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gomachv wrote:

Phin wrote:Really neat. Looks like one of Bob Stormer's gear reduction boxes between the motor and motor plate.

That's what I told him in a pm earlier guess we both remember those reductions

I still have one.

I remember seeing the Invader MT on the shelf at my LHS and wanting it because it had my initials on it... cool to see one after all these years.

That thing is so very Bolink.

Just ask the guys at RJ Speed to look around and find the wheel mold. I'm sure they still have it.

Quick half-assed clean up
Didn't even remove the wheels

Are the tires 2.2? Those sure look like the standard bolink stock car wheel but they are 1.9 iirc

Look like they are 2.0 tires - wheels are close but different.

I was thinking the same thing as gomachv....I have Bolink stock car wheels with foams that have the same 8 hole pattern as those truck wheels. Just looks like the wheels on your truck have been narrowed some.

I'm guessing then that those tires are not as tall as your standard 2.2" stadium truck tire?

Hmmm...mystery solved? Except where the tires came from. I bet they are AJ's

some comps

Yeah, it'd definitely be tough to replace those tires.

Could do Pro-Line pan car wheels for rubber tires, and then use 1.9 crawler tires or tires from HPI's 1/12 trophy truck but the look would be totally wrong.

This is a lovely lovely truck!!

gomachv wrote:Hmmm...mystery solved? Except where the tires came from. I bet they are AJ's

Those are definitely AJ/Twinn-K stadium truck rubber. I have a full set with their King Kong unbreakable rims for a Grasshopper or Frog. I intended to mount them but they are soooo heavy that I would have never dare run them. I'll see if I still have the header cards with them.

I was just sitting here looking at the pictures and a thought crossed my mind, I think nice thick foam tires artfully trued into spikes and ribs would fit that stadium pan truck well, go all out on it's 'pan car thinks it's an offroad racing truck' look ... ... ... foam offroad tires -- hit that mud puddle... and now the car weighs an extra couple pounds and has turned into a sprinkler lol

Chris

clm wrote:I was just sitting here looking at the pictures and a thought crossed my mind, I think nice thick foam tires artfully trued into spikes and ribs would fit that stadium pan truck well, go all out on it's 'pan car thinks it's an offroad racing truck' look ... ... ... foam offroad tires -- hit that mud puddle... and now the car weighs an extra couple pounds and has turned into a sprinkler lol

Chris

It's been done:

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=28906#p298365

civilguy wrote:I have a full set with their King Kong unbreakable rims for a Grasshopper or Frog. I intended to mount them but they are soooo heavy that I would have never dare run them. I'll see if I still have the header cards with them.

Ahhh so they are AJ's. I forgot I had a set of front kongs, look pretty similar and diameter is good.

The rears (with KK rims) that I have look the same... part number is 9740.
Do the fronts on the Bolink have a flat face on the inside of the tire? I always thought that was so odd on the AJs.