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Hey Matt, the Kyosho Sprinter is going to get a rebuild too. I have a spare Ultima chassis that is nice so I'll use it. Look for a thread in the Kyosho section.

OK, the project crawls forward a bit. I straightened, sanded and cleaned all the aluminum parts then polished them up the best I could. I couldn't remove all the road rash but I think it's way better.

dang, that things coming out NICE!!

the body i got for its kinda not the best, gonna have to find a BETTER body by the time youre done with it!!

i know a guy who may have some new bodies down here, see him saturday so ill pm you about it!

Cool! I'm also working a deal for a body with a member but I'm always open to ideas.

RD!! Very nice, Im tryin to get someone to teach me how to put pics on post I found a pic of my original BBT I got from Randy for your refrence. Will post as soon as possible. JohnnySr.

This is deffinantlt turning out nice. I wanted this one but kinda glad you scouped it up. I found this one that I might get. Wont know for a few hours but here it is maybe itll help you with refferance and such.

That is the original chassis glass, mine had a trackmaster trans. JohnnySr.

RedScampi,
That is a nice looking sprint. Looks like a fun build. I am not sure if it is a company, time frame or option situation but I have seen factory side plates both plain and louvered. Pete is correct, the main frame and nerfs are BBT. Keep us posted on the progress.

Here is the bbt vindicator and a ascot the only thing I see that is ascot is the side panels every thing else is bbt. I added the second model that ascot produced. Ascot also sold a conversion down tube set part #1320

I think that the cage in pictures 3 & 4 is an ascot..they had a different way of holding the top wing on..they used buttons where the BBT attached to the lugs on the cage..by buttons I mean inserted into the two posts on the front of the cage. The car in these pictures IS AN ASCOT it still has the build sticker inside the side panels

Awesome sprints Chris!! I didn't know that Ascot made a down tube conversion. Cool add-on.

Pete, you are right about the Ascot wing mounts. They have the threaded posts coming up off the top crossbar. Ascot also did not have the horizontal brace added to the nerf bar like the BBT. Other than that I think they were pretty similar.

Chris that cage turned out nice. All the work definantly made a differance. Keep up the great work.

I'm afraid all these cars are going to put mine to shame! I might have to start funneling money into this thing now! I made some more progress but I'll wait till I get home to post pictures.

Yeah theres are definantly nice, but I aint gonna try and keep up with the jone's

A bit of forward progress. Rebuilt a tranny for the car with new outdrives I found at the LHS, added used Andy's rear arms and CE type front arms from my spares pile with new hardware. The chassis is not perfect so I cleaned it up and sprayed it with blitz black followed by a clear matte finish. Looks good until I can get a new one. I've decided to put more work into polishing the cage. It's nice but I want it really nice. Trying to decide on rolling stock, jury's still out.