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Thanks for inviting me into the forum. The information here has been invaluable. It's been like a science experiment with all these parts.

Back in the 80's, my first car was a grasshopper. What got me back into the hobby was, recently, was getting an original Wild Willy 2 and a Lunchbox for next to nothing from a local flea market.

I've had a few RC10's sitting in bins in the closet for 15 yrs, from what I know now, is a gold pan Cadillac and an original World's milled car.

I wanted a project car to experiment with; this appears to be an early Team car and this is what I purchased:

I made the mistake of buying new turnbuckles on ebay, prior to trying to restore them. With Dollar Tree CLR, the rusted parts came out perfect.

- The 1/4" vs 3/16" axle seems to be a conundrum?

- As in the picture, there was some large screw in the pivot. Luckily the outer hole is fine. I'm missing one pivot , the front pivots seem to be an extra 1mm longer. Can anyone suggest proper "in stock" pivots that will work?

- I also see the diff gear has one middle bearing, later versions have 2, which seems better.

Any experiences with this car is welcomed.

Thank you!

I'm not as good as posting updates to a rebuild progress, but I ended up creating 3D models of the few parts that I was missing.

From left to right: stealth bushing, front shock pivot, rear shock shorty pivot, pivoting shock button. They came out great and work very well. I'll create a thingiverse account and share these with the community.

I intended this car to be a runner and I'll take my time in getting the few missing parts to replace the printed ones.

Thanks for this forum, I've learned so much.

I'm making some progress. Here's the front. I'm using KNK stainless hardware.

PURE-TECH velcro print. Sewing of velcro required. This forum should allow stl extensions.