Greanie

HA HA HA HA! I like the way you think! Seems to be a good way to think when dealing with RC cars. I think i am leaning towards the fear of that chassis and other parts being a little TOO brittle with age.

Thanks for all of the above, i didnt think about the "Brittleness" of the Chassis and dealing with downtime and maintenance when this old chassis gives up. Ill see if i can part this one out and get my 'investment' back, lol. (Laughing at the term investment used with RC cars).

Quick question at first: Looking for opinions on Vintage Lunchbox Rebuild, do it? Light bashing is the purpose. Or part it out for those looking for original parts? (Whichever parts can be identified as actually vintage versus re-re). I recently acquired a Vintage (I identified the Key marks that identify it as Vintage) Lunchbox for $20. No Motor No ESC Body is Trash Tires are Trash Bushings are trash (will replace bushings or put bearings) Rest of the Kit looks decent. Thoughts and Opinions on Rebuilding this kit? Which means purchasing the below (im ballparking prices) Tires - $30 Body - $50 Bearings - $10 ESC/Motor - $30 (this is if i can find a combo pulled from a kit) Not adding cost of Receiver/Controller as i would need to buy this for a NEW kit as well. Or buy a NEW kit and just keep this one around for spare parts (Towerhobbies has the kit for $130-ish, +tax as im in the US) The Numbers speak for themselves - BUT! is there any cool factor or value of having an Original Chassis and some of the Chassis Parts? Bonus Question: Should i just part out or find someone looking to restore a vintage kit?

Very interesting Topic. Im curious about this as well - Would like to build a porsche on the tt02 chassis it comes with and have it act sort of like a real porsche would (or at least how i think it would if you turned off the Traction Control). I asked this to a LHS employee and they responded . . ."Why not just get an M08?"

Why no rear steering? I was thinking of adding rear steer to my bus, but im on the fence.

What is that combination of Unimog Colors? Body Color(s) = ?? Wheel Color = TS86 Pure Red Did you order the wheels as a spare part? or did you buy a kit? Love the Look!

Any Update on this? Curious what it finally looks like.

Yeah, i get most of my Tamiya stuff from Towerhobbies (for Kits), and parts and such are all over the place . . .'Tamiyausa.com' is the best for getting the parts, the correct parts, and in decent time (Otherwise you have to order from Japan). Kits i have are all over the place, BUT! you mention the comicals. Those are a blast to drive and have to be the funnest you drive the slowest. This one i have been driving ALOT and ended up ordering a second, for when the first one basically disintegrates on me: https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/110-trucks/rc-toyota-land-cruiser-40-pup/ Dark Impact? Curious why you were so interested in that one? I got the Plasma Edge, with the iridescent body to settle my buggy desire.

Yeah, Im north of Austin (Just Barely) and love my Tamiyas. Im near a track, but have never been. A bit intimidated by the "Pro-Racers" and all the "Rules" of running on a track . . . and i would just show up with my NiMH batteries and GF01 chassis, LOL! I get all my parts online and my Kits as well for the most part, local Hobby shop normally has tamiya stuff very late or something I inevitably have already. And of course parts are hard to come by.

do you use the push on Pinion for the Traxxas motor? Another pinion? Link?

Thats pretty Neat! Some planning went into that paint job. I do believe i went "PS3" on my comical Frog . .. nice looking color. Goes well with the Hornet sticker colors. Holy Hop-Ups ! How do those shocks perform? I like to drive my buggys, so i wonder how those would perform compared to the already oil filled shocks that come in these sets. I was driving around my Comical Frog yesterday and i thought the shocks were doing quite well.