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What year?

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:55 pm
by Sylvain
Here is my RC10 I bought recently.

From what I've read on this forum, it seems to be a "Cadillac" RC10. Am I wrong? Any idea about the year?


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Re: What year?

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:19 pm
by slowboy
looks like a late edinger to me judging from the small shock seals and thicker rear shock tower with only one set of holes? but i cant tell 4 sure because the pic is a little blurry

Re: What year?

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:27 pm
by Sylvain
So it might be older that what I was thinking.

I thought the bellcrank was more "Cadillac" than "Edinger"


I've read people uses peroxide to whitening parts, is this a good idea?

Re: What year?

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:34 pm
by Charlie don't surf
The milled tower rather than the stamped towers and the lighter gold make me think earlyish- does it have a A stamp punched from both top and bottom ie- not a reverse dent from the stamp

Re: What year?

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:38 pm
by Sylvain
here's a pic

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Re: What year?

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:42 pm
by Charlie don't surf
Now let's see an underside in the same place-

Re: What year?

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:02 pm
by Sylvain
I didn't notice the A was visible from under

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Re: What year?

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:17 pm
by Charlie don't surf
I would guess early Caddilac- my late edinger and mid edinger both have impressions stamps on both sides, where you have the outward portion of the stamp dent showing.

Re: What year?

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:37 am
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
Charlie don't surf wrote:Now let's see an underside in the same place-
"Ok, now turn to the left and cough. Ahhh, very good..."

Re: What year?

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:42 am
by Sylvain
Charlie don't surf wrote:I would guess early Caddilac- my late edinger and mid edinger both have impressions stamps on both sides, where you have the outward portion of the stamp dent showing.

Thanks for that precious information, it is appreciated :) I had many AE vehicles in my life, now I just found a new passion for RC.

Now I have to disassemble the whole buggy and make it extra clean.

What do you guys make to whitening old yellowish parts?

Re: What year?

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:44 am
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
Sylvain wrote:What do you guys make to whitening old yellowish parts?
Some good info here.

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=14978

Re: What year?

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:34 am
by slowboy
both my late ediger nib rc10s have the same chassis you have.. And I know for a fact they are edingers because the boxes were sealed when i got them...Also the box manuals and motors all have the edinger address.....except one of them had the manual with the caddillac address but everything else said edinger (maybe they were in the proccess of switching?). Any Ideas on mine then???

Re: What year?

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:11 am
by Sylvain
THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote:
Sylvain wrote:What do you guys make to whitening old yellowish parts?
Some good info here.

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=14978

Thanks for the link, I should have searched more... LOL

The secret seems to put parts in a glass jar with 3% peroxide at the sun for 2 days. I gonna try the trick next summer

Re: What year?

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:38 pm
by slowboy
Anyone have any idea on my previous questions about my cars?????????

Re: What year?

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:44 pm
by klavy69
Sylvain wrote:The secret seems to put parts in a glass jar with 3% peroxide at the sun for 2 days. I gonna try the trick next summer
yep, its that time of year I have to put the jar in the window to the north or move the jar to the basement and put the UV lights on.
slowboy wrote:Anyone have any idea on my previous questions about my cars?????????
No!!!!!!!!!!

Todd