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Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 8:45 am
by RC10th
Question......

Is this early CVD bone period correct for a '92/'93 truck? If so I need to find another.....

I'm debating what to do with axles for this, whether I stick with the dogbones, original AE universals, or CVD's. I want to keep this as period correct as possible, however, I do want to run 3/16 axles to give more flexibility for rims.

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 8:07 pm
by DaveM
Hi RJ,

Your trucks coming along nicely!

These are sweet, I don't think I have ever seen another set.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-T-A-Machines-TITANIUM-SUPER-KONG-Dog-Bones-for-Associated-RC10T-Truck-/201411683785?hash=item2ee51265c9:g:h3cAAOSwBahU2sY1

Cheers, Dave. :)

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:39 am
by RC10th
DaveM wrote:Hi RJ,

Your trucks coming along nicely!

These are sweet, I don't think I have ever seen another set.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-T-A-Machines-TITANIUM-SUPER-KONG-Dog-Bones-for-Associated-RC10T-Truck-/201411683785?hash=item2ee51265c9:g:h3cAAOSwBahU2sY1

Cheers, Dave. :)
Those are awesome but for that price I wouldn't want to use them.




Shocks are all done and installed. I wanted to try blue springs but I didn't have any fronts, so I used greens instead.

Nearly ready for electronics.....

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:53 am
by RC10th
Well, I ordered another vintage CVD bone to match the early one. In the meantime while waiting for it to arrive I think I'll finish off the electronics. I put axles in it so it's at least a roller now.

Here is the Tekin 411P that was pretty rough, this took a fair bit of work to bring back. I rewired the entire thing, polished the case etc, the works. I've also got a gold heatsink currently on the way thanks to Scr8p, thanks Jason.

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 6:20 am
by RC10th
Mr Anonymous ready to go in. I tried to narrow down what it could be by counting the winds. Unfortunately the winds at the crown are covered by what looks like kevlar string, so it remains a mystery.

It appears to have very little use but the comm was still skimmed on a comm lathe and all the usual "race" tweaks.

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:38 pm
by RC10th
Ok, I can nearly call this done. I'm still waiting on a few parts to arrive like my CVD bone and longer white body posts. This thing turned out pretty awesome and while maybe not a 100% period truck it's reasonably close.

The antenna coil is pretty old school and I think is a nice touch, definately looks vintage. It would be nice to know what the Reedy Ultra is, I'm going with Mr. S :lol: Thanks to Scrap for the heatsink that arrived today, I still need to find the brake heatsink but put this one on for now.

This truck will be a blast to drive, the rear tires are plentiful and look similar to Pro-90's, so I'm not worried about wearing them out.

I'm pleased to say that only four re-re parts were used, everything else is original :D

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 3:21 am
by bully
Looks great mate.. When I got my race 10T from over east,off a guy that raced it for a couple of years then stored it. It came with the original unused universal's and the old fat cvd's installed in period... Love these things :mrgreen:.. Is this the one Alex had recently?

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 5:58 am
by RC10th
bully wrote:Looks great mate.. When I got my race 10T from over east,off a guy that raced it for a couple of years then stored it. It came with the original unused universal's and the old fat cvd's installed in period... Love these things :mrgreen:.. Is this the one Alex had recently?
Thanks, I'm pretty pleased with this one. You should post yours up if you haven't already. Yeah, it's the truck that Alex had. I wonder where it came from?

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:11 pm
by harvey
Your truck looks nice! Such a difference from the before pics. What are the rear tires?

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:25 pm
by bully
I posted it years ago when I first joined up. Don't worry you aren't missing much if you haven't seen it :mrgreen: .. I've done a few rebuilds lately of trucks and buggies but I suck at taking pics and I'm lazy about uploading them to Photobucket and here.

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 5:16 am
by RC10th
harvey wrote:Your truck looks nice! Such a difference from the before pics. What are the rear tires?
Thanks, the rear tires are Academy T-01-R.

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 7:42 am
by RC10th
My early CVD bone found a long lost love......

I thought I had a pair of 3/16" axles to use but could only find one, I did however find a lightly used pair of 1/4" axles. I'm considering using the 1/4" axles only to keep it more period, although the more robust 3/16" x 3/8" bearings are appealing.


Which axles would you use?

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 5:49 am
by RC10th
Yay, the 10T now moves under its own power. I ended up going with the 1/4" axles for nostalgia. All that's left is to paint a body.


Time to burn rubber and break some s#!t

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 7:31 am
by uniquenamehere
You need to post some action shots! :) Great build, it's like a walk down memory lane.

Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:22 am
by Incredible_Serious
That came out very nice, matey.... certainly 1200% better than I could ever get it. Great work!

Alex