Just snagged a couple never run leisure motors. I know they did air and land, anyone have any info on these? One is a stock motor with "sagami" on the end bell, and the mod is blank.
Just trying to get an idea of what era car they belong in. I show them in the 1985 Hobby Shack catalog but not sure how far back they go
Just received another wacky version...interesting end bell, looks almost like an astro-flite
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The stock motor looks exactly like the first Yokomo motor introduced in 1982, beside the endbell says not Yokomo as usually but Sagami. There is nothing wrong with this as Sagami was making the Yokomo motors but I never have seen this before, at least I can´t remember this.
The modified motor I think will be maybe not a real modified but a machine modified but for knowing exactly you have to disassemble the motor. I just can see Japan at the endbell but I think this again is a Sagami can, of different series. Some motors of Demon Products UK and early LRP motors were based on this can series also. One of the cans had a red aluminium frontplate looking similar to this motor but it was not good as the magnets were very weak. Another version looking quite the same but using a onepiece steel can had very good magnets and thick can wall and was one of Demon´s very best motors.
I have to go through my motor collection, maybe I have one of these still laying here. Overall I have to say these are not the early Leisure motors. One of their best vintage motors sold in about 1980 was based on the 2nd generation AYK motor. I try posting a picture in the next days.
Good info! From my reading it sounds like Sagami made motors for a lot of manufacturers bitd.
I know they aren't very desirable but the fact they were brand new I couldn't turn them down. I'll pop the mod apart and post up some pics.
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Yes Sagami was making a lot of cans and complete motors which were sold with different labels afterwards. Most known are Yokomo, Reedy, Orion, GM-Racing, Corally and others but some of these brands also were selling motors based on other origin than Sagami. I think you won´t find much motors labeled as Sagami.
I don´t tink these Leisure motors are not desirable. I have not seen really much Leisure motors until now, most of them being Igarashi based but these newer ones I never saw before. The modified motor is maybe not the most advanced motor but this type of can should be very rare today. I like the sticker on the stock motor, it is looking a little like the old Igarashi based Leisure motors beside the colour. These were using white background.
Thanks for the info! Forgot i had another so i added it to the first post. Its the closed endbell variety which I prefer.
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Aluminum on the pinion side but plastic on the endbell
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Cool loking motors, good its got aluminum at least on one side, better heat dissipation but the back where the brushes are gets the most heated up, which they had aluminum backs as opposed to plastic ones. AND couldn't these motors have internal fans?? for better cooling!
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Well, another weirdo 1/12th car, I've already stripped it, but here's the auction, and before disassembly pics. :
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What I try to find out is how much different Leisure 1/12th cars had been sold and when exactly. I think the original Leisure 100 was in 1978 and the 100SS two years later. But I´m not sure if all of this is correct.
Does anyone have any information on this company or the cars they made? I've tried doing some research but finding info is far and few between. I am guessing this car is pretty obscure, or it could be the fact that is is from the 70's and it never...
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Cool. thanks for the info. I can definitely see the resemblance between the two cars.
Just passing this along, I'm not involved----
Midwest Vintage Racers-
the first race will be held at the leisure hours fall classic along with there regular fall classic race,
Saturday October 22 2016
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Just got back from the race track, I went up there to watch a few heats...
It's cool that they added a vintage class, but a shame that it basically was a Re-re Worlds Class versus a true vintage class.
Is anyone familiar with SMT motors? The label says it's from France. They are Yokomo based motors.
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Now I saw a motor somewhere which was named as RCH as well.
This motor was based on the old Igarashi can, so...
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Well, the fact that the labels were still the black and white label makes me think this was something else my dad did, but I never ran one of those. Those were early offerings but didn't last long. Now that I look at the back of the labels, it...
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