Composite Craft Oval RC10
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Composite Craft Oval RC10
This car is technically my first RC10 which was at one time a TQ10. I think the only thing actually left from that car is the tranny. It has been thru I'd say 10 conversions since I bought 20+ years ago. I hadn't wrenched on it in a year or so and it felt pretty good workin' on it today.
I actually found this site when I was searching to find out what chassis this was. I think my first post was asking that question. The general consensus was Composite Craft, but I only had one small pic. That's also the day I realized that my knowledge of RC10s was nothing compared to 99% of the people that belong to this forum. That's fine with me because I can look at pics of vintage r/c all day(and often do). I always raced oval when I was younger and the LHS that I worked at was the only track around and was of course oval. Concrete oval to be exact. I couldn't technically work there for the first few years because I was too young, but I made good money building kits for people that either didn't know how, or didn't want to take the time. It was pretty sweet because I got to build just about every kit imaginable. It also funded my racing. Of course, even when I officially started working there I got paid mostly in parts. Gearbox and 10L were about all I ever raced consistently. At some point I ran every class, but gearbox was always my favorite. I sucked big time because I had(and still do )terrible concentration. I really just liked working on cars and maybe even more than that tuning motors. I made some fairly decent side money at that too. Nowadays, that is pretty much a lost/forgotten art with the advent of brushless motors. . I still like doing it though. I'm also a huge hypocrite and have a lot of brushless stuff. It is kinda nice in a lot of ways. Anyway...I had planned on running this car with a 6gear at the vintage on-roads, but my mom's 62nd b-day is that weekend and she's retiring. It would, however, be some beautiful irony if I missed her retirement party to do the very thing that she worked so hard all those years to support when I was younger. Today was more of a test to see if this car went back together the way I remembered it. I have a lot of clean up still to do on it and some parts I want to switch out. I'll update it as I go. I already have a pretty good idea of where I want to go with it, but as always feel free to INPUT! You will never hurt my feelings and I like to know what other people think, good or bad. I plan on new shock towers and arms for starters. I wanted Andy's, but will probably just settle for RPM. I have a bunch of Lunsford stuff somewhere that I need to dig up for steering and turnbuckles. I'm going to go to short shocks all the way around too. The Platinums will not be used, I just have them on there 'cause I always thought they were cool. Sorry, for rambling(as always), but here are some before(rear motor) and after(mid motor). This chassis was designed for a 6 gear mid or rear, but I drilled for Stealth when I bought it.
I actually found this site when I was searching to find out what chassis this was. I think my first post was asking that question. The general consensus was Composite Craft, but I only had one small pic. That's also the day I realized that my knowledge of RC10s was nothing compared to 99% of the people that belong to this forum. That's fine with me because I can look at pics of vintage r/c all day(and often do). I always raced oval when I was younger and the LHS that I worked at was the only track around and was of course oval. Concrete oval to be exact. I couldn't technically work there for the first few years because I was too young, but I made good money building kits for people that either didn't know how, or didn't want to take the time. It was pretty sweet because I got to build just about every kit imaginable. It also funded my racing. Of course, even when I officially started working there I got paid mostly in parts. Gearbox and 10L were about all I ever raced consistently. At some point I ran every class, but gearbox was always my favorite. I sucked big time because I had(and still do )terrible concentration. I really just liked working on cars and maybe even more than that tuning motors. I made some fairly decent side money at that too. Nowadays, that is pretty much a lost/forgotten art with the advent of brushless motors. . I still like doing it though. I'm also a huge hypocrite and have a lot of brushless stuff. It is kinda nice in a lot of ways. Anyway...I had planned on running this car with a 6gear at the vintage on-roads, but my mom's 62nd b-day is that weekend and she's retiring. It would, however, be some beautiful irony if I missed her retirement party to do the very thing that she worked so hard all those years to support when I was younger. Today was more of a test to see if this car went back together the way I remembered it. I have a lot of clean up still to do on it and some parts I want to switch out. I'll update it as I go. I already have a pretty good idea of where I want to go with it, but as always feel free to INPUT! You will never hurt my feelings and I like to know what other people think, good or bad. I plan on new shock towers and arms for starters. I wanted Andy's, but will probably just settle for RPM. I have a bunch of Lunsford stuff somewhere that I need to dig up for steering and turnbuckles. I'm going to go to short shocks all the way around too. The Platinums will not be used, I just have them on there 'cause I always thought they were cool. Sorry, for rambling(as always), but here are some before(rear motor) and after(mid motor). This chassis was designed for a 6 gear mid or rear, but I drilled for Stealth when I bought it.
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Re: Composite Craft Oval RC10
Holy Jesus, that's a lot of text! That is a Rayborn front end on that chassis, I have one similar--but with battery slots
On a side note, you aren't roomates with a guy named Matthew John are you?
On a side note, you aren't roomates with a guy named Matthew John are you?
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Re: Composite Craft Oval RC10
WOW, copy paste, copy paste...
nice looking car Ken. What body do you plan on running?
nice looking car Ken. What body do you plan on running?
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Re: Composite Craft Oval RC10
Yeah, I got a little carried away. My daughter was getting antsy with me working on the car and was ready to play. With her tugging on me I kept losing my point, so I just kept typing and then realized that I was way off point. Scr8p said Rayborn when I first posted it way back when, but it didn't sound familiar. I just had kind of a distant picture of it back then though. I should never have doubted his powers... . As far as body, I'm not sure. I'm starting to race dirt oval again so I'm hoping to get just a regular 2wd open buggy class going if I can get anyone interested. It kinda looks like a Rat Rod right now. New hardware, towers, shocks(just need to be built) and new wheels and tires should really improve it. I've laid down about $500 total in the last 2 weeks getting racing equipment back into stock so I'm trying to do this w/o spending too much all at once. I will force myself to stop typing now...Charlie don't surf wrote:Holy Jesus, that's a lot of text! That is a Rayborn front end on that chassis, I have one similar--but with battery slots
On a side note, you aren't roomates with a guy named Matthew John are you?
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