OneSixthRoy

It was a dutch webshop specialized in "oddstuff". Doesn't like "marktplaats" but that worked out pretty great for me since I think it was pretty undervalued. I'm definitly on the lookout for Primera's and although the calsonic primera is special, the Pure Racing Castrol Primera is the car I dreamed of owning when I was in my teens and I could never find it. If he has that car, I'd love to have a chance to take it over from him. Unfortunatly I live in Alkmaar, as I am looking for a driving buddy aswell.

It was exactly 1 month ago a Buddy of mine messaged me to catch up and started talking about how he dusted off some of his old tamiya chassis' and started driving around again. The word "Tamiya" rang a nostalgia bell for me, since I semi-professionally raced Tamiya cup between 1995 and 1999. For reference, I was 14 when I started (I'm 42 now). Unfortunatly at the age of 18 other things became more interesting and the hobby for me stopped. Somewhere around my 25th I got rid off all my old race cars and live went on. I still liked RC, because amongst my youtube subscriptions there are a whole bunch of RC Youtubers but only when my buddy messaged me about him dusting off his RC cars, it clicked. This was something I enjoyed thoroughly and still watch content about pretty darn regularly. Why wouldn't I pick this up again? And so the search began. Ofcourse you first start with the more current chassis', but I was also pretty darn interested to see what had happened to one of my favorite chassis' way back then. And that's when I started googling "FF-01 Builds". And boy that started something.. I immediatly got mesmerized by @wtcc5 's FF-01 addiction build thread. All cars he was gathering I've had the pleasure of building or racing before. Primera's, Opel's, Levin, Civic's, Clio's, Mondeo's, everything was exactly how I remembered them. So that started something. I already got myself a TT-01E chassis to see if the hobby was still for me, but getting something I used to love and problably still know some ins and outs off might be fun aswell. Unfortunatly as you guys problably know, the FF-01 is not a new chassis' anymore (fingers crossed Tamiya reissues it) so they aren't that common anymore. The netherlands isn't as big as some of our neighboring countries, so the search pool is also a bit smaller. But unfortunatly it only took a couple of weeks before I got my first "hit". So this is where my FF-01 nostalgia journey starts. It is't the prettiest, but I could get it for cheap and atleast it should be able to run after a bit of TLC. This slammed Golf VR6 with a roofrack and rollcage. Body is actually in pretty decent condition. No mayor cracks, what it looks like not painted with tamiya PS paint, some extra holes for the roofrack, mirrors, running lights and a big exhaust. The Body actually didn't matter to me at all. It was advertised as a roller with only needing a receiver, bodyposts and it would be ready to go. Unfortunatly all isn't that easy, because on first glance I could easily notice some screws I didn't remember from 25 years ago, and also the rear strut body post hole being defective. Bathtub also has some material removed, for which I think is problably a lipo. Also, no battery holder. But that doesn't bring me down at all, it actually becomes a bit more challenging and rewarding now to get this in driveable condition now. Chassis is completly standard (not even ball bearings) so plenty of stuff to improve on. That night I went to bed thinking about my glory days. Couldn't sleep pretty well, so I started looking around on the internet again. And for some miracle I found this on an obscure dutch website who deals in "odd stuff" and vintage toys practicly within biking distance from me: The Upgraded Special Jaccs Accord (How good is vintage Tamiya boxart btw, that's just a thing of beauty!). I had been searching FF-01 stuff for weeks, and suddenly this popped up. The seller doesnt use the bigger websites like ebay, so it was through the power of google that I found it. A build chassis but only driven once. An extremly rare FF-01 for actually a steal of a price. Especially when you see the next picture: An untouched Jaccs Accord Body! Not only was I over the moon to have found what is basicly a grail car at this moment (with the coveted blue Heat Sink), but in this condition? Wow! So within a couple of days I have ended up with this paring: As you can see, the Upgraded Special is in almost immaculate condition. So this is where the fun begins. Next Step is to take them both apart and to clean them thoroughly. On the golf chassis I'm going to inspect the damage and try to gather new parts for it to make it up to my personal standard again. And ofcourse driveable. Both chassis' will be upgraded, tempted to do one period correct and one just going mental with current parts. But in the mean time I will definitly be on the lookout for more cars/chassis' because as much as I love the accord. The Castrol Primera is the most gorgeous fwd racecar in the world, and the Calsonic Primera has a special place in my heart aswell. So hopefully I can keep you guys updated, because I can't wait to slowly and steadily restore some of my teenage memories.

