Swap meet sand scorcher

[3speeder]

I just bought a sand scorcher at a recent swap meet. Almost complete original car came with a bunch of extras, wheels, suspension, gears etc. The body is in good shape but is missing everything but the window, the rear license plate cover, nose cone and rear body mount. The chassis is in good shape but is missing the front bumper, speed controller, steering linkage from the servo, and two of the servo case locks.

How hard is it to find the missing body parts and or what fits from the re release?

I'm not sure if I should try and restore it, or restore/modify it for some light back yard running or shelf it just the way it is. I'll post pics later today.

[3speeder]

pics

[mongoose1983]

I just bought a sand scorcher at a recent swap meet. Almost complete original car came with a bunch of extras, wheels, suspension, gears etc. The body is in good shape but is missing everything but the window, the rear license plate cover, nose cone and rear body mount. The chassis is in good shape but is missing the front bumper, speed controller, steering linkage from the servo, and two of the servo case locks.

How hard is it to find the missing body parts and or what fits from the re release?

I'm not sure if I should try and restore it, or restore/modify it for some light back yard running or shelf it just the way it is. I'll post pics later today.

Congrats, that is a fantastic original Sand Scorcher. Looks great!

I'm afraid the missing parts are not easy, nor cheap to find. The door handles, mirrors, and original lic. plates, might fetch some interesting sums on eBay. If I was you I would try the auctions, maybe you hit the jackpot.

If the Scorcher was mine I'd only run it once, and then retire it to the shelf. That is a nice specimen, and with little work it will grace beautifully your place

[3speeder]

So i decided to paint up a re release body in red and yellow to put on my sand scorcher. I pulled the chassis apart and cleaned everything, added bearings and assembled. I'm looking at electronics for this and may just buy a xl-5 and run a 2s 4000 mah lipo with the stock motor. Is that to much for this? Just looking for fun and run times.

[mongoose1983]

A picture or two would be nice

[3speeder]

Pic as it sits

[mongoose1983]

You did a good job with that complex paintscheme!

[gozone]

Nice work on that bodyshell. The xl-5 and batterychoice will be just fine, and if you find it too fast, you can use the lower gearing for the car, as they came with 2 choices originally, a fast and a slower setup. I have chosen the "low" speed setting on mine, which is fast enough in my opinion.

[3speeder]

I only have the "fast" gearing for it, if its too much I can swap it with my original rough rider which has the "low" gearing. I just finished making the radio box screws, the ones that hold the top down. I just need to get the esc and a few misc items and it will be ready to run. I also want to try and build the box art front bumper, I just need to get some aluminum and setup the tig.