Page 2 of 3
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
Re: Bringing Back The Fun, Version 2
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:39 am
by RC10th
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
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
.. 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
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
.. 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
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
.. 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!
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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