What Was New In '92?

[Kevin_Mc]

Back when I was about 4 or 5, that would have been summer of 1992, I had a friend that was two years older than me and his dad bought him a tamiya monster truck that was new at the time - it was definitely tamiya as that's where I first heard the name. I lost touch with him when we both moved in about 1997 and I can't remember what the truck looked like, just that it was massive and brand spanking new.

Anyone got any ideas?!

[TamiyaVancouver]

Juggernaut?

TXT?

Mark

[Kevin_Mc]

It definitely wasn't a txt, I wasn't sure if it would have been a jugg, clod or something else

[IBIFTKH]

Clod was introduced in 87, Bullhead in 90. I'm not sure about the Juggernaut 1, but Jugg 2 was 1999 and it was a rapid replacement for the original - there wouldn't have been 7 years between the two models.

The mystery continues...

[Kevin_Mc]

It must have been a clod as it was a pick-up truck body not a semi. When his old man said it was new I supposed he could have meant it was NIB but not just launched. Probably unlikely to be a jugg as the body for that seems a little to curved and modern looking.

[WillyChang]

Mountaineer

[kaiser]

i graduated high school in '92.

i was still into rc and IIRC the bullhead came out around then, maybe 91.

[backtomyroots]

It definitely wasn't a txt, I wasn't sure if it would have been a jugg, clod or something else

Got any description ?

[kaiser]

i was wrong the bullhead was 1990.

the bush devil was 1992.

[MadInventor]

In 92 I was in engineering college. I built a dual servo steering system for my Clod Buster as an end of year project,all written up with weight analysis, static load pulls required for steering movement etc. I ended up making 2 bracketa to fit Futaba S148s inside the standard bumper guard, and making a home made servo Y lead. I didn't know of the existence of Y leads with reverse on one channel back then, so I took one of the servos to bits and swapped the wires round on the motor and pot. Possibly the first ever dual servo clod buster ????

[Kevin_Mc]

Got any description ?

All I remember is that it was massive, had a pick up body and was bright green or yellow (but may not have been box art). The mountaineer looked familiar but I dunno if it was bigger than that. It may well have been a different coloured clod.

[Butler]

tamiyabase.com has all the guide books for each year, so you can browse them if that helps jog your memory.

[Kevin_Mc]

Thanks, I'll have a look