Garage find: Original 1981 Sand Rover : Restoration Part 1
This 1981 vintage car belonged to my younger brother, who then gave it to a mate of mine, sometime around 1988. It's been in his garage for about 31 years. Actually several garages as he's moved around a bit. He gave it back to me, and I have decided to restore it to running condition.
Taking the advice of several TCers I'm going to leave the body with it's genuine 37-year-old patina. The chassis will be cleaned up a bit (and dead crawlies removed) so that I can run it reasonably well. The first step will be a careful strip down and clean.
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37 years of dust and dead crawlies
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Tea, shortbread and a filthy car
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Severely injured driver. What was he eating?
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What's inside? More dirt and dead bugs.
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Bonus find! The missing arm! And lots of blood!
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Open gearbox = gearbox full of grit
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Slightly tarnished stock 540
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Servo! With ICs! WOW! It grinds when it moves.
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Front tyres - shot.
Rear tyres - bald but still useable!
Rear 'suspension' and more grime
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Hornet SC resistors. And more grime.
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Front right suspension stay - broken.
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Front left suspension stay - broken.
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BONUS FIND! The original speed control!
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Found in my 'useful box' - it looks new! (ish)
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BONUS FIND! A high power BLACK motor!
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Very early ESC. I think I used this in a plane.
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Plastic bearings - MIND THE GAP.
Comments
neobrunox
Nice project , always wanted to restore one of these
Buzsig
Great project
MAD-BEE
Nice find indeed!
KEV THE REV
Nice bonus finds in there . Should all turn out well . The 480RS is from the Marui RC models , Big Bear etc , quite rare
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