What A Find

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- December 24, 2003 at 6:57 am #11972
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  This afternoon i was bored so decided to head off over to my nans, when i arrived i stumbled across a dusty box right up the top corner of the shed, it apeared promasing, so i got it down when opening i found a vintage tamiya buggy as i identified as the rough rider, it still appears in workng condition just requires a new radio system ad motor, as wll as this i found wat is yet to be identiied a sort of team associated 1:12th tourer, this appears to recquire more work to restore, i will have pics up by tomorow for now here s the specs of the buggy
  http://www.tamiyaclub.com/car.asp?id=15
- December 24, 2003 at 7:52 am #48984
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  wow, great news peedee. That was like the time when I was younger and found my oldest bro’s chemistry set (one of those kids ones).. Life has never been the same since:)
- December 24, 2003 at 12:27 pm #48988
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  Memories come flooding back for me.
  That was the one that started it all for me.
  I remember it being almost totaly waterproof as all the rc gear was in a clear box. Had never ending speed controller problems with it though because it had a ‘contacts’ type ESC. It would have benefitted with an electronic ESC but they just werent around back then.
  I dont know how easy it will be to get parts, but be careful of the rear wishbones, they are brittle and I broke a few jumping with this car.
  Heaps of fun though, ancient now, but still heaps of fun.
  
  :)uA
- December 24, 2003 at 5:11 pm #48992
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  i’ve been dragging my old lego collection around for about 20 years now! and i’ve never regretted it:D:8ball:
- December 24, 2003 at 6:43 pm #48997
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  Damned good find there, PD.
  
  Those are worth a pretty penny these days, if in decent condition.
- December 24, 2003 at 9:43 pm #49005
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  Lego.
  I have theories about lego vs meccano.
  It worries me that the engineers of the future have started off with lego.
  
  🙂
- December 24, 2003 at 10:25 pm #49010
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  hey, you knockin’ tha lego?! ya want i should come over with a sock fulla lego bricks and woik ya over some, see?!:angry::8ball:
- December 24, 2003 at 11:40 pm #49015
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  yea they are in pretty bad condition (the buggy) nothing behond repair as we have spare parts as my pop used to be a rc die hard, pictures up in 30 mins
- December 24, 2003 at 11:59 pm #49018
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  was led to belive that this was a Associated as it had associated motor and looked like that lh model still selling, after cleaning it up today (dismatiling everything addding grease etc, as i wish to get this car going again) i discover shchumacher labelled everywhere in the gearbox, so… anyway since these photos i have installed electronics and all it need now is a battery, I HOPE. neway here ya go ill post to images here as well as links to the others…
  
  http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL292/1611560/3087887/40911479.jpg
- December 25, 2003 at 12:04 am #49019
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  Here is the Buggy i found, it is a pretty sad condition but not beyond repair, it is very heavy and has lame shocks and extreme toe out at the rear, here are the pics
- December 25, 2003 at 5:02 am #49021
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  That battery can probably go in the bin, so can the speed controller and the resistor on top of the gearbox, it is the thing that supplies the ‘half’ speed in the 2 stage speed controller.
  Where’s the lid for the controls box?
  With a decent ESC, some good batts, receiver and servos, youve got the basis for a car that is a goer.
  :)uA
- December 25, 2003 at 5:29 pm #49031
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  Heh, just taday at a relative’s house I found an old 1985 Nikko buggy.
- December 25, 2003 at 10:15 pm #49033
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  yea i got the cover for the radio box, and the body, im working on the tourer first then ill take to the buggy
- December 26, 2003 at 11:59 am #49035
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  I had a buggy with that same chassis but it was called Sand Skorcher, had a baja bug body on it, was an awsome car in its day!:)
- December 27, 2003 at 12:53 am #49039
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  The sand scorchers were good because being a beetle body, if they flipped, 9 out of 10 times they ended up on their wheels again.
  :)uA
- December 28, 2003 at 10:37 pm #49080
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  Quote:
  
  was led to belive that this was a Associated…
  
  That *is* an Associated RC12e from about 1980. 🙂
  
  Doubt if Schumacher re-sold it with their badging, unlikely
  as Cecil Schumacher was pretty big in those days in 1/12th
  and had their own line of racing chassis.
  
  Honestly… I wouldn’t try getting that and the Tamiya RR running.
  Its probably worth more to a collector in their current condition
  before you wreck it any more. If you want something to run, best
  to flog it off and buy something more modern.
  
  Does not need to be said that spares for those things are super Rare
  and will not be found anymore at your local hobby shop!! 👿
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