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[dready]

Got these on a well known auction site the other day sorry for the poor pic will take some better one's once it arrives.

I'm guessing it's two hotshot's never seen one like this before the one in the front looks very different any thoughts or ideas?

Anyway should be able to make 1 good car out of these two but go for the weird chassis or standard?

All information welcome

Regards
Dready

[Helen]

Best forgotten post lol

[Helen]

http://classictamiya.../tamcars24.html

http://classictamiya.../tamcars23.html

[Tipsy]

I think the front chassis is a TMS part that was available when the Hotshot was about. I had one on mine. Wasn't as tight a fit getting the radio gear in.

[bakaguyjean]

I think the front chassis is a TMS part that was available when the Hotshot was about. I had one on mine. Wasn't as tight a fit getting the radio gear in.

Terry Sc has one in his showroom with alot of info
http://www.tamiyaclu...a...8144&id=297

Very nice car you are lucky to find it

[terry.sc]

Nice find there!

It is the TMS chassis kit, extremely rare these days but at the time the most popular chassis kit on the market and the only one that seems to have survived the years. I have yet to find a Supercharge or FTD chassis kit that is still around. The second modification any serious racer did was throw away the chassis, just after they had replaced those stupid shocks and braced the front suspension. One big advantage of using a chassis kit is that you could sort out a proper steering setup instead of the standard Hotshot layout which gave massive bump steer and made it impossible to handle predictably, not that it actually handled at all in the first place.

To race a Hotshot at any decent level you did need to throw away just about everything except the gearboxes and suspension arms as the standard cars performance terrible, here's an example of a typical racers Hotshot at the time.





The front suspension on yours has a pair of RC10 shocks that look to be in great condition, although strange that the Hotshot HP suspension kit front parts are on one chassis, while the rear parts are on the other one.

BTW there isn't any problem with saying 'ebay' on here

[Helen]

Best forgotten post

[dready]

Nice find there!

It is the TMS chassis kit, extremely rare these days but at the time the most popular chassis kit on the market and the only one that seems to have survived the years. I have yet to find a Supercharge or FTD chassis kit that is still around. The second modification any serious racer did was throw away the chassis, just after they had replaced those stupid shocks and braced the front suspension. One big advantage of using a chassis kit is that you could sort out a proper steering setup instead of the standard Hotshot layout which gave massive bump steer and made it impossible to handle predictably, not that it actually handled at all in the first place.

To race a Hotshot at any decent level you did need to throw away just about everything except the gearboxes and suspension arms as the standard cars performance terrible, here's an example of a typical racers Hotshot at the time.

The front suspension on yours has a pair of RC10 shocks that look to be in great condition, although strange that the Hotshot HP suspension kit front parts are on one chassis, while the rear parts are on the other one.

BTW there isn't any problem with saying 'ebay' on here

Thanks for that Terry
It really was an impulse last minute bid so it looks like i got a real find. So well worth restoring it then. Have had a look in your showroom and that carbon version is truly stunning. Any pointers in the right direction about restoring this car, original hotshot parts or hold fast for the Re Release Versions.
Will post some pics in my showroom when it arrives.
You said in your post that these cars are a touch on the rare side in your opinion how much would it be worth after restoration so i know how much to spend or not in getting it up and running once again.

As for saying ebay on here here goes ebayebayebay and on this occassion fingers crossed it turns up yipeeeee!!!!:-)

[terry.sc]

Thanks for the comments, the carbon car is still being developed and is a long way from being finished.

The chassis kit is a very rare item, but not worth that much as you think as collectors prefer the original parts as much as possible, so even if the car is full of original vintage hop ups, like Madbad Jezzas example http://www.tamiyaclu...a...20448&id=68 sold for half what a clean restored standard car would get. Very few of us old racers collect cars. The chassis kit is used and parts are missing, both of which greatly reduces its value as well. Many of my cars are extremely rare or contain rare hop ups, mainly because they are actually cheaper than collecting the popular models and standard parts.


Good timing on starting a Hotshot restore with the spares being available shortly, my restored example cost me around 150 for the plastic parts on top of the kit when I did it 5 years ago - just don't ask how much the body cost!
You have two cars there so you should be able to get a decent runner going, a new set of gearboxes suspension arms and front suspension balls when the new car is released will go a long way to getting them going better. Try and get a CRP suspension brace if you plan on running it though, takes a lot of the play out of the front end.

[dready]

Thanks for the comments, the carbon car is still being developed and is a long way from being finished.

The chassis kit is a very rare item, but not worth that much as you think as collectors prefer the original parts as much as possible, so even if the car is full of original vintage hop ups, like Madbad Jezzas example http://www.tamiyaclu...a...20448&id=68 sold for half what a clean restored standard car would get. Very few of us old racers collect cars. The chassis kit is used and parts are missing, both of which greatly reduces its value as well. Many of my cars are extremely rare or contain rare hop ups, mainly because they are actually cheaper than collecting the popular models and standard parts.
Good timing on starting a Hotshot restore with the spares being available shortly, my restored example cost me around 150 for the plastic parts on top of the kit when I did it 5 years ago - just don't ask how much the body cost!
You have two cars there so you should be able to get a decent runner going, a new set of gearboxes suspension arms and front suspension balls when the new car is released will go a long way to getting them going better. Try and get a CRP suspension brace if you plan on running it though, takes a lot of the play out of the front end.

Terry
Thanks for the response and all the info, will give it a good go and i know where to come to know for any advice.
Regards
Dready