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I think they are doing something again this fall. Look up the Hobbytown St. Charles facebook page. I think they post everything on there.

No, I didn't take any photos of that class while I was running. The two Comical cars, the green/white Lunchbox and another car running the Wild Willy 2 chassy were in it. The while stripes you see on the track is the section that they had to wheelie across. I could have ran my luncbox in it, but just felt like doing the monster truck class. I'd be up for running this again, but I think I need a better monster truck. One with oil shocks.

The local track had a vintage race day. Thought I would share some pics from the event with you all since everyone here has an appreciation of older RC cars. I dusted off the old Lunchbox (Box art yellow in the pics below) for the event. Was planing on running it as-is, but with an old 2 channel Magnum Jr AM radio, there was 3rd channel for the transponder so I ended up putting modern electronics in it sans LiPo batterys - Still running NiHMS. Only mods are bearings and a Sport tuned motor. Traction rolling in the corners. This was my quick camber adjustment. Zip tie on the shock shaft! Ended up breaking the lower shock mount. Quick fix with a dremel and I think an Team Associated linkage. Special thanks to Shawn, the track announcer helping me out! The orange/white Avanti is his ride. Good as new! We ran multiple classes. Two heats of 2WD buggies. The 'Wheelie" class where you had to do a wheelie across the two white tape stripes on the track on every lap. Mod 4WD with the lone Tamiya Avanti up against two Optima Mids. Monster Truck class with a mishmash of everything including Clod busters. They also ran mod Losi Mini-B which are the small buggies in the photos. I ended up getting 2nd place in the Monster truck main. The silver Monster Beetle handled so much better than my truck. I kept pace with the MB but passing some of the slower Clodbusters was a pain given how much space they take up on the track. I was out in front in first place on the last lap with the MB behind me but he caught me at the last turn before the end of the track. Had a lot of fun. They want to make this a regular race for the fall season. I'm thinking about building another vintage Tamiya to compete with. Something that handles a bit better than a Lunchbox. Any suggestions? Was thinking a Blackfoot...

I like it. Car seems stable. Its an X-ray T4 2020. Usually I got the 68 Mustang body on it. The dodge body is a bit to fragile for smaller indoor tracks. I feel more comfortable running outside. I've reinforced the front end with drywall mesh tape and shoe glue, but this still happened. The miata body on the M-07R is a little more durable but the car is prone to traction rolling at times so it takes more of a beating. I'm going to try the boiling water technique and see how that works. Thanks for the suggestions!

Took a brand new body to the track and ended up creasing one of the fenders in. Has anyone had any luck repairing damaged lexan? Trying to get the creases out of it. I was thinking of trying a heat gun and slowly add some heat to the area and use a clamp to see If I can smooth it out. To keep this somewhat Tamiya related, the last picture shows my silver Tamiya M-07r that I have been racing in the M-Class all season.

I think you guys might be talking about me. Is this the MB you are referring to? Yeah, I didn't like the build of this one at all. I'm also including the pic of where its been sitting untouched since last year... I never ran it. Kinda lost interest in it. Willing to sell it for a fair price. Only bench tested, full bearings, hi-tourq steering servo, 2.4g radio. Goolric modified motor from aliexpress but still have the manual and original motor. Drop in a charged battery and your ready to rip.

My local track does an M Series (mini class). 21.5 Fixet timing motors. Does anyone here race this chassis? I have a few questions and won't see my local group until next Saturday. My first question is what body would perfectly? I plan on building it with the longer wheel base. Not sure why the pic turned vertically when I attached it...sorry EDIT: Would this body work? I like it better than the hatchbacks I'm finding. It says M-Class https://www.amainhobbies.com/bittydesign-hyperm-mchassis-1-10-on-road-body-clear-210225mm-bdytc-hypm/p1259092

Finished building the Fat Fox. Now I have two cars to run on race day. The truck itself was an enjoyable build and probably the most enjoyable Tamiya build I have had in a while. The body...not so much. This thing comes with THREE sticker sheets and has the most stickers of any RC car I have built. What you see is about 75% of the total amount of stickers. I just got burnt out of putting them on and stopped.

I treated myself to this exact one for my euro truck build. I could never imagine building another Tamiya kit without it. Expensive, but worth it.

I have an Xray T4 that I just started racing in the vintage trans am class at the local carpet track. Its my only on-road car so I have lots of downtime between races. Was looking for something else to run and the Euro Truck class looked like an easy one to get into so now I'll be able to run two cars once I get it built. I'm already about 1/3 of the way through the build. This truck has THREE sticker sheets!!

The local racetrack that I started racing at runs a Euro Truck class. Since my only on road car is a Xray T4 that I run in the vintage trans am class, I sit in the pits a lot on race day. I was looking for something else to run and the price point to get into the Euro Truck class is quite cheap and everyone runs the same gear. Anyone here run these? Any tricks to get them to handle better? I got a 2S battery and the bearing kit to put in it. I know nothing about this Tamiya platform and just had 200.00 burning in my pocket so I bought it on a whim. Is there a racing forum for these things?

I'll get some more photos up tomorrow. I'm on the road for work for the next 12 hours.

I'm on the fence about selling mine. When I bought it, I purchased the sport tuned motor and extra tires and rims for street/pavement use. I've only run it three times total. Still have the original tires and rims and motor (all Unused) and the instructions. No original box. I can post more pictures if anyone is interested. I'm in the US.

I think about 10-11 year ago Tamiya came out with the Tamtech line of cars. I bought a Hornet and ran it about two or three times and kinda forgot about it. I ended up digging it out of some boxes I had in storage recently. I don't see much about these cards. Anyone have one of these? Are they collectible? Ebay doesn't show much about them. I assume parts are rare for them nowadays.