No-Stamp Early Edinger

[Ruffy]

Yesterday and today I had the time, so I worked on my latest "no letter stamp on chassis" early edinger, and rebuilt the shocks that have the notched pistons with 45Wt Silicone Oil; as well as redid the soldering and rewired the car with silicone wire where I could and finished the front sway bar fastening.
I only had to add a 32Pitch pinion and reset/recalibrate the radio (had to readjust the steering servo and reverse switch) and she was ready for a test drive. I charged up one of the 7.2 Sanyo Cadnica packs I have in my glass cases with an AC/DC Leisure Charger and ran her inside the house with the stock speed control as shown!
What a blast it was to run this very early RC10 buggy and the memories this gave me of my very first RC10 back in the 1984-1985 timeframe since I ran it with the stock speed control for a few months, even racing the RC10 back then with the stock speed controller!
Took the car into the kitchen's tile floor and as I pegged the throttle the back tires spun up with the Associated Electrics "Edinger" stock motor. The four tires all have "Goodyear" on the sides.
This car only had the one previous owner and he purchased the car from a Hobby Shop that existed back then that was within 30 minutes away from where Associated Electrics Edinger address location was in Santa Ana when they first released the RC10 in 1984.
The car also has the earliest ball cups that have no "nut" shape built into them anywhere except the ones on both of the long steering turnbuckles. These have the small "nut" molded into them near the cup and were probably changed at some point. If anyone should have 4 of these very early ballcups that do not have any nut on them, please let me know, as I would like to change these if possible.
The only other thing missing from this one are the original fiberglass battery straps, as these to have been replaced with the later nylon straps.

Here is a pic of my latest No-Stamp Earliest Edinger just after having run her thru the house. She was quiet and quick!
Hope you enjoy this view and story, as I had a blast today getting her to run!

[RC10resto]

More pics

[m_vice]

This is a nice one Ruffy, Is this like your 7th one?

[Ruffy]

Here are some more pictures from today's run RC10Resto!

M_vice only my 3rd no stamp very early RC10 though, of these very rare & very early RC10's.

[jacsac]

That is one sweet looking buggy.

[m_vice]

very cool... love the originals.

[RC10resto]

Thanks Ruffy
Did this car have a lot of run time on it, how does the bottom look

I am in the process of bringing back a no stamp............but it will have dyed black parts. My donor car has black parts so I have decided to build a replica of my first RC10.

[Ruffy]

This one did, as well as my second one. They are rashed pretty good on the edge of the noseplate and on the radius in the back as it comes up. I'm happy though that they were used for what they were designed and sold for, instead of forgotten in a dark closet.

The only one that looks like it has barely one battery run in it of my NO Stamper early RC10's is the one I named the "Curtis Edinger" in honor of Curtis Husting who painted the body on it back in that time.

[seth556]

You have such cool cars, they all look so good.

[RC10resto]

is the one I named the "Curtis Edinger"

That's funny I named it "the one I was waiting to get a condition question answered from the seller in FL"...................

[esaresky75]

Here are some more pictures from today's run RC10Resto!

M_vice only my 3rd no stamp very early RC10 though, of these very rare & very early RC10's.

3rd! I'm waiting for my first.

[vintagercfreak]

Beautiful early edinger car! I miss mines that I sold a month ago. Pls show more pics!

[Charlie don't surf]

What happened to the shock bodies?

[tamiya_d1_junky]

very nice ruff, it's amazing how you find the early one's. old race contact's ha are you going to make glass battery strap's too?

[Ruffy]

Reggie this is a different one, the shock bodies are on another that I will post pictures of soon, once I finish more of the restoration on that slightly more used one.

Thanks guys for the comments, I will post more detailed pictures soon of the 3 no-stamp oldies. One of them I am still deep into the restoration.
Thank-you!