but plan on trying to get it running again . Scanned some of the kit prices and part numbers , it's interesting to see how much the kit' cost then . I was unaware that assembled kit's were available .


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I'd give you $149 for it even though yout missing the s20 servos lol!
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Re: RC12E Race Car

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lol...cool isn't it . I like part number 3324 the "tremendous weight saving screws" .

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Re: RC12E Race Car

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Nice find.

What's the date code on the 6 cell sticks?

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Re: RC12E Race Car

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WC1982 wrote:Nice find.

What's the date code on the 6 cell sticks?
Kent, did those servo savers on the box actually make it into production? Ive never seen them "in the wild"
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Re: RC12E Race Car

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Yes, Mine has the servo saver like the one on the box. I think only the very early kits had them

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Cool, always wondered 8)
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Re: RC12E Race Car

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WoW! :shock: That's an awesome find man! I can't wait to see this car cleaned up and running again. I'll have to start searching Craigs list now that I've seen this! :mrgreen:

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Re: RC12E Race Car

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gomachv wrote:
Kent, did those servo savers on the box actually make it into production? Ive never seen them "in the wild"
Yes, the original RC12e I bought had the Kydex servo saver.

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Re: RC12E Race Car

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Thanks , the only information I could find on the battery's is KG and Japan on the side . Scanned in some more information on the Team Nat Kit and weightsaver accessories .


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