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Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 4:25 pm
by tizeye
Been watching this on a local auction site does anybody know anything about these cars?..is it worth anything?..are they rare?..he's asking $350-$390

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:46 pm
by karnivool
all looks very used, not worth that much to me.

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:07 pm
by uzzi
Looks like a Sepent Sprint 6000 circa 1988 perhaps.

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:11 pm
by tizeye
It looks to me like it's belt driven 4WD ?

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:23 pm
by uzzi
Yep 2 speed belt driven 4wd.....first Serpent where the shocks start to be more upright as well.

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:26 pm
by tizeye
It's not worth that sort of money though is it?..AUS$450

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:28 pm
by uzzi
Nope...looks like it had a pretty hard life.

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:30 pm
by tizeye
It does...that car has been well raced that's for sure..

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:48 pm
by purpletimbo
I have a Serpent Impact 1/8 with so Serpent said when I sent them pics, the full monty hop ups SSG kit.
giant starter box and 3 or 4 shells alll for £70, so that looks an expensive item to me.
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Got to be biggest starter box I ever saw lol

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:56 am
by uzzi
The Serpent you have is the Impact but it is 1/10th scale not 1/8th. Normally a quick check is the size of the fuel tank you can determine quickly what scale of car you are looking at. As a comparison that price is good for the shape it is in (esp if the engine still has compression and has not been trashed).

1/8 onroad cars do hold their value but alot of them are in pretty bad condition and finding parts for them are next to impossible. However, Deltas and rc500s in pretty bad shape can still command high prices.

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 5:09 pm
by tony13b
tizeye wrote:Been watching this on a local auction site does anybody know anything about these cars?..is it worth anything?..are they rare?..he's asking $350-$390
That is exactly what it is a Serpent Sprint 6000 circa, I have the one that came out a few years later Serpent Excel 9000. I like it though 8) are you going to get it?

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:16 pm
by tizeye
So how old would it be?

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:21 pm
by karnivool
tizeye wrote:So how old would it be?
88 from memory

Re: Old 1/8 gas serpent

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:24 pm
by tizeye
Thanks...if he was only asking $150 I'd buy it just to add to my projects pile..