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I was intrigued by this one. I ended up being the only bidder too. I have had Super Alta before, and this is clearly Super Alta, but it's an Academy clone. Plastic feels a bit more brittle but pretty close. Part numbers even start with a "SA". Unfortunately the seller kept the bottom box and wadded up the box cover to ship it. Bastard. Anyway, here are the pics. Pretty interesting how close of a clone it is!

looks like the kyosho stocker chassis kinda.

I hope the body fits better than the picture on the manual suggests?
Nice catch for sure

Kyosho stocker was the swan song for the Super Alta iirc. It also was a Porche GTP, Mini Cooper and VW beetle

Man why did they clone the crappiest design?

(sorry let me take this back - they also cloned the Optima bitd!)

I had the (K!) mini version - still have it but have to put it back in shape. That Nissan looks cool, though!!!

Nice and interesting one

Paul

Lonestar wrote:Man why did they clone the crappiest design?

I agree, the super alta was a crappy racer- but it was so floppy it actually drove "ok" compared to a pan car on unprepped outdoor surfaces. Also super durable. Kind of like an On Road Raider lol

gomachv wrote:

Lonestar wrote:Man why did they clone the crappiest design?

I agree, the super alta was a crappy racer- but it was so floppy it actually drove "ok" compared to a pan car on unprepped outdoor surfaces. Also super durable. Kind of like an On Road Raider lol

I bet it wasn't as floppy as the folded lexan sheets SG and shumacher used for racing polished wooden floors

I actually have one of these. Used to race it on carpet oval bitd. I'm glad to know a little more about it now. Any other information I should know? Poor thing will never be driven again since the plastic spur self destructs so easily.

If you need a scan of the manual I can provide it, but it only covers radio install. Looks like all Kyosho SA and BU parts would fit directly.

That chassis looks like a frog has it's way with a pan car, and this is the result.

jwscab wrote:That chassis looks like a frog has it's way with a pan car, and this is the result.

That's what I was thinking, too...but this one probably has better suspension.

gomachv wrote:If you need a scan of the manual I can provide it, but it only covers radio install. Looks like all Kyosho SA and BU parts would fit directly.

If its not too much trouble, I'd be very grateful for a scan of this.

Cool, I have a busy work week but I'll scsn it over the weekend

That is pretty cool. I never knew there was a clone of the Super Alta chassis.

Academy had it at least with 3 different body styles; just like kyosho.

I've seen the pics on the web, just don't rember where, sorry.