Boxart 7001 truck.

[templeofspeed]

OK, so everyone's all queer about box-art 6010 (Edinger gold tub buggy) parts... clear gear covers, Delrin spring cups, G-10 battery straps, Kimbrough diamond wing mounts, (which I see Asa has for sale...) etc...

These have been my "holy grail" for a 7001 truck resto for a long time:

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boxart_7001tires.jpg (63.39 KiB) Viewed 3000 times

I'm pretty stoked!

[Keyz]

Tyres are one of my favourite things in the whooole world, nice find!

[Erich Reichert]

were those the box are tires... i dont' rmember it being the ones with the horizontal parts connecting them to the sidewalls. When i got the box art truck from AE it didn't hve tires on it anymore so i have no more proof then anyone else (just looking at the picture on the box).

[templeofspeed]

Those are the box art tires. The manual shows them clearly (fig 152):

http://aedownloads.com/downloads/manuals/10t_manualc.pdf

I guess I could just copy the image...:

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So, how's the Lett race truck coming along?

[templeofspeed]

And now I've found the smooth sidewall Proline 7090 rear tires as shown in the manual...

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Sometimes it takes a while to gather all the bits for a project of this magnitude...I've also got the super early black chassis with only offset countersunk battery cup holes...talk about a find! And yes, I used a sharpie to fill in the scrapes in the rear...although this pic is from the auction. This truck will not be mint, but it will be a nice example of the earliest production 7001 truck. You can certainly call it a boxart replica.

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I'm pretty motivated on this one now.

[mrlexan]

Are the rears with the smooth sidewall tapered pins or straight pins?

[templeofspeed]

They're mini-pins! Actually, they're slightly tapered. Similar to the early Losi, pre IFMAR pin, tires. they match my labeled Pro-90 <RED> mini-pins.

[Erich Reichert]

Ya i love those rears. I picked up a couple pairs off ebay a while back... Its still so surprising to me how hard the rubber was back then. Need an insert? NOPE!

[scr8p]

hey temple, check this out. there must have been 2 versions of the 7045's. check out the ones on the right side of this ad. it has a solid center rib, and the small horizonal lugs are not there.............

[templeofspeed]

Very interesting.

[Charlie don't surf]

Sooooooooooooooooooo temple, what makes up a 7001 truck??? I have 5 different versions of the RC10t
including one that B stamp chassis that is only drilled for transverse batteries--so other than arm webbing, shock tower
holes & tires:? , what are the differences? say over other versions

[Charlie don't surf]

Temple---what happened to this truck?????

[templeofspeed]

Temple---what happened to this truck?????

Patience... Probably be in the Fall before I do anything, although all the parts are in my collection of stuff.

Too many other things going on this summer...

[SteveK]

Those tires look like they still have that white crud on them like the kit tires. That stuff was all over my hands for the first 6 months I touched that truck.

[Charlie don't surf]

Mold release agent, great stuff to get on your hands some 20 years later!