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just snagged this lot off craigs list 400$

not to shabby

i have to finish building a few arcade games by the end of next week
but after that im taking a bit of me time so ill be getting up some rebuild threads (and my custom gt to buggy conversion) asap



the lot


all the assoicated stuff


then 2 xxnt and a blackfoot


misc starters fuel(dont think ill trust the fuel to be good),entire zip lock bag of glow igniters,and misc spare parts bats and elect



and one giant dufflebag of rims and tires lol

Nice lot there. I love a good bulk buy

Dead nitro fuel works good for removing paint in small applications like a bled thru line. handy to keep a small amount around IMO

lol yea the only real reason i grabbed the lot is the blue tb chassis gt lol

i have been tryng to get a parts tub chassis gt for some time now for my buggy conversion
but every one has been in fully working complete order (i hate to tear down a runner )

but with this lot i now should have what i need
the next debate is do i do the buggy on the blu tub or start from scratch with the bare black tub that came in this lot

I built nitro buggy back in the day out of my old GT and CE. Turned out really nice and looked like it would have been built from a kit. Been wanting to build another but I keep finding things I want more. Looks like you have plenty of donor peices to get you started.

well starting separating the ready to run from the needs work stuff and i noticed there was some gear lash on the blue tub chassis gt

i looked closer and there is no motor mount adjustment on this chassis
the black tubs i have and the newer blue flat pans all are slotted so you can adjust the motor position


was the blue tub chassis a factory part or was it an aftermarket hop up

The rear holes aren't slotted? The front adjust on the top

The best thing in there is that Gold conversion chassis.......

I was eyeballing that A-main chassis. One on my list to own one day.

Is that gold or a hard anodizing color?

discgolfer72 wrote:well starting separating the ready to run from the needs work stuff and i noticed there was some gear lash on the blue tub chassis gt

i looked closer and there is no motor mount adjustment on this chassis
the black tubs i have and the newer blue flat pans all are slotted so you can adjust the motor position


was the blue tub chassis a factory part or was it an aftermarket hop up

Associated made one, and so did a few other companies. The associated one was an exact copy of the black tub except for the color, and as far as I can tell the aftermarket ones were also just re-anodized ae tubs. I don't know of any chassis that didn't have the adjustment built in.

romulus22 wrote:I was eyeballing that A-main chassis. One on my list to own one day.

Is that gold or a hard anodizing color?

I never saw anything but natural and hard anodized....

its a goldish color but id say more hard anodized

That's what I thought but the color does look a little goldish in the pictures.

here are some pics of just it man it really is kinda gold in color not quite like the other hard anodized parts i have seen

I am pretty sure that is the normal color for that chassis. All of the ones that I have seen (that weren't natural) are that color.

the other real gem in that lot is that blue engine mount. imo they were the best thing for them old tub chassis'. eliminated the flex under and around the engine mount which killed spurs and bent engine mount brackets.