Running Fox

Hi saju_nyc When you turn the other rear wheel, is there te same slack? Did you check the bevel gears?

Or race your vintage car with love and precaution. treat them like these rare oldtimer cars and planes.

Trying to brush racing stripes on my son's Hornet.

Took my two boys to the local BMX track and later on to the skatepark and had great fun. My Fox beats the Hornet by miles but when a group of kids came up the oohs and aahs were for the 'orange(duh?)' racing car.

The kind of treasures you rediscover when moving :). Nice body although I do like original yellow+black stripes one too. What kind of rear shocks are you going to use and do you think the front needs oil shocks too?

Whaw gents! I see some impressive lists here. Mine is rather modest: Myself: Vintage Tamiya Fox (MkII) Vintage Tamiya Grasshopper II Tamiya Novafox (in the box) My oldest son (11yrs) Re Re Tamiya Hornet - black metallic edition My youngest son (7 yrs) A Nikko Vaporizr 2

Looks great!

@Dirt-540: that's a great looking Hornet!

Correct. You only need it iff you have that moving axle. Looks like a fun project to me! Be sure to send us some pictures!

You probably also might need to mount a ampro engneering transmission brace to get rid of the hopping behaviour of the car.

I think by upgrading your grasshopper that way, you get a kind of Mad Bull: http://www.blackholesun.fr/en/35-en/my-models/off-road/buggy-truck/108-tamiya-58205-madbull-dt-01 Found this on Youtube:

I didn't pay it that much. Something like $33

The postman brought ... a Tamiya light system which my son and I will try to build in a Tamiya Hornet Re-Re https://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=53909 Now we only have to wait till the postman brings us the shapeway (Ampro Engineering) light houses and lenses

The postman brought ... a Tamiya light system which my son and I will try to build in a Tamiya Hornet Re-Re https://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=53909 Now we only have to wait till the postman brings us the shapway light houses and lenses

Who has experience with mounting led lights on a Tamiya Hornet? Any tips or tricks, especially on mounting lights at the rear of a Hornet. Regards Walter

There's really nothing more fun as seeing a veteran Hornet, Falcon or Hornet put into shape again. Great!

They are! Do post some pictures, Never get tired of seeing them.

Isn't that great! My wife came in one evening asking who that thing was for (that thing: a wrecked grasshopper 2 I was trying to revive). As I told her it was maybe a bit to much 'oldtimer' to let a 7 year old play with I could not believe my ears: 'Well perhaps I might?'

The Running Fox's return to court (tenniscourt that is after a quick drive on the parking lot)

Here you can see the right and left steering link, worn but not damaged Quite neutral toe Some battle damage (here it comes ... the Victoira Ccross bit again) on the MSCcables after a crash with my nephews grasshopper. Well here he is: the running Fox

I love that blue & the stickers on the wing. Tamiya PS 59?

Let's move to the front of the car All suspension arms look ok, used, but no cracks or splits Replaced the bushings with rubber sealed bearings, now I just have to get the toe right