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Thats alot of great info RC10resto, much the same as I have been telling him through pms and such. I think its a great car with nice patina and I would changeout the incorrect front end parts, clean it up some more and call it done if it was mine.

I have a couple of those mec speed controls on some of my shelfers but I havn't run one in 20 years. Could it be as simple as indexing the wiper arm on the servo mount? Wide open is on the left isn't it? IIRC the wiper arm starts on the right and gets faster as it swipes to the left. counterclockwise? Maybe half the resistior is bad?

I don't think I would play much more with it anyway! Too Risky!

yes i agree mike...ya i remember way bak when the hobby shop said the resistor was bad and try to sell me on a newer speed control but as a kid that was a lil to pricie for me lol...and i boxed it up and put it away lol then i jus got it out about a month aga wich leads us to today... and after hearing what all u guys had to say about it had to get to the bottom of it...i looked up and read the manuels and saw at the stuff u guys were reffering to the arms the steering etc.... so ill post some pics to see if thats what it is u r talkn about to make sure its restored correctly...here sume pics anyones input is greatful thanks guys...

looks like ill need a bell crank steering system and a Z bend steering rod with locking collars correct? also i noticed the mounts on the sevros themselves. The mount for the z bend rod and also the mount for the correct wiper arm were a lil diff in my instructions is that also somthing ill need to complete my car??? and i also noticed the white spur gear is that a correct piece ill need??? thank everone for ur comments

bell crank steering system
Z bend steering rod with locking collars
thredded rod control links
short front arms
battery braces
white spur gear
servo arm mounts for correct arms

This the steering bellcrank, speed control, fiberglass batt. straps. I built this from a kit in 1984 or 85. Although yours is a bit earlier, it should use the same parts.

I built this from a kit in 1984 or 85

Eddie you built that in 1985 and never ran it? Is that a current photo?
Nice

I only bench tested it, then shelfed it. I had many other cars at the time and it seemed to nice after building it to run it. I soon traded a frog for a runner rc10 that i used to bash around with. This is a current photo. I posted pics of this car for my first post http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6642

Here is a more current photo with a new body http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=94125&sid=23318

thats a very nice car and thank u for sharing the detailed pics its much help to my resto...ty

What esc was used on the box art?

I posted pics of this car for my first post viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6642

Doh! and I even chimed in on your original post - losing memory, getting old.......

Bet you wish you didn't own a drill in 1985

rctenracer wrote:What esc was used on the box art?

a novak solid state esc. not a 1........ not a 4.......... just a "novak". the first one.

Hey scr8p, did you get the nip novak 1 on ebay? I wanted to bid but I didn't want to fight anyone here for it!

that t-1?, nope.

Did you go for it?

not big enough to come close to the ending price.