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Ive had this Turbo Scorpion sitting in a box for ages. Today I installed a Quantum Competition 3 speedo, 19 turn Komodo Dragon motor, Spektrum receiver and a 5000 lipo and headed for my local beach. Lucky for me the beach was almost deserted and the tide was way out leaving a huge play ground for the Scorpion to tear up.
I must have had a smile from ear to ear running this thing up and down the beach and throwing rooster tails every where. This car is a real pleasure to drive on the wet and dry sand.
Once I got home the car was washed down with the garden house, dried off with the compressor then sprayed with INOX to prevent corrosion. Now i cant to do it all over again tomorrow.

Damn it Jason, stop teasing with the sun and surf...sheeeesh.

Great shots.

Cheers

Darryn

Makes me want to take the driver out and get in his place

Great pictures, I really like the paintjob on the baja bug.

That looks awesome. I wish I could see a video of it on the beach...

Hopefuly James (vintage racer) will be heading down my way tomorrow and we can run both the Scorpion's. James has an SLR camera so I will see if he can bring it along for some neater action pics. Speaking of video, i'd love to fit one of those little cameras that Bugle runs in his B34 and run it on the beach. I think the footage would be good with the sand being so flat and smooth to drive on.

Wow, that is one extremely nice looking TS!!! Love the paintjob and the surroundings seems to be perfect for that kind of fun! Wish I had the possibility to drive around in such places here in Hamburg Great pictures!!

This is my favorite shot!!! Thats a sexy scorpion

Great pics, it looks liek you had a lot of fun.

Gee Jason.

Makes me want to finish off mine in a hury.

Im so involved with my Super Shot Runner it will be a while yet.

Great pics.

Thankyou for the encouraging comments guys. here are all three of my Scoprion's.

Went back to the beach today, this time taking my Scorpion Beetle along for the wife to drive. Tried being 'REAL' vintage and run the beetle with a Techniplus Acoms 29 am radio set only to remember the terrible radio interference we used to get back in the old race days- . In the end the beetle didn't get run a lot but the Turbo was run till the lipo cut off came in. What a hoot













CAN YOU MAKE OUT THE BUGGY IN THIS PIC?

Nice picts.. makes me want to take my shelf queen down and run it. Still need to paint my body.. Liking the all white!

That looks fun! All that beach and not a soul around. Our beaches in Washington are crowded with mopeds and cars - big ones. Not to mention the overcast and rain 9 months out of the year. I don't know who's idea it was to let vehicles on the beach here but it really ruins it for people who want to just relax and play.

RedScampi wrote:That looks fun! All that beach and not a soul around. Our beaches in Washington are crowded with mopeds and cars - big ones. Not to mention the overcast and rain 9 months out of the year. I don't know who's idea it was to let vehicles on the beach here but it really ruins it for people who want to just relax and play.

So the cars actually pull up on the sand and park? Only place I've seen that was in Venezuela. People pull up with SUV's with the trunk facing the beach, and a ice chest in trunk.. and party LOL.