RC10L from Louisa VA

[Ronnie]

Hi all. My name is Ronnie. Likely the same old story. I had this since late 80s or very early 90s. Played with it multiple times. Had a friend that was big into them that worked on it for me. I know very little but, found the post of FAQs. So I'll get on that post and figure it all out. Didn't have a body when I got it. I have been looking for a VW Bus body that will fit since back then.

[Ronnie]

A photo

[azone]

Nice. clean it up and keep it. Maybe get it running. Keep all the stickers and stuff but it will clean up very nice. Polish those aluminum hubs and and motor carrier w/ Dremel tool and aluminum polish and they'll look brand new. Nice Losi revolution motor and speed control too. You can get modern mounted tires from BSR or vintage stuff on eBay from Associated or TRC etc... I'm sure you can find a reproduction body to work. Just remember it's a 235mm (wide) pan car, not a 190mm electric touring car or 200mm nitro touring car. Need to find the right body. RC10L parts are available on eBay but usually very expensive, especially body posts and other common but no-longer common parts.

[Ronnie]

Thanks. Appreciate the info.
At some point my son found it in the late 90s and added some Blues clues stickers on it. I have to find the controller. It ran great before I put it in super long term storage. Last time I used it (1990/1991) I had bought the wheels and foam tires. Full throttled it in a neighborhood and it lost signal. Took 3 hours to find it. Ended up in someone yard beside their house. Might just need some fine tuning and a good battery. maybe. Planned to pretty it up and see what it would take to get it going again.

[azone]

At some point my son found it in the late 90s and added some Blues clues stickers on it. I have to find the controller

Haha. With a 10yo and 2yo twins I knew I recognized those stickers from somewhere Good luck with it. My experience w/ the 10L back in the day was much the same. I think 90% of the time I just ran it w/o a body. One day in '91 I let a neighbor dad drive it and he crashed it bad. He just laughed loudly, and my dad too. The guy had no idea the parts were expensive and being in a small town I had no means to get the parts I needed. It sat for a little while after that.