Vintage Motors

[Mad Racer]

Very nice indeed.

I think they are the holy grail of r/c motors no doubt.

I bought Big Jim's motor black book. A very interesting read.

[longboardnj]

nice stuff ,i always liked my Twister motor .. Anyone know the specs on Twisters?

[sgirouard]

black magic motor? Any photo?

Unfortunately I can't find any of the stock motor. They were hand made by a guy out in Michigan back in the day.

This is one of their modified motors


The stock model was a silver can, instead of the black you see and the decal, which mirrored the black inside the gold label, was actually vinyl lettering applied directly onto the silver can.

[Bimdapogs]

What´s the difference between those Checkpoint motors? Means the blue sticker a different winding than the black or silver sticker and what´s about the motors without stickers?

And what´s the difference between Platinum I and Platinum II motors?

As far as colors, these are what I have/had, to initiate comparison and hopefully other members with these motors can check what they have:

Blue - 14T
Gunmetal (?) - 17T (i have 2 of these and they are both the same winding)
Silver - 19T (if I remember correctly, i traded it off)

Pics to come later.

[Bimdapogs]

Okay, colors might not be indication of their windings. This one is blue, and is a 10T according to the seller..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Team-Checkpoint-vintage-80s-modified-racing-motor-platinum-10-turn-brushed-Blue-/300647140087?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item45fff74af7

[hugger19]

this might help ya. found off ebay an orginal motor tag. the numbers (15-20) are the motor turns.

[hugger19]

also i helped mci with these just ordered a set. http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmciracing.ca%2Fproducts%2Fcheckpoint&h=ATOr7sj6KX6ZP5llDmEkoyOcqnRVs7aYV2vVQTg3kZP6sY-UDiNMRdwt3CYpkYEH04X5au-HiqGQf8WIYsUyk8EPZf_KyFH6_x0iCbMEwKV1WmNoOwjsBfgrUMsNm-WO7vhB3wAlq5g2VVzKSS5rTHg5B5jD9zVd74Tw

[hugger19]

can someone here tell me why the checkpoint motors had different color labels? also why some were painted black and some were bare metal cans???

[tamiyadan]

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[hugger19]

cool thanks for the info!!!