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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:04 am
Here are a few shots of a three week project from 1992 or so.....
looks like it would be fun to drive 
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:12 am
very cool, looks like it would be fun to drive
looks like it would be fun to drive Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:20 am
That thing is insane.
I'm guessing you have a basement/workshop full of California R/C car history.
I'm guessing you have a basement/workshop full of California R/C car history.
What's that coming over the hill is it a monster?
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:24 am
That thing is mental Daryl, how does it drive?
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:51 am
It accually worked GREAT, Went right to the front every race and stayed there for three mintues and then proceeded to DUMP....HARD!!
We did not have the Battries nor the Electronics to make it work back then. Another thought that was before it's time!
Chassis tuning was a breeze, to much steering more preload in the on the front/rear axle, not enough steering more preload on the rear/rear axle. Split the rear spring rates 50/50 which made the individual rear wheel spring weights really light, chassis stayed up off the ground and the wheels floated over the rough stuff like it was not there!
Oh yah - LOTS of forward BITE!!
We did not have the Battries nor the Electronics to make it work back then. Another thought that was before it's time!
Chassis tuning was a breeze, to much steering more preload in the on the front/rear axle, not enough steering more preload on the rear/rear axle. Split the rear spring rates 50/50 which made the individual rear wheel spring weights really light, chassis stayed up off the ground and the wheels floated over the rough stuff like it was not there!
Oh yah - LOTS of forward BITE!!
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:37 am
that is seriously one of the coolest things ever...
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:29 pm
Daryl, am I having dejavu or do I remember seeing that truck in some magazine YEARS ago?!
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:32 pm
That thing is totally insane. I feel like I've seen it before though, was that in an RCCA back in the day? Totally awesome.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:14 pm
Yes, Rick Howel did a four page spread on it in Car Action back in 92 or 93. I have the mag somewhere in the boxes and boxes of mags that are taking up space in the garage.
Accually it was more like 1 and a half pages if you delete the ads....
Accually it was more like 1 and a half pages if you delete the ads....
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:04 pm
that thing is awesome.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:05 pm
I thought so. I remember seeing that truck in RCCA. Nice late 80s-early 90s graphics too.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:11 pm
Haha! I knew it. Good to know that my memory is not completely shot. Something as radical as that tends to stay in your mind after 15 or so years.Daryl Lane wrote:Yes, Rick Howel did a four page spread on it in Car Action back in 92 or 93. I have the mag somewhere in the boxes and boxes of mags that are taking up space in the garage.
Accually it was more like 1 and a half pages if you delete the ads....
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:10 pm
Thats one tricked out ride Daryl, absolutely love it! Gotta have the Kraft radio for that old skool factor too!
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:21 pm
That is so cool
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:58 pm
Nice one Darryl, it's great to see these old specials again. Here's the pictures and report from the very first race the Terminator ran in, courtesy of RCCA May 1990