Yeah, wish they made it a true legends cup by using legends' chassis'. Would have loved to race a TA02 or FF01 in competition again. But i'm thinking most people with older chassis problably don't want to race them because of how scarce they are becoming (problably because @wttc5 bought all the good ones). I do hope to share something really cool here soon after being inspired by this thread, might have found a gem

I raced Tamiya cup in the Netherlands I wish I had pictures from that time, but unfortunatly digital camera's weren't even invented back then. I might have some non digital pictures hidden in photoalbums, but those still are safely stored at my parents house. But.. your topic has brought back so much nostalgia that I couldn't resist and gave in. I did some research on the current tamiya cups and noticed that there is a legends cup starting soon here in NL. I hope to attend some races and I bought a TT-01e to build. But I haven't even build it yet and I got a hit on an FF01 search on a dutch ebay site. I couldn't resist, so I will be receiving a FF01 Golf VR6 pretty soon aswell. Looks pretty decent but I will know more once it's here. I think I still have enough knowledge to see what's needed, and otherwise I think I have found some knowledge here I would definitly like to restore the VR6 with original decals, any advice as to where to get those? I'll definitly be hunting for more FF01 chassis' (and bodies) but they are starting to become pretty darn rare. Hopefully I can find enough parts to make it nice again, and then ofcourse drive it! First upgrade is already in house, a replica primera body Edit: found a picture i took of the pictures from way back then. No primera's, but I think you can spot some specific wheels under the Levin. This was on a testing day so no racing decalled body's, just some personal stuff. Not bad for a 16 year old back then. Look at how i cut out the jaccs stripes from my civic decal set as a border between the black and purple. This was just when i made the crossover from 4wd modified to fwd. The Yellow Porsche is on my hopped up TA-02sw chassis. The cool thing was that the golf body actually almost had the same wheel base as the TA-02sw making for a very hot hatch. After this day of training I made the transition and then came the primera's/mondeo (so light!) and Clio's So many memories here

This is my first post on this forum, but I just had to register myself here to thank you for this incredible bit of nostalgia over these 18 pages. I loved scrolling through every bit of it and it had me remember things from the late 90s which I had forgotten. My RC addiction started somewhere around 1993 with the release of the TA-02 when I was 12 years old and didn't stop with the hobby until somewhere shortly after the release of the TA-03. Over the course of those years I raced Tamiya Eurocup with first my TA-02 chassis' in the modified class, and later with the FF01 in the "stock" class. I did it so well I got sponsored by our local hobby shop (which was great because it was a very expensive hobby for a teen). All of the hop ups across these pages have been provided, tested an reported back to the hobby shop over what they did, how they worked and how their customers could use them. I loved my fully decked out TA-02 with the carbon chassis (even sometimes switched with the FRP chassis depending conditions) but I absolutly ADORED the FF01 racing. Not only was it an awesome class to race (being nearly stock speed differences where next to nothing, it all came to driving skill) with races where I was literally on someones bumper for 5 minutes straight, but also to me it had some of the best line up of bodies. All the body's/cars you have gathered over the course of these 18 pages I have raced. Unfortunatly never in stock colors but always in PS06 yellow and black due to the sponsorship. Just wished I had kept some of my cars, and judging by the rarity, some of the hop-up parts/spares and wheels (I had loads of the calsonic primera wheels/parts). But reading through this topic has brought back some of the memories, for which I can't thank you enough. I'm only just looking to get back into the hobby, and the fond memories of the FF01 makes the need to find one very real. Hope to find a Castrol Primera one day, since out of all the bodies I had, that was the one which resonated with me the most. Once again, thanks for this incredible bit of RC FWD History!