Srb Thorpe Gear Diff

[casethejoint]

I remember buying one in about 1985. I'm pretty sure it's Thorpe looking at their ball diff - same construction and all brass (three cross-head screws holding it together), but mine was gears and not ball.

Worth digging out of the attic ? I seem to remember it's in good nick and has ballraces actually press-fitted to it.

[twisty]

Try sticking it in the "For sale "section and ask for "offers please"

Regards

S

[Gruntfuggly]

Nah - not worth anything - I'll swap it for the standard gear if you like...

[casethejoint]

Thanks Twisty. Might take me an hour or so to dig it up though, so I'll leave it until the New Year when I have to go up there anyway.

[dazaa]

Im in the uk and will give you $45 for it.

let me know

daza

[Lonestar]

shouldn't take long before this becomes an "open bid" thread

Paul

[casethejoint]

Sorry - wasn't my intention to create a bidding thread

No chance that I'll be digging it up this side of Xmas and in any event I might end up keeping it. I paid 25 for it in 1985 as I recall and that was quite a lot of money back then. I also have the original Scorcher that I fitted to, so may restore the whole thing with the ball diff.

Was really just curious as to value.

Thanks!

[terry.sc]

The differential isn't a Thorp one, it has to be a Nodis one. Thorp never made a gear diff, the only company that made a gear diff for the SRBs was Nodis. http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...45&id=13728

Any SRB diff is worth quite a bit due to their rarity.

[zulu69]

Hello,

Last one sold at Ebay went for 240 usd about two weeks ago.Keep it ..or restore your SS and use it..I just put mine in my runner SS and it feel better than selling it.!

Cheers..

[RichieRich]

I'd say keep it and use it.

[casethejoint]

Hi Terry,

Nodis

That's the one! (same as in your link pics).

Thanks for letting me know what it is. I think I probably will keep it. Sentimental value really (did a lot of paper-rounds to pay for it!).

[Live Steam Mad]

I think I probably will keep it. Sentimental value really (did a lot of paper-rounds to pay for it!).

For goodness sake please do not use it with anything else than the stock motor, it would be heartbreaking to see this diff. wrecked, it is rather more rare than you could ever imagine... Be warned, I remember Rich (Biggus Ditchus) saying that he destroyed one by using a powerful motor or something, back in the day.

I also seem to remember the construction of the teeth being Brass not case hardened steel... a little soft...

Of course, like most SRB fans would say, if you ever want to sell it, I've got Paypal waiting LOL.

Cheers,

Alistair G.

[casethejoint]

For goodness sake please do not use it with anything else than the stock motor

OK, thanks for the tip. Don't worry, I have no intention of wrecking it - the refurb'd Scorcher is not likely to be run anyway - I have other cars to bash around with. This Scorcher is really just sentimental as I've owned it for 25 years.

The diff. was an upgrade I bought a couple of years after buying the car to try and fix that terrible understeer. I immediately disassembled it because at that time (aged 14) I had no idea how such things worked (and a curious mind!). For what it's worth, looking at the thread linked to above regarding taking it apart, mine just pulled apart - no tools required. I remember doing that and being seriously impressed with the quality of engineering.

I bought a few hop up parts for the Scorcher around that time - a steel bumper and stainless steel UJ's from Green Models (or whatever he was called back then), Acoms electronic speed control (that kept burning out transistors on a farily regular basis). A few other bits (actually, looking back it was quite a tricked out car given that I was never a racer).

What this thread has convinced me to do is to restore the Scorcher complete with the period hop-ups. Originally I thought I'd restore it to box stock which was, of course, how I originally built it. But really these upgraded parts are all part of the cars history (and mine too) and should rightfully stay in it.

[Lonestar]

OK, thanks for the tip. Don't worry, I have no intention of wrecking it - the refurb'd Scorcher is not likely to be run anyway - I have other cars to bash around with. This Scorcher is really just sentimental as I've owned it for 25 years.

The diff. was an upgrade I bought a couple of years after buying the car to try and fix that terrible understeer. I immediately disassembled it because at that time (aged 14) I had no idea how such things worked (and a curious mind!). For what it's worth, looking at the thread linked to above regarding taking it apart, mine just pulled apart - no tools required. I remember doing that and being seriously impressed with the quality of engineering.

I bought a few hop up parts for the Scorcher around that time - a steel bumper and stainless steel UJ's from Green Models (or whatever he was called back then), Acoms electronic speed control (that kept burning out transistors on a farily regular basis). A few other bits (actually, looking back it was quite a tricked out car given that I was never a racer).

What this thread has convinced me to do is to restore the Scorcher complete with the period hop-ups. Originally I thought I'd restore it to box stock which was, of course, how I originally built it. But really these upgraded parts are all part of the cars history (and mine too) and should rightfully stay in it.

Yes indeed - period hop-ups make a resto an even richer project, I fully agree!

Paul