vintage rc10 dirt oval, bomber, rally builds

[The13bats 8]

New here but Not new to RC, been putzing with this stuff over 45 years, ive built more tamiya stuff than i can count,

My main thing the last many years was large scale gas but i like nitro over electric, yeah, im old school,

Lately ive been doing some associated rc10 custom on road builds, both nitro and electric, dirt oval, bomber, rally type builds, so im on the lookout for a few aftermarket parts like arms and bumpers,

Im hoping others are into old school junk as i am,

Cheers

b

[Dakratfink 967]

On 8/24/2020 at 12:30 AM, The13bats said:

New here but Not new to RC, been putzing with this stuff over 45 years, ive built more tamiya stuff than i can count,

My main thing the last many years was large scale gas but i like nitro over electric, yeah, im old school,

Lately ive been doing some associated rc10 custom on road builds, both nitro and electric, dirt oval, bomber, rally type builds, so im on the lookout for a few aftermarket parts like arms and bumpers,

Im hoping others are into old school junk as i am,

Cheers

b

Great looking build. It reminds me of one of the Spare parts asphalt basher my dad once built out of rear drive Optima pieces and a home made chassis plate.

Im considering picking up a Graphite TQ10  Here locally. I definitely appreciate the old school stuff.

if you are into pan car oval stuff I’ve got some associated 12L oval stuff. 

[The13bats 8]

Hey rat thanks for the reply and kindness,

I liked the optimas, worked on a couple never owned one,

Yeah my 10 in the pic, its further along, ill post new pics tonight,

its clean, rebuilt but not shelf queen detailed, im going to leave it junk yard looking,  i liked how it turned out so much i very well may do a twin but go electric on the twin,

Ironic you mention rc10s, as one project is a tribute build to my dad, hes gone now but he painted this bird body in the early 80s for a latrax car we had,

He had a bird similar to this but was white,  so i have been hunting an old school 12th pan car and admit i know very little about what 12th pans were out there, i sold a delta super phaser about 10 years back, should have kept it for this project, but didnt know then.

This body has right at 8" wheel base,

I plan to go old school electrics i have a good old tekin esc and several motors suitable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The13bats 8]

Here are a few pix of the rc10gt dirt oval build,

Hey, i thought i washed that bulkhead #%%@.

I placed a few restraints on myself, the body dates back to the 80s i actually raced a time or two with it on a modded rc10 goldie,

The body holes were in it and i didnt want more holes, i considered magnets but they loose the old school vibe clips have,

So i had to make the body mounts meet the body holes, with another restraint, little or no cutting up stock parts, the rear happened in a mix of parts all bolted together.

The front required one hole, in hindsite i could have done it with no hole in the part but i got lazy,

It worked out fairly well if i boast a little, with lots of room to raise the body if i wanna go ratfink tires on it.

The wheels and tires on it now are okay for playing, 2.2" i believe so 1:1 that would make a 22" diameter wheel, i bit tall, and a tire over a 1.5 ft wide out back, but it looks okay for now,

I really want to leave it a junkyard look but the hot pink just hurts my eyes so i will dye any pink or white parts red or black,

Im hunting aftermarket rear arms like andys or rpm that would cure my pinkeye and crp rear bumper, for vintage cool factor and a front street bumper of some sort.

If you can grab a Graphite TQ10 at a good price or you have an open budget go for it, they are just a blast.