Nitro Baja Beetle
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2022 9:25 pm
A while back I acquired a bunch of nitro stuff from a clean out basically…there was 11 cars/trucks in it in various states…today I started pulling out the ones that I thought would take the least amount of work and parts to get up and running…and please don’t give me grief as to the condition of this thing…it is as I found it at the moment…
Not knowing anything about nitros I reached out to a friend that’s into everything rc related…which I was in the process of sending him pics via text…as soon as I sent him pics of this thing he called me…from what I understand these are rarer than hens teeth…it’s a Kyosho nitro Baja beetle…which from what I understand was released in 97 and then was rereleased again in 01…the 01 had a little bit bigger motor on it from my understanding…now I have some questions to those that know these cars…it appears that someone removed the front axles/dogbones from it…it’s my understanding these are 4wd…and as the pics will show it’s missing a rear dogbone as well…I’ve searched using Baja beetle axle in the search engine which I get several that pop up so I don’t know how hard it’s going to be to find them…the next is the tires…it still wears the Kyosho chevrons that I’m sure are original to it however they are more than dry rotted so I’m wondering if those are available at all given what it is…I have found a body for it and plan on giving it a good scrubbing in simple green with a toothbrush and then reassess where it’s at…I would like to get it up and running but I’ve also been told to put it on the shelf afterwards just to preserve it…any help or guidance here would be greatly appreciated to say the least…
Not knowing anything about nitros I reached out to a friend that’s into everything rc related…which I was in the process of sending him pics via text…as soon as I sent him pics of this thing he called me…from what I understand these are rarer than hens teeth…it’s a Kyosho nitro Baja beetle…which from what I understand was released in 97 and then was rereleased again in 01…the 01 had a little bit bigger motor on it from my understanding…now I have some questions to those that know these cars…it appears that someone removed the front axles/dogbones from it…it’s my understanding these are 4wd…and as the pics will show it’s missing a rear dogbone as well…I’ve searched using Baja beetle axle in the search engine which I get several that pop up so I don’t know how hard it’s going to be to find them…the next is the tires…it still wears the Kyosho chevrons that I’m sure are original to it however they are more than dry rotted so I’m wondering if those are available at all given what it is…I have found a body for it and plan on giving it a good scrubbing in simple green with a toothbrush and then reassess where it’s at…I would like to get it up and running but I’ve also been told to put it on the shelf afterwards just to preserve it…any help or guidance here would be greatly appreciated to say the least…