Vintage Wheelie Whats-it?

[JoFan]

So, I know it's not Tamiya, first off, but I was hoping maybe some of you guys could help me nail down what I've built here. I'm 95% sure it's the same chassis as a Bolink Little Red Wagon. But it doesn't have that body.

 

 

Top of chassis:

 

And bottom:

 

I've had this thing for maybe 10 years. I remember wanting a Digger, and found this, but soon after got out of the hobby for a while. I just go to tinkering the other day, and saw that CRC had released rubber capped foams, and decided to pick some up and make this a runner. Has the usual FlySky GT2B, AND HobbyWing 1060 combo. It had a vintage Trinity Midnight motor already in it, from God only knows where, and a Futaba S148. The top deck looked like it was designed for a shorty pack, so I robbed a Frog and threw one in there mounted with industrial Velcro. It's for sure a handful! Wheelies with the slightest throttle, and man do these tires STICK!! No joke, they stick to the glass on my coffee table, and have collected lint from the carpet. Thinking about building a pan car now, just to use these tires on something.  SO, has anyone seen one of these things before?

 

[JoFan]

Wow, I thought my post had been deleted. I didn't even know this part of the forum was here! Guess I should have scrolled a little farther.

 

[Backlash]

It looks to be a Bolink Digger Chassis to me..

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=bolink+digger&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivwfjixLjOAhVIo5QKHYF7CbkQsAQIHA&biw=1366&bih=622

 

[JoFan]

It is VERY similar to the Digger. The digger doesn't have a center plate to mount the battery, and the front suspension is mounted on there underside of the plate, versus the top, like mine, and like the one from this post:

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=19370

Here's the chassis from that post. Mine is virtually Identical, but the wheelie bar is slightly different, and I have no front body mount posts. 

The other difference, is this chassis has a differential, whereas the Digger does not. The only thing that makes it odd is the body. I can't find where any of the diggers ever came with this body, and the wheelbase wouldn't line up anyway. Guess I'll dig through some RCCA back issues and see if I can find anything.

[Backlash]

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Could it be a Bolink Legends Chassis then?..

 

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=bolink+legends+chassis&biw=1366&bih=622&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj685-gnM7OAhVGppQKHYeMC8QQ_AUIBigB

[JoFan]

It's somewhere in between. Wheelbase is too short to be a legends. I had one of those, thought I still did, but I can't see, to find it. The upper chassis plate on it is slotted, and a lot longer than this one. I dunno, it's just an oddity, it seems. Wish I had all y old Tower catalogs from over the years. I can't seem to find it in any RCCA back issues, because they don't have the ads.