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hi all. First post.. Was refered here by a member after he saw my car. See any anyone can give me a list of parts to make this conversion. It still a runner too.. Just broke it out after about 20 years..
I made the B mains at the ROAR nats in Jersey in 88 with it:)





Frank

cool, hows the old frog gearbox hold up to track use?

Great car Frank! Hot Trick conversions are really cool. There is a member here whom has all the Hot Trick conversion info, Woobie. Try contacting him. If you don't here from him, he has been a bit quite around here lately, let me know and I can get you the info you need.

Very nice.

Jay

FlyinGN - does that mean you gotta fast grand national? i like 80's g-bodies.

welcome to the board.

thanks guys,. Oh I don't need any info as I built it back in 84:) I was throwing out to see if anyone could tell me what it is..
The frog diff is long gone,. The car was the best that money could buy back then. Thorp ball diff and thorp stainless dogbones and outdrives. The checkpint motor you see in the first pic is a 50k rpm 12 turn one and its never gave a second of trouble. The gearbox and diff is nearly bulletproof:)

do you realize that everything incuding the motor(minus the Airtronics radio/reciever) was bult in the US! Unheard of today.. I still have soem hot trick stuff alum pieces in th eoriginal bags in my old parts box too.

Im looking to get back into RC with my 13 year old Son who I just bought a car for.. I was thinkin of racing my car but Im afraid of breaking it. most of the parts manufactures are gone lol

what do you guys think??

Frank

Personally, and this is just me, Hot Trick stuff is just too cool to run, not too mention parts are impossible to find (Hot Trick is long out of business).... If I were you I would put it up for sale (I would be interested as a few other members would be as well).

Related to what it is, you have a mix of a Tamiya Frog Red Prince Hot Trick Conversion with a RC10 front end. On each of their conversions, Hot Trick used the same attachment scheme for the front end that Associated used for the RC10. You could either bolt on a RC10 front end (of which you did) or bolt on the Hot Trick specific front end.

Hope this helps. Any other questions, just ask. Let me know if you are interested in parting with it or the other parts you mentioned in your post.

Thanks!

jay

Just going on some of the items I can see...

Losi steering bellcranks, Andy's front A-arms, Bud's bi-level wing, Proline wheels, Imex tires (on backwards), Composite Craft nose plate, Robart speedo, Thorp turnbuckles, Checkpoint Platinum mod motor (+ Reedy stock motor), a LOT of Hot Trick red, a few Associated suspension components, and that funny looking Tamiya thing bolted to the back. How's that?





I'll throw my usual disagreement with Jay on the Hot Trick stuff. Back on race day in the 80s, Hot Trick was the Pep Boys/Cheez Whiz of R/C car parts. They may have been mainstream available, but you NEVER saw any RED parts in the A-mains, anywhere I ever raced (not that I was ever in a lot of A-mains in the 80s).

The quality was marginal, fit and finish was spotty, the ideas were stolen from other companies, the aluminum was very "bending brake" oriented (like Sassy Chassis items) and the fiberglass components were kind of weak. My brother had a whole chassis conversion from HT because it was all he could afford—it was a low cost alternative to graphite components. It was a decent car, but Hot Trick was a low-buck mod buffet for the RC10 and other cars of the time.

Not knocking what people like now, it just was the punchline for jokes back then, and it makes me smile when I hear how coveted these pieces are today. No argument with the current popularity and value, though. I think the look is what so many people love, and it was SO different from the stock RC10 items. It could be the plain and simple fact that few of those pieces were ever really used in anger that might be contributing to the rarity of the parts. They always filled the close-out bins at any hobby shops I ever went into. If I had known then... [Well, if I had known then what I know now, I would have bought as many sets of Tecnacraft wheels as I could afford and hoarded them away. ]




Parma, Bolink, Dahms and a lot of other companies were known for producing a lot of cheese, too, but they don't seem to have risen quite to the vintage cult status of Hot Trick parts.





Just remember... that's just one guy's opinion.

I kind of agree with Apex. Hot TRick was about the look rather than the function. That being said, since they are har d to come by today, I would shelf that baby and get yourself(and your son) something like the B4 and hit the track. If you are planning on really racing, go with todays technology, not yesterdays (eventhough it looks really cool).

In case I was not clear, cool looking Rc10 you got there!

I kind of agree with Apex. Hot TRick was about the look rather than the function. That being said, since they are har d to come by today, I would shelf that baby and get yourself(and your son) something like the B4 and hit the track. If you are planning on really racing, go with todays technology, not yesterdays (eventhough it looks really cool).

In case I was not clear, cool looking Rc10 you got there!

sharp eye:) Here is my website..

http://tinyurl.com/7zoma

scr8p wrote:FlyinGN - does that mean you gotta fast grand national? i like 80's g-bodies.

welcome to the board.

wow you guys are sharp! And yes the tires are on backwards on the back lol.

Now you guys really got me thinking.. Is the hot trick stuff that coveted today??

I still have some Hot trick stuff in the unopened bags.. Should I ebay em??

Now I don't wanna race the car..

Maybe I will sell it. Oh man..

what does anythink its worth??

apexspeed wrote:I'll throw my usual disagreement with Jay on the Hot Trick stuff.

Hey, I just love conversions and the unusual...... never was much of a competitive racer (DON'T SAY IT!!!!!!)

that's a sweet gn ya got there. i almost had an 85, but i let it slip through my fingers. i have an 88 monte ss. i bought it in 96. it's pretty much all original, except for the hooker 2 1/2" cat back exhaust system. re-doing that car is on my "things to do list". along with too many other things.

thanks.. I used to have a Monte SS too. An 86 with 30k original miles. Mint.. Nice car..

scr8p wrote:that's a sweet gn ya got there. i almost had an 85, but i let it slip through my fingers. i have an 88 monte ss. i bought it in 96. it's pretty much all original, except for the hooker 2 1/2" cat back exhaust system. re-doing that car is on my "things to do list". along with too many other things.

I've always wanted one of them cars with the Jiffy Lube symbol on them.
Or the GNX
But alas, the best I could do was a ride in one. In the mid 90's I went and looked at one. Had hundreds of miles on it (!), was factory new looking, smelling. Like $10k
I cry about not buying it now.
But not as much as when I sold a '69 Dodge Charger for $800. STUPID!