just got me a little something different :) a Dudgeon rc10t

[hugger19]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/131235976936?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 should be here by the end of the week

[janaya]

Congrats it's a really nice catch. I was eying it but I just couldn't pull the trigger to bid on it. Was not in my budget right now.

[hugger19]

ya but i got him to lower the price a little

[hugger19]

well here she is. did a couple small things to the truck. first ditched the body from the auction since it was junk and added a box art style one that i had, added knock off rear wheel nuts and a andys front bumper. other than that this truck is pretty clean. dont know a whole bunch about it, didnt find many posts on this site about this conversion. i know the dudgeon name is suppose to be the first/more hard to find one??? well any info added to this whould be helpfull thanks for looking.

[hugger19]

[hugger19]

well from what i have read this conversion came before the rc10t nitro version came out and only a few hundred were made. if iam wrong please correct me thanks.

[GoMachV]

It predates the GT, it was grouped in with a few other conversions like the Moody and Duratrax. Kunio also made conversions for the LXT but they are quite a bit more rare. Later, when the GT came out with its own gearbox design and such, there were conversion made by A-Main (which is as I understand was what became of Dudgeon) for that truck. They have a very similar look but lack the machined trans and 1/8 scale clutch and spur that yours has.

I have a thread on my A-Main conversion here...
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=31406

[GoMachV]

Btw, per Temple it seems you have a gen II, here is his post...

Three basic versions. The first (known only as a Dudgeon conversion) had a white top plate, slightly different gearbox housing, motor mounts that angled the motor forward. The second (the Dudgeon/A-Main) went to an upright motor mounting and the top deck was changed to black. The third (A-Main) was a conversion chassis set for the RC10GT.

This is my 1st generation, unfortunately missing the angled motor mounting...

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[hugger19]

o cool thanks for the info. now as far a years go. when were these released? any ideas?

[GoMachV]

Click the link to my garage in my sig, go to the RCCA section and look for November '92. That was the Gen I review.

[hugger19]

hum cool read. well i guess as far as what i paid, i did very well since new back in the day the kit was $150 plus the rc10t truck needed to complete the conversion. also said it was limited production run of the conversion. cant be too many of these conversions out their.

[templeofspeed]

If you really used your search-fu, you'd have found this:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2906&hilit=kunio

You have a late gen2 conversion, judging by the stupid screw on fuel cap... I have a NIB kit with that gem. I'll pay for a Kyosho CB-161 flip-top cap...

[GoMachV]

Wow that's a Vanning era flip top cap, wouldn't it have been the plastic Rampage style flip cap? I have two....

[templeofspeed]

It might be...but I remember CB-161... I'll be glad to test yours out. I never came across either when searching... but been many years.

Let me know Jeff.

[GoMachV]

I know they fit

Here's a CB coutesy of Crunchy