RC10Talk - The Net's Largest Vintage R/C Community

A suggestion and question for Kyosho and Kyosho Ultima fans out there...

Suggestion: Kyosho, please come out with a Joel Johnson 1987 Kyosho Ultima replica (a special edition buggy).
All of us know that the 1987 Ultima with aluminum chassis, was not the real winner. But the original Ultima kit had a sticker saying world champion and was sold as a kind of replica of the world champion. It's not satisfying for me to have a 1987 kit but knowing deep inside this is different. You have a cool commercial that tries to convert an ultima to a Joel Johnson buggy. It's still not satisfying....the DNA is different. Anyone share my feeling on this suggestion? I think there was a lost opportunity since 1987 to come out with a proper World Champion Replica. Let's do it Kyosho!

Question: I want to get close (not perfect) to the 1987 Kyosho buggy won by Joel Johnson, what is the best way to get there? Would this be a vintage Ultima Pro with a Tomahawk body? The wheels and tires are a different matter, but for the main stuff...

Finding a Trinity graphite pan chassis for an Ultima is probably the most difficult part to get. Factory Works has replica front and rear shock towers. Maybe they could do a chassis too.

We did some in aluminum a while back but a graphite chassis with kickup is simply too cost prohibitive.

I ordered a carbon chassis from Fiberlyte in the UK. It really nice quality. Fit and finish is great.

Shipping took about 2 months due to Covid related delays.

And I do carbon chassis by order to this car.
Super stiff stuff.
Jerzi