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80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:11 pm
by Vintagemishal
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:30 pm
by hugger19
sweet! what year was it built?
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:31 pm
by REMJ666
Nice...
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:49 pm
by shodog
That's awesome dude!
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:51 pm
by Vintagemishal
hugger19 wrote:sweet! what year was it built?
This was purchased new in 1983 and immediately modified. It was raced until 84'-85' when it could no longer compete with the RC10. It was retired and never run again.
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:53 pm
by Vintagemishal
shodog wrote:That's awesome dude!
Thanks Shodog! Not as nice as most of your rides, but has some great history!
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:30 am
by 1300GT
This is great! Thanks for sharing. I never get tired of seeing heavily modified Tamiya SRB's. So many cool hot ups.
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:05 am
by Lonestar
Er... what SRB parts are still on the car, really???
Nice!!!
Paul
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:57 am
by tiger1
Front hub is certainly SRB!! LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY car!!!
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:27 am
by GoMachV
Very cool time capsule! That's a great example of a racer from bitd
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 1:57 pm
by Percymon
Nice bit of history, some great parts and about as far from a super champ as you could get with alternative parts
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 3:09 pm
by Coelacanth
Cool old example, and gotta love that "cab upward" design!
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:15 pm
by j-sou
Very cool! I've been addicted to SRBs for a couple years now. One I bought recently was very similar to this, just a lot dirtier...
It had the same trans and strange sliding axles too. I love these things!
We should organize a vintage SRB specific race one day
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:20 pm
by scootmike
Very nice buggy!
When you think about it, it's amazing how an industry grew from hop up parts.
The golden age of off road, was there ever a better time than the early to mid 80's?
Re: 80's Racing at it's best! Tamiya Super Champ
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:51 pm
by Vintagemishal
Thanks for the comments guys! I miss the 80's as well. I had the best time ever racing RC cars in the 80's!
