RE: 1978 Texaco & Malboro 6 Wheel Indy Car I NEED HELP!!!
I think that this bloke may have his date wrong on this auction http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Estate-Find-Vintage-1968-Toy-Car-NEW-in-Box-Radio-Control-Elf-Formula-XXX-Rare-/280875998802?pt=Radio_Control_Vehicles&hash=item4165839e52 The handset is slightly different but the layout including the exposed engine(the one on the auction has a chrome plate on it) and how the bodywork is cut around it and the aerial coming out from the same part of the body looks as though it could be the same chassis with a different shell. Makes sense as no point racing your mates if all your cars looked the same.
Posted on: 8/1/2012 7:03 PM by Author "soops" in the forum "RC Classic Cars & Trucks"
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RE: 1978 Texaco & Malboro 6 Wheel Indy Car I NEED HELP!!!
I've had a quick look but I can't pin down the maker of the car for you. The Tyrell Ford f1 6 wheeler was released to race in 1978 and was sponsored by Elf but as to who makes the model I can't find out. There is another one on ebay at the moment but there's no bids on it as yet http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-texaco-marlboro-rc-indy-car-/110916037227?pt=Radio_Control_Vehicles&hash=item19d31c6a6b so as to value I can't help Sorry that I can't help more.
Posted on: 7/15/2012 6:56 AM by Author "soops" in the forum "RC Classic Cars & Trucks"
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RE: what kinda car is this?
CEN comes to mind when I look at it for some reason.
Posted on: 6/2/2012 2:31 PM by Author "soops" in the forum "RC On Road Nitro Cars"
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RE: Needs some help JRx2
I think that you have answered your own question. Batteries degrade over time and you could have it charging all-night and it still might only hold a couple of amps at the end of it. I think it's time for a new battery, or borrow one first from a mate. Let us know how you get on.
Posted on: 6/2/2012 2:21 PM by Author "soops" in the forum "RC Classic Cars & Trucks"
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RE: 1989 VINTAGE MUGEN AND TAMIYA RC CARS...WHAT ARE THEY WORTH
Hi J, wow, your car certainly looks like it's been in the wars, those wheels have been really hammered! It's not a big job to convert a Sport to 4WD SS spec, it's just the drive cup from the centre diff, propshaft and then front diff and driveshafts.Nice to see that you've still got the proper shocks.How strong is that front top arm, had it been totally snapped at one time? I have the one in my pictures that Is all complete and ready to run, then I have another chassis that is all in bits ready for spares and then I have the one that I won last week. Each one has slightly different parts or places stamped differently to another. One has a plastic spur gear and another has a steel one. None of the three cars I have would be totally identical if sat next to each other.Does your car have it's proper bodyshell or wing? I personally I like the more offbeat cars that not a lot of folks have.I have my (3)Super Sports, then a Mugen MBX4 XR(plus another in bits), a tamiya nitrage, kyosho mad force kruizer VE, tamiya CC-01 Unimog and an FTX colossus chassis that I may do up and get running again.My eldest boy has a kyosho inferno and a tamiya fighter buggy(with madbull wheels, tyres and steering arms) and my youngest has a tamiya grasshopper.They both have a little helicopter each too. I was cursing you for bidding on that super sport. The seller started it at £20 and had a £35 buy now. I was hoping to get it cheap but you kept bidding me up :D. Did you see the Super Athlete that finished yesterday, went for £46 but it didn't have it's shell. Those hard to find bodyshells are what is keeping the price of these cars low at the moment. I was lucky in finding one that had two bodies. I'm one that likes to see old cars but they need to be run, not just sat on a shelf, that's not to say that I throw my cars over big jumps or sink them in the mud but I do have my fun out of them. If you ever do decide to sell, drop me a line first and we may be able to work something out.
Posted on: 5/21/2012 4:05 AM by Author "soops" in the forum "RC Classic Cars & Trucks"
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RE: 1989 VINTAGE MUGEN AND TAMIYA RC CARS...WHAT ARE THEY WORTH
LOL, not quite as bad as it seemed in my description.This is a picture of it that the seller took with some of the bits in the background Outwardly it was clean enough but there was all kinds of grit and grime in all the hard to reach places. I like to strip down any car I get anyway just to make sure that everything is hunky dory and there is no hidden surprises. There was the usual stuff that crept under the gearboxes and in the hingepins but I drop all my stuff in underground penetrating oil, it's evil smelling stuff but gets everything out and leaves all plastics gleam. There was also the box and instructions for the OS engine, two original bodyshells and one rear wing all in top condition, the original mugen instruction/build manual plus an unused sticker sheet. There was also a few promotional flyers and as I said before, about 10+ still sealed parts bags as well as a still sealed in bag, crank and conrod for the OS. All in all the boot of my car was quite full in my journey home. I got bitten by the old Mugen bug when I bought this off ebay. It was just labelled as '1/8 buggy'. The bloke selling it was part of an aero club and was selling it for one of the other members, who in turn knew nothing about it so it was just listed as is. I saw it and took a punt and got it for £16.I had a poor condition shell and the wing was in pieces, but mechanically it was in sound condition. This is the one that I got the Serpent S-Max engine and pipe out of. The one that I bought the other day is this one. It has the lightweight option chassis, the alloy steering cranks the front wheels I need to make up a set of four and a host of other little bits and bobs that I need for my purposes. Now I plan to make a pure shelfer with all the correct screws that I am missing in places and have a runner as well. These are the pics I have saved from the ebay auction. Whenever I find another Sport or SS I try to save the image just to get any idea of option parts or mods. Just needs a strip, clean and polish.
Posted on: 5/19/2012 1:08 PM by Author "soops" in the forum "RC Classic Cars & Trucks"
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RE: 1989 VINTAGE MUGEN AND TAMIYA RC CARS...WHAT ARE THEY WORTH
Hiya mate, don't take this the wrong way and think that I'm boasting but I'm the one who outbid you on the the 15th for the Mugen Super Sport chassis. I wanted it because of the lightweight chassis, the adjustable shocks, mugen stamped battery plate and various other parts like the alloy steering cranks and the front wheels. At present I have a fully complete Super Sport and a nearly finished roller.Here's my complete one, minus it's shell, When I bought it a couple of years ago it cost me £120 and was filthy so I gave it a full stripdown and clean and put it back together. It has an OS engine fitted and I also have two more period motors that I will try in my other chassis and see how they go. One is a Serpent S-Max with matching exhaust and the other is a MondialMotors .21. I bought that from a bloke selling an SS a couple of years back, he was selling a complete chassis but he took the engine out as he though that it was seized. I wanted it because it has the option exhaust manifold. I gave him £15 for both the engine and pipe and when I got it I managed to get it moving again, it wasn't seized it was just tight as if it had never been run in fully and it was just old fuel that had gummed it up. I will have a look around for you and see if I have a spare spur gear for you. if not there is a bloke on tamiyaclub in France called Damien. He put up some pictures a while back of an SS that he had made up out of several chassis. I got in touch with him as I was enquiring about some spares(I have a diff that needs a part) but what he wanted for them was more than what I wanted to pay. If you go on there http://tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=106692&id=33492 and he may be able to help you. Later mate D.
Posted on: 5/19/2012 7:34 AM by Author "soops" in the forum "RC Classic Cars & Trucks"
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