Team Associated Advanced Racing Products MID motor converted RC10

Well, well well! This is my latest build for our vintage racing series called Nordic Vintage Challenge.

First race for it coming this weekend in Eskilstuna, Sweden.

This was originally a 'Gold pan' or 'Classic car'. It's then converted to a mid motor car using the VERY rare kit from the company Advanced Racing Products back in the day. I've also put Andy's wishbones on it. Modern big bore shocks. Modern electronics and a 17.5 B/L motor.

I first got hold of a kit on ebay/US many years ago. Which I sold to a friend who had been looking for this for a long time. I later regretted selling it so I searched for a new kit. Again ebay/US delivered. But the seller would only ship to the US, so I shipped it to the mother of a friend from the US. Then corona struck... 2 years went by and she had misplaced it... But just before Christmas she finally found it and I got my hands on it :-)

Here is a tread about this kit:
https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=21139&sid=5cf68b4be61865f54ab2421bfe6e7142

A comment from the manufacturer:
'I actually was 'Advanced Racing Products' back in the late 80's. I was just 19 selling these out of my parents garage. I sold about 500 to 600 of these kits before shutting things down about a year or two later. The original kit was a much less sophisticated design. That kit sold for $69.95 and there were probably less than 100 ever sold. My friend Donnie was actually the brains behind this design and he also machined the all the parts. Composite Craft in Florida made special made the carbon fiber chassis for me, and later I just bought the material from them and Donnie machined those too. The kit consisted of a CF chassis, bulkhead (aluminum), transmission brace (aluminum), shock tower (fiberglass), and gear cover (lexian). Unfortunately, I did not have the expertise to create a new gear cover that fit correctly, so I just included an aftermarket JG gear cover that could be trimmed to 'kindof' fit. Towards the end, a customer from Wichita Kansas, who worked with plastics by trade, made and sold a gear cover that fit the kit perfectly. The kit worked really well compared to the home-made ones that I would often see. Most of the home-made ones reversed the rear A-arms which would actually cause the rear tires to 'toe-out' instead of keeping the proper 'toe-in' of the RC-10. $90 was a lot of money, but keep in mind that just a CF chassis back then sold for almost this much. /Jim'

Let's see how she performs...