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10 hours ago, graemevw said:

What was the first tamiya to have independent 4 wheel suspension and 4 coil over oil shocks? 

Big wig? 

Just a semi educated guess 🤔

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IIRC, first Tamiya with 4 wheel independent suspension and oil dampers could be the Wild One, but rear dampers are no coil overs, so 4 independent coil overs should be the Supershot.

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39 minutes ago, a.w.k. said:

IIRC, first Tamiya with 4 wheel independent suspension and oil dampers could be the Wild One, but rear dampers are no coil overs, so 4 independent coil overs should be the Supershot.

Indeed. Its later on in the run of cars than you'd think.

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4 hours ago, a.w.k. said:

Who "made" the Sand Scorcher Headlights?

Bosch I believe, it would have been VW's own brand had it been a pre 1950 beetle I think.

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Here's another one. What's the first Tamiya off-roader to have a ball differential?

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20 minutes ago, Saito2 said:

Here's another one. What's the first Tamiya off-roader to have a ball differential?

Avante?

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31 minutes ago, Saito2 said:

I thought that too for a long time, but there is an earlier one...

Oh yeah! I never knew.

But i had to look it up which is cheating so ill let someone else answer.

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4 hours ago, a.w.k. said:

Celica Gr.B center diff?

Correct, that's the one I was going for.

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40 minutes ago, a.w.k. said:

The Subaru Brat body was intended to be used on which chassis other than ORV?

I'm sure I read this a couple of weeks ago, is it the SRB chassis?

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On 11/4/2019 at 5:32 AM, graemevw said:

What was the first tamiya to have independent 4 wheel suspension and 4 coil over oil shocks? 

Falcon? :lol:

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4 hours ago, yogi-bear said:

I'm sure I read this a couple of weeks ago, is it the SRB chassis?

some say it is a SRB, some say it is not.....

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21 hours ago, graemevw said:

Hahaha, thats great!! Didnt know that. Is it the same on the rere and monster beetle etc?

afaik it is on all Tamiya beetle derivatives

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3 hours ago, a.w.k. said:

some say it is a SRB, some say it is not.....

super champ then?

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51 minutes ago, yogi-bear said:

super champ then?

correct, here is the instruction leaflet of the Subaru Brat Body Set:

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On 11/5/2019 at 2:57 PM, Falcon#5 said:

Falcon? :lol:

Falcon was the second Car with 4 coilovers😉

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7 minutes ago, a.w.k. said:

Iirc,

58054 SuperShot 4 c/o

58055 Boomerang 3 c/o

58056 Falcon 4 c/o

58050?

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