Jay Halsey RC10 Replica / '85 Worlds

[Eau Rouge]

They are ProLine 1.5" fronts for Tamiya cars.

[Eau Rouge]

You know, in 1984/85, there wasn't much for R/C cars in graphite parts... I'd bet that Halsey's chassis used fiberglass that was dyed black. I might be wrong, but it'd also be cheaper and WAY easier. Or you can wait to find a Composite Craft front shock tower on eBay. I've seen a couple here and there (found one for myself, actually).

Oh, and the graphite Chad uses is woven carbon the last time I checked. Won't look anything like what was around in the 80s.

[Asso_man!]

A modified RC10 with an off-the-shelf Parma International 1963 Chevrolet Corvette body was used in the famous chase scene in the 1988 motion picture, The Dead Pool. In it, Clint Eastwood as "Dirty Harry" Callahan is being pursued through the streets of San Francisco, California by a highly explosive bomb disguised as an R/C car. The "bomb" was actually driven by IFMAR world-champion race driver Jay Halsey. The car was in fact an electric; the sounds of a nitro-powered engine were added in post-production.

(From Wikipedia)

[Asso_man!]

They are ProLine 1.5" fronts for Tamiya cars.

Where can I find a pair of those?

[scr8p]

You know, in 1984/85, there wasn't much for R/C cars in graphite parts... I'd bet that Halsey's chassis used fiberglass that was dyed black. I might be wrong, but it'd also be cheaper and WAY easier. Or you can wait to find a Composite Craft front shock tower on eBay. I've seen a couple here and there (found one for myself, actually).

Oh, and the graphite Chad uses is woven carbon the last time I checked. Won't look anything like what was around in the 80s.

the only thing that is making me think that it's graphite is the fact that i had the correct shock tower for this replica. if you look in the pic of the car, do you notice how much longer the tower is above the shock? the one i had was exactly like that, and it was a woven graphite. it had 4 upper shock holes, instead of 2. the lower ones were the same as a stock shock tower. it gave you the option of running .71's on the front. the thing about it that makes me mad, i cut it up to make body mounts out of it like 6-7 years ago. i never thought i'd need it, and wasn't into restoring rc10's at the time. the funny thing is, i saved the lower part of it, for some reason. so i was able to send chad a pic of what i needs to look like, plus extending the top on either side. the graphite will look different, but i can live with it. actually, the shock will hide alot of it. here's one of the pics i sent to chad, just so he could get an idea of what i wanted.

[Eau Rouge]

Just remember that in 1984, there weren't multiple shock sizes or woven graphite. Options, even for team guys, were very limited at the time.

[scr8p]

the parts list that came in my 6010 kit has all 4 associated shock lenghts listed in it. so, i would have to believe you could get .71's in '85. plus, the shock tower is noticably taller.

[Eau Rouge]

Coolness. I'll have to search through the archives at home, because I think I have a photo of this car without the body on it somewhere. It might help you get to the end of the project.

I'll see what I have.



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[shodog]

They are ProLine 1.5" fronts for Tamiya cars.

Where can I find a pair of those?

I have a pair of CRP dynamite tires that look like those proline tires.

[Asso_man!]

They are ProLine 1.5" fronts for Tamiya cars.

Where can I find a pair of those?

I have a pair of CRP dynamite tires that look like those proline tires.

ok, but are they 1,5'' I'll be looking for those rims, so the tires must fit...

[Asso_man!]

I have still not received it, but I get in touch with the seller and he sent me these photos:

[Asso_man!]

I also found this on the Net, I thought it might help

[Eau Rouge]

Bad paint copies... neither have the orange stripe between the red and the yellow. Don't base anything on those...

[Asso_man!]

the orange stripe doesn't seem to appear on the "official" pic above or at least I can't see it