Joel Johnson Ultima...

[prp]

I found this:

JG 9003 Front Ultima shock tower:

[m_vice]

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=12223&start=0
good stuff

[Brandon G]

Having watched the 87 worlds DVD countless times I dont think any particular car performed above another. It looked like luck played a big part with the success of a driver at Romsay. Bold statement i know but there was a lot of spills and cars being plagued with gremlins.
Although i truly love Joel's Ultima i dont think it was as good a car as the RC10 back then, just that Joel managed to get the car around the circuit with less hassles than some other drivers.

I saw the same DVD, and I must disagree with you about the RC10 at that race. Jay Halsey's '10 looked like it was pushing like a freight train the whole race. If they had some better tire compounds (like Kyosho had) it may have been a different story.

I will agree with you that I think Joel got lucky, the other Kyosho driver's looked faster and the Schumacher cars looked fast too, but weird crashes and slow turn marshalling set the order...

[prp]

Some update quick pics , the wheels are paint, the good JG shock tower Front and Rear are on the car , the body paint is coming soon

[bdrmbully]

looks nice and minty man.excellent car dude. gotta love it.whats in the gearbox? anything special?

[prp]

Nothing special in the gear box, out of the box, the Thorp parts are rare...

[prp]

I have a problem with the wing.
The OT107 MID wing is too narrow!
The Ultima is not good!
I thinks a PARMA wing can be the solution , but what's wing ????
Some body have an idea...

[prp]

The size for the wing would be:
5 1/2 inch wide by 3 3/4 inch , somebody have this or know the manufacturer ?

[prp]

The body is paint , the hand made number are on...

and always a problem with the wing...

[m_vice]

Very cool.. can the wing be Yokomo?

http://www93.sakura.ne.jp/~time-tunnel/06-6-4-1.html

[prp]

This wing is coming some year later...

[mrlexan]

Nice work prp.

[prp]

Thanks Mr Lexan , have you an idea for the wing , who make lexan body/wing in 1986/87 for car , like PARMA..?

[mrlexan]

The wing in the fourth post of the first page looks like an Optima series wing, does it not?

[m_vice]

Hey prp, can you add some more photos on how you attached the body to the chassis? Are you using the mount from the rear tower?

Thanks. I have always wanted to use a Tomahawk body on my Ultima project I am working on.
Thanks.


I really like how clean this car is. i would love to see some bigger pics when you have some time.