- Custom Sand Rail RC10 -

Post by **Asso_man!** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:31 am

Well, I finally managed to find a pretty cool custom made tuber chassis. Here is a teaser before I get and restore it, what do you guys think?

Post by **Mr. ED** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:14 am

Where have I seen this one before?

Cool ride! (you will ride it , no?)

Post by **Asso_man!** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:17 am

Mr. ED wrote:Where have I seen this one before?

Cool ride! (you will ride it , no?)

Thanks, maybe you saw it on the Bay a few days ago?

I plan to restore it completely and make it as bad ass as I can

Post by **mrlexan** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:18 am

Daivd, that is very cool, but I remember the price.... a bit hefty. I do like the proportions, I think it has the best out of the ones I have seen.

Post by **Synergy** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:19 am

I'm definitely starting to get my head around these tuber things, the more I see em the more I like em. I look forward to seeing what you do with it I have no doubt it will be real nasty

Post by **Asso_man!** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:37 am

mrlexan wrote:Daivd, that is very cool, but I remember the price.... a bit hefty. I do like the proportions, I think it has the best out of the ones I have seen.

Yep a bit hefty like you said, but considering it has a complete brushless set-up, a transmitter and receiver I am planning to relist, it's not that much IMO for a unique custom model with aluminium rims, Losi steering and sweet tires... well, when you gotta get it, you gotta get it, I'm sure you know that better than me

Post by **MelvinsArmy** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:56 am

Looks awesome. I like how the cage is kinda large, so it makes the wheels look smaller and much more scale, like a real buggy. Very cool.

Post by **mrlexan** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:50 am

Asso_man! wrote:
mrlexan wrote:Daivd, that is very cool, but I remember the price.... a bit hefty. I do like the proportions, I think it has the best out of the ones I have seen.
Yep a bit hefty like you said, but considering it has a complete brushless set-up, a transmitter and receiver I am planning to relist, it's not that much IMO for a unique custom model with aluminium rims, Losi steering and sweet tires... well, when you gotta get it, you gotta get it, I'm sure you know that better than me

That thought crossed my mind when I first saw it, but did not want to spend that kind of money on one thing. I glad to see it went to someone who will appreciate it though. We all expect pics when it is done.

Post by **Asso_man!** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:24 am

an other good reason for me (and I know I don't have to justify myself) is that 1$ = 0.73 Euro...

Post by **mrlexan** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:42 am

Yeah, to bad it was not a GBP.

Post by **badhoopty** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:47 pm

what was that guy asking? like 450 or something right?

Post by **Mr. ED** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:57 pm

stealing in on the tread:
Does anybody know the graupner or robbe gas cars with tubular chassis?
They were on the market around the same time as Graupner carried the dogfighter; the version with 3 shocks and chaindrive.

Those were really awesome.

To make up for the stealing:
http://www.bob2000.com/dunebug.htm

Not RC but back to the roots of sandrails, you'll love the vintage pics

Post by **shodog** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:00 am

Great link Mr.ed. Salinas is only a 50 Minute drive for me and my Bro lives there now. It was cool reading about the authors exploits. In fact my wife and I have relaxed on those same dunes they were talking about

Post by **Asso_man!** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:50 am

Well, I'm soooo happy, it arrived today and I think it is AWESOME! The tubing is very well done, nothing bent, just a few scratches on the top... motor plate looks like it has been cromed and the chassis has been sandblasted, I plan on the long term to custom make a graphite chassis, but that will take some time... many parts have to be replaced and fixed, time for the show now, stay tuned...

Post by **MelvinsArmy** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:27 pm

Looks awesome!

I'd seriously leave the aluminum chassis on there, it's got much more old school flavor, not to mention it's more scale as well.

Very nice.

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