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trey wrote:the lower ball? that would explain why it lined up the way it did. thanks man.

Flip both upper and lower and it will be nicely aligned.
see fig 144 and 145 on page 36 of the manual(page 38 of the PDF) http://aedownloads.com/downloads/manuals/rc10_manual.pdf

Welcome. Looks good so far. Keep up the good work.

Tim

aconsola wrote:

trey wrote:the lower ball? that would explain why it lined up the way it did. thanks man.

Flip both upper and lower and it will be nicely aligned.
see fig 144 and 145 on page 36 of the manual(page 38 of the PDF) http://aedownloads.com/downloads/manuals/rc10_manual.pdf

thanks for the help, got it fixed now.

all i need to do is find some front arms and shocks, a body, electronics, new wheels and tires, and something else im forgetting!

trey wrote:

aconsola wrote:

trey wrote:
all i need to do is find some front arms and shocks, a body, electronics, new wheels and tires, and something else im forgetting!

Looking Good..

I thought this was a complete car when you started?

Ed

it mostly was. the front shock was frozen somehow, and the arm had a bad crack in it. came with no body, and I want to update the electronics.

trey wrote:the lower ball? that would explain why it lined up the way it did. thanks man.

You may also want to move the rear suspension mounts that bolt to the chassis to the rear holes. It will bring the rear suspension arms forward on the chassis and align the dogbones better while also allowing the rear shocks to line up better with the rear arms. It cleaned up nicely!

call-911 wrote:

trey wrote:the lower ball? that would explain why it lined up the way it did. thanks man.

You may also want to move the rear suspension mounts that bolt to the chassis to the rear holes. It will bring the rear suspension arms forward on the chassis and align the dogbones better while also allowing the rear shocks to line up better with the rear arms. It cleaned up nicely!

you can't do that with the old bulkhead without notching it out. and if that's something you don't want to do for one reason or another, .....................

I tried to do that, but didnt know if i should notch it or not. maybe i should?

what wheels will fit? i just want a solid wheel instead of the ones that are on there.

I would have left it as is and just gave it a good scrub, but it looks like you're doing a nice restoration so far.

scr8p wrote:

call-911 wrote:

trey wrote:the lower ball? that would explain why it lined up the way it did. thanks man.

You may also want to move the rear suspension mounts that bolt to the chassis to the rear holes. It will bring the rear suspension arms forward on the chassis and align the dogbones better while also allowing the rear shocks to line up better with the rear arms. It cleaned up nicely!

you can't do that with the old bulkhead without notching it out. and if that's something you don't want to do for one reason or another, .....................

I think back when I was a kid I just ground off the forward most hole on the rear suspension mounts. I wonder what the norm was for the majority..

Been trying to get things done, but I'm kinda at a stopping point. Still need a few parts.

won some shocks on ebay, hope i got the right ones...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120385892815

Awesome looking car you got there sir, that thing is looking like a new car already...

That paint turned out well. Was it a shake-shake can? If so what kind? I need a good paint for some projects I am working on. Also, it has been forever, but I know that is a Tamiya ball end on the rear camber link! This is my first post so a big Texas hello to everyone. This has to be the bestest site for vintage r/c!

highwayracer wrote:Welcome Trey,

Nice car...looks very "period correct". All the original parts appear to be on the car...which is becoming very rare these days.

Regards,
highwayracer

Well, it "WAS" a nice period correct rare car. This is a perfect example of why these are rare these days. I guess Im old school but to me its just another died black belly button now. Everyone has one!