My newly arrived vintage Frog.. Time for a restration..

[Cooltoys]

Just got this one in the mail. Going to restore this one slowly.

Have a few question regarding the parts on it.

- round piece on the rear trailing arm. Who made those?

-Front single shock manufacturer?

[Leethal Driver]

The metal swing arm retainer came out of the frog metal parts bag afaik (I have them on my brushless MB), the single shock conversion might have been Parma or CRP poss? Am sure it's been on here before.

Hope that helps.

[HunterZero]

Nice, a black sprint motor!

the single shock conversion might have been Parma or CRP poss? Am sure it's been on here before.

The Parma shock was usually blue, but it looks like the Parma mono damper and upper arms.

The rear trailing arm mounts were in the pressed parts bag in the original kit, but they are in the drive parts bag on the re-release. I'm not sure what the extra part is on yours. I don't think it's CRP, the CRP hopup was a red plastic part.

- James

[Cooltoys]

Nice, a black sprint motor!

The Parma shock was usually blue, but it looks like the Parma mono damper and upper arms.

The rear trailing arm mounts were in the pressed parts bag in the original kit, but they are in the drive parts bag on the re-release. I'm not sure what the extra part is on yours. I don't think it's CRP, the CRP hopup was a red plastic part.

- James

Thanks! Thats the second frog i got that had black motor included in it...

The extra parts could be custom made didn't find anything about it. I'll find out when i dismantle it..

@Leethal driver Thanks for the info too..

[matman]

Looking at the front shock , it just looks like they have turned the front top arms upside down

& added the shock off the arm . Just look at the 4th page on the manual & you will see .

[OldSchoolRunner]

Great looking easy project! Enjoy!

[Cooltoys]

Looking at the front shock , it just looks like they have turned the front top arms upside down

& added the shock off the arm . Just look at the 4th page on the manual & you will see .

Looked at the front arms closely again it has three holes in it. Also different finish on the plastic.

Not the same as the stock ones the frog ones. Pretty close to the bottom ones it has. Just the holes.

So it could have come with the shock mod.

@Oldschoolrunner Should be an easy one.. Maybe a clean up will do it. Didn't see any broken parts on it. Hopefully not.

Found a new body for it with original stickers!

[Cooltoys]

Pic of the top suspension part compared to the lower one.

[HunterZero]

Pretty sure that's the replacement upper suspension arm that came with the Parma kit.

- James

[nosthevamp]

Yea the top link is definatly not the standard one turned upside down; I tried that so I could mount a damper on the front, did not work. In the end I used the JunFac mounts.

[zakspeed]

Yea the top link is definatly not the standard one turned upside down; I tried that so I could mount a damper on the front, did not work. In the end I used the JunFac mounts.

You can use standard servo mounts bolted to the upper standard arms, they give enough lift for s standard de springed rear Hornet shock to fit between. With the standard springs still in it's a perfect absorber in fact after trying numerous designs over the years it's definaltly one of the best i've used.

Regards the rear arms, thats a Parma aftermarket kit, it was used to eliminate the rear slop from wear, lots of kits came out. Model Cars Monthly once ran a feature using a similiar DIY version of the Parma kit..

Nice Frog by the way and one of my favourites having owned several