Ultima id required please

[tizeye]

Hi guys I have this Kyosho Ultima that I want help indentifying...as far as I know it's about 1993-1994 vintage. I was thinking that it might have been some sort of team car going by the Team Kyosho New Zealand decal on the rear wing. I really like the body..very cool...So guys what is it?

[Bormac]

Pete this car is no good to you. You better just send it me. LOL!

[Bormac]

Oh and yeah...its KYOSHO PRO-X.

[m_vice]

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=12566

Kyosho Pro-X

VERY NICE.

[tizeye]

So there is nothing special about it then? I've never seen one before..

[RichieRich]

They're probably a little rare as they didn't sell well. They didn't handle that great compared to the competition at that time. They were much like the Triumph, here then gone in a flash.

[Bormac]

Pete I'll trade you some used buggy tyres for it.....LOL!

....and I'll even throw in a couple of AA batteries.

[tizeye]

Sweet sounds like the deal of the century...you sure you can't stretch to AAA's ?

[Bormac]

Geez.....how many A's do you need?

[Mr. ED]

pro-x with black dyed arms to be correct
I love the paint on it

[Brandon G]

Your front wheels are on backwards. Probably cause the lexan discs are missing.

It looks like a team version cause of the shocks, but the turnbuckles aren't the typical "team" type. They originally came silver with a tecnacraft style hole in the center for adjustment.

Still a very nice car!

The Kyosho's 2wd's seemed to suffer the same fate, as Rich described. Throw the Ultima RB on that list too. Kyosho did not make it to the mainstream in the US in that era. Parts were hard to get and setup help for the US tracks was close to non existent. Most were too focused on AE/Losi to spend the time with anything else.

[RedScampi]

Nice car Pete! I'll give you $35 US for it, that's what I paid for mine. I have a thread on here of I did a rebuild of mine. Here's the only picture I have at work. (Look familiar?) It currently has a Losi XX body since at the time there were no repops available.
The transmssions on these cars reprotedly melted themselves into oblivion fairly regularly as well.

[tizeye]

How about that there is one on ebay right now for only $550 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320474575133&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 it sure is pretty

[Mr. ED]

yours looks way better in my eyes

[Brandon G]

$550 i think is a bit of a reach....

$250 maybe.