Avante appreciation thread

[Tamiya Era]

Year/model;1988
Motor: Dyna Tech 01 R
Servo;Tamiya TP-S 148
ESC: C.P.R P160F

Body Paint: Clear
Status: New Built
Shelver or runner: Shelver
List upgrades: Fully Hop-Up ( 53038 + Titanium Screws + ....etc ) from A - Z

20130204_222315 by lego4ever79, on Flickr

20130204_222321 by lego4ever79, on Flickr

20130203_214718-1 by lego4ever79, on Flickr

[matman]

At the top we have:

Year/model; 2001

Motor: Vintage Tamiya Dynatech 01R

Servo; Futaba

ESC: Futaba MC112B

Body Paint: You'll have to ask Percymon <<<<< Do we have too ? . <<< BUT DON'T TELL HIM I SAID THAT ! . Bahaha .. Percymon will never know , I'm sure of it ...

Status: Rebuilt.

Shelfer or runner: Runner

List upgrades: Egress front shock tower, necessary replacement after I crashed and broke the original tower.

And at the bottom;

Year/model;1988

Motor: Vintage Yokomo super stock 2

Servo; Futaba

ESC: Etronix

Body Paint: errrr blue?

Status: Rebuilt, but not restored - all original '88 apart from re-re orange wheels.

Shelfer or runner: What do you think?

List upgrades: 2.4ghz system, aftermarket motor/esc. Front end slightly modified by previous owner.

Sorry the pics aren't up to the quality of the thread, I don't have a proper camera, or any photography skill...

[matman]

Great looking Avantes Wez-li . I do like that 2001 colour .

[Wez-li]

@matman cheers, i bought the body from ebay but knew I'd seen it somewhere before, did a bit of digging and found it in percymon's showroom lol

[Quandry]

@matman cheers, i bought the body from ebay but knew I'd seen it somewhere before, did a bit of digging and found it in percymon's showroom lol

Half the cars on this site have been in Percymons showroom!

[matman]

^^^ None of mine have . "YET"

[beema_geeza]

On 27/01/2013 at 0:52 PM, Percymon said:

Year/model; Avante 2001, 1990

Motor;

Restored; yes, although built from parts might be closer to the mark

Shelfer or runner; Shelfer currently

from this..

to this, original hi-caps btw..

Year/model; Avante 1988

Motor; technigold 540vz

Restored; Yes

Shelfer or runner; Shelfer

as bought..

but paint has been removed now and a few missing / incorrect items replaced

Year/model; 1989 Egress

Motor; Dynatech

Receiver/ECU - Tamiya CPR

Restored; stripped , cleaned and rebuilt - shell repainted - an absolute joy to undertake

Shelfer or runner; Shelfer

from this..

to this (bar a few screws, nuts, washers and fresh paint it's all original from 1989)

Year/model; Vanquish 1988

Motor; technigold 540-sd

Restored; Yes

Shelfer or runner; Shelfer

not really got any pics of it !

but here's a group shot

left to right (A2K1 minus shell, Avante stripped of paint, Egress, Vanquish, Astute)

That's my old astute!

 

[mongoose1983]

Year/model: 1988, Avante

Motor: Stock Technigold

Come across this one how long, two or three years ago? And since then I haven't found my way to the missing bits to make it run (both rear dogbones, and one of the drive cups). By now I'm pretty much losing hopes. What else-the Polycarbonate body of this one have seen better days. If this wasn't Tamiya's top-of-the-line buggy back in the day I don't think I would have got it. Think I'd rather have a Bullhead. Can't always have what you want, can you

You all have a good weekend!

[MAD RACER]

What parts are you chasing . Don't give up.

Rear dog bones.

Shocks all round

Diff cups

Might be able to help you with the above. I have re re Avante parts left over as I updated my shocks all round to Hi caps and diffs to ball diffs.

[mongoose1983]

Hi Mark, How have you been? Thanks for writing. I doubt I can afford the luxury of Avante shocks for a car like this one. Actually the other parts missing are much more neccesary. You can see the specifics on this here thread: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/80491-1988-avante-bits-fsft-wtd/

Have a good Sunday!  

 

[kontemax]

This is my Avante 2001, under restoring works:

I only miss some minor parts to complete the model.

A new body is ready to be trimmed and painted.

Max

 

[94eg!]

Are those hi-caps re-done in champagne gold (or just weird lighting)?  If so, that's amazing!

[kontemax]

19 minutes ago, 94eg! said:

Are those hi-caps re-done in champagne gold (or just weird lighting)?  If so, that's amazing!

Re-done in Champagne Gold

 

Max

[ddaenen1]

On 12/4/2016 at 8:10 PM, kontemax said:

Re-done in Champagne Gold

 

Max

At least you've got the white original wheels. Looking for those now for a couple of years already but still not giving up 

[kontemax]

The white wheels are very very rare.

Did you hear it, Mr. Tamiya?

 

Max