You nailed it buddy The whole kit doesn't match, but that is definitely the suspension and transmission. So whoever built this, Took this Ra/Car suspension and rearend/trans, put it on this phenolic chassis. with Dynamic wheels and a Taipan engine and then finished by hand forming a one-off aluminum body and exhaust pipe sometime around 1969. You are the man! Thanks for the research. You did say it was an Ra/ Car from the beginning.
So now the question is------Restore and polish------or leave it the %$&# alone and admire the 47 year old patina. The transmission seems to shift smoothly. The engine does not turn over. I'm sure it's gummed up solid. I'll need to disassemble and soak it in something. Acetone should do the trick with no damage. The body doesn't have a scratch on it, but does have some dried decal residue from long gone decals. It does roll ok, but not as free and loose as I would like. The bushings or whatever it has in there could probably use a cleaning and a little oil.
Personally I’d probably use kerosene on the engine
Can’t speak for restore vs patina, but if it were mine I wouldn’t have time for restoration anyway
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Ill try the kerosene. Thanks for your help with the research on this. I'm in no rush to do anything with it at the moment. It looks real nice sitting right where it's at. I have a couple projects to wrap up this week before I get around to messing with it.
Those universals are industry available couplings for motor shafts. They make them for different shaft sizes to drive various machinery. They look like they would work pretty well as long as you don't overdrive them. They do have a limited flex range.
jwscab wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2017 8:06 am
Those universals are industry available couplings for motor shafts. They make them for different shaft sizes to drive various machinery. They look like they would work pretty well as long as you don't overdrive them. They do have a limited flex range.
Yeah seems like they'd be prone to "winding" and "un-winding" if, like you said, overdriven.
That car looks awesome. I couldn't keep myself from polishing up that body. Age-old patina notwithstanding, I'm not one to admire years of munk & funk. I prefer something to look more new, like it did WHEN it was new, originally. That's just me, though.
It's hard to believe those little wires for the upper & lower control arms would be up to the task, especially with such a heavy 1/8-scale car. It looks like they'd bend or fold with the smallest impact. The engineering is rudimentary but super-cool. It would be great having that on the shelf, it's a great conversation piece!
I'm with you buddy. I'm sitting here staring at it this morning and thinking the same thing I plan on contacting an rc car museum in southern California today. Hoping to pick their brain a little on restoration.
Romulus isn’t in Cali anymore, he relocated to PA I believe
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It's time to stand up to the bully. Support the companies that support the industry, not the ones that tear it down. Say no to Traxxas Factory Works website
Rear tire/wheels are 12.3 oz each and the fronts are 8.1 oz each. If my math is right, that's 2lbs, 8.8 oz total weight for the wheels and tires. It definitely has some unsprung weight.
i have just finished a new build on a nds.looking for a body that will fit the chassis.tried several touring car bodies.just didn't really want one. i built this form the ds racer kit 8076,so it came without the body.if i can't find a body i like it...
Has anyone fabbed a heat shield for their car body? I mean for between the body and the pipe. I just ran a new engine and pipe in a new body together for the first time and it seems the pipe hits a spot on the body and melted the paint there. I'm...
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Those are nice! Thanks guys I'll check them out.
Man, I love this web site!
Picked this up awhile ago with some other stuff, thought it was cool.
Old dragster. The tires are cracked, but otherwise it appears that it was never actually ran.
@13 wheelbase and looks to take a small nitro engine, probably @ .12 size.
Anyone...
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Paint didn't turn out quite as I had hoped...
I use transfer tape used for installing vinyl decals and the only stuff I had is the low tack, which doesn't stick well enough for thin lines on lexan....as I found out. :oops:
Hi,
I am looking for an alternative body for the Traxxas Nitro Buggy. The Original has an cage around it. Does anyone know a body which fits nicely around the outlines of this chassis? I looked at the bandit body, but I am not sure, has anybody...
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Of course that's a trx1 body on same chassis for comparison. Body could go down in front but hits the tub sides already.
Ok so I see these terms used alot.Is there a difference and if so when do we see the Antique Class in racing??(Or is there one already?)
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Here's about the best description i can find:
Most authorities consider the actual definition of the term 'antique' to mean an age of at least 100 years. If an item is not definitively datable to 100 or more years in age, it should not be directly...
:lol: :lol: :lol: so ive been digging into the RPM stash to finish some builds off and to my dismay after carefully removing and straighting out the staples :roll: i look down at the little baggy (ahh memories of college :oops: :lol: )and its...
so i bought a kyosho alpha it should be here this week and have been told to get a tuned pipe was wondering if this would fit
onto this
and is there any other easy hop ups to make it go better
thankyou for looking
Paul
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Kyosho did a tuned pipe hop up designed for the Alpha, they are common over here, as they did the car as a parts magazine, and the tuned pipe left to the hop up end issues, I sold one to Aus a month ago unfortunately, plenty more about here, should...