**TOTAL RECALL**
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:05 pm
This has to be one in a million.
This was found in the middle of a (very) busy boulevard!
I was driving through town on business and spotted what appeared to be road kill or debris up ahead in the middle of about 4 lanes of traffic. To my suprise it looked somewhat familiar...a Tamiya Blackfoot that had obviously been run over a least once. I was somewhat bummed as I went by, as the traffic was too busy to stop & check out what was left of it. Besides, I had business to do. About an hour or so later I had to travel back in the direction where I had originally seen it. To my suprise it was still there! The shattered body must have been hit again and had disappeared, or had been picked up. To compound an unusual stroke of luck, the light behind me had changed to red which allowed me to make a quick stop and hit the emergency flashers. I had just enough time to swing the door open & pick it up. What was left was a completely original (plastic bushings!) Blackfoot that appeared to have very little wear. It was filthy like it had been stored for years. After close inspection, I noted the chassis didn't even have a scratch! The tires were dry rotted & completely shot, the wheels and body mounts appeared to have taken all the damage. What was left was a great base for a new project.
I've never been much of a believer of giving a corny name to a project, but I couldn't resist calling this one TOTAL RECALL...since ROAD KILL just didn't sound right.
This was found in the middle of a (very) busy boulevard!
I was driving through town on business and spotted what appeared to be road kill or debris up ahead in the middle of about 4 lanes of traffic. To my suprise it looked somewhat familiar...a Tamiya Blackfoot that had obviously been run over a least once. I was somewhat bummed as I went by, as the traffic was too busy to stop & check out what was left of it. Besides, I had business to do. About an hour or so later I had to travel back in the direction where I had originally seen it. To my suprise it was still there! The shattered body must have been hit again and had disappeared, or had been picked up. To compound an unusual stroke of luck, the light behind me had changed to red which allowed me to make a quick stop and hit the emergency flashers. I had just enough time to swing the door open & pick it up. What was left was a completely original (plastic bushings!) Blackfoot that appeared to have very little wear. It was filthy like it had been stored for years. After close inspection, I noted the chassis didn't even have a scratch! The tires were dry rotted & completely shot, the wheels and body mounts appeared to have taken all the damage. What was left was a great base for a new project.
I've never been much of a believer of giving a corny name to a project, but I couldn't resist calling this one TOTAL RECALL...since ROAD KILL just didn't sound right.
Nice find, literally...
