Original Wild Willy M38
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:40 pm
I've always wanted one of these so when this one turned up on the local auction site I bid on it. And won it for $US60.00 As is normal with most auctions, the photos weren't the best and made the jeep look much worse than it really was. I was very happy with what arrived, everything including the drivers helmet visor was there. The only thing missing was the winch, and the Bell decal for the driver. So after repainting the driver and finding a complete winch off ebay ($US10) and valkyrie-rc-motorsports sending me a free Bell decal with some RC10 bits I bought off him I was very pleased with my purchase. But the longer I admired it the more it bugged me that the tires on one side were cracked from the jeep sitting in the sun. I decided that I'd never truly be happy with it until I replaced the tires so I kept on watching ebay for them to come up.
One day I was in the local hobby shop checking stuff out when the owner asked me how my Wild Willy was coming along. (I'd bought paint etc off him) so I told him about my dilemma. He laughed and said I'll sell you a brand new set complete with rims for $US75!!!!! hell I nearly fell over and handed over the cash. If anybody is interested I have the old set on ebay right now...auction #27034439
I guess you are wondering why a hobby shop would still have in stock tires from 1984?...well the guy is one of our countries biggest Tamiya collectors and has all sorts of stuff stacked around his shop..
One day I was in the local hobby shop checking stuff out when the owner asked me how my Wild Willy was coming along. (I'd bought paint etc off him) so I told him about my dilemma. He laughed and said I'll sell you a brand new set complete with rims for $US75!!!!! hell I nearly fell over and handed over the cash. If anybody is interested I have the old set on ebay right now...auction #27034439
I guess you are wondering why a hobby shop would still have in stock tires from 1984?...well the guy is one of our countries biggest Tamiya collectors and has all sorts of stuff stacked around his shop..