Vintage Super Champ Resto Mod

[Static Age]

Bought a very well used vintage super champ on the bay a few weeks ago.

When it turned up it was a lot worse than I thought, all the metal work was painted in black, gold or silver brush paint. After taking it all apart things got worse, stripped threads, wrong nuts & bots, self tappers jammed in places, one brass UJ & one steel (painted gold) & not to mention more things covered in terrible paint. 

It was too far gone to make a 100% vintage resto so I decided on a custom build with aftermarket & rere parts.

As it arrived, minus the upper deck.

 

The dreaded paint

After paint stripping & fine wire wheel. 

Front end assembled & pargu chassis at the ready. At this point I stripped the rear damper to find that the piston rod was bent in 3 places.

I manage to rescue the clear gear cover after cleaning the paint off with thinners. I was about to put the drive shafts in when I noticed a bend right next to the threaded end, how is that even possible?

Original sand blaster juniors & marui good year tyres on rough rider wheels with pargu alloy covers.

Front damper were sourced from ebay, 80mm with internal springs, I used the brass bottom mount from the original srb dampers.

Rear oil bottle & bracket are from RC channel as well as the arms that attach to the rear damper.

Rere body

Decided to make my own roof, I find the roof with the wing makes the buggy look a bit high. Polished up the plastic of the body & finished it off with a combination of rere & repro decals.

 

 

[SRB Bloke]

That's some nice work......    

[Shodog]

That turned out really nice.  The aluminum chassis is a huge upgrade over the flexy stocker.

[Static Age]

Thanks guys. I used the stock upper deck as a template to make a carbon composite one. Its all ready to go now, I'll wait for nicer weather before a run.

I'm using the Tamiya GT tuned motor, what do you think is the best gearing, 65t or 70t spur?

[casethejoint]

That's looking pretty slick