1970's Baja Pics
I thought I would share these pics with you guys. They are from old 'Off-Road' magazines dating from 1973 to 1976. I'll be posting more soon. Notice the Sand Blaster Jr. tires on the first pic. Enjoy!
The real Rough Rider?
If you liked those pictures, you should see these...
1970^s Baja pics part 2
Comments
Jez Thain
fantastic!! never seen the 'real' rough rider before, very close to the model. I like the way the side pods tuck under on the body of the real car
Live Steam Mad
The resemblence is very striking in that first picture. Cheers, Alistair G.
Mad Ax
Excellent stuff! Those really were the golden days of off-road racing - I'd love to have been in that part of the world when all that was happening.
Crash Cramer
Very nice, thanks for sharing.
SB_Aust
Great reference pictures. Love the 1st pic,
surely this was the one which inspired Tamiya.
tuff bug
They look like models nice buggy champ
mongoose1983
Thanks for sharing these pictures!
swedishwiking
Who will be the first on TC with a replica of the car in the first pic?
scoobybooster
More more more!!! Thx very much for sharing,mate! I'm just loving it!
JayZ2000
nice -
Great scans, #5 makes me want a 1/10 scale Pinto body...
Volksrod
Great days of racing. Its no fun today, fannying around and too much health and safety. Great pics.
Badboy
Sorry to spoil it for everybody... But the Rough Rider did exist and was driven by Malcom Smith and Bud Feldcamp check my showroom or these:
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Awesome pictures!!! Would love to see the front of those mags!!! And yes MORE!!! MORE!!!
Longwaistround
Pic 4, right hand side, middle pic... it's a Wild one?! No? Great pics...def wating for some more!! Cheers
CASE1
great pics, thanks for sharing!
CARRERA
Love the picsw! The side body looks so much better tooked in at the bottom. The Super Champ body tucks in at the bottom and looks sooo much better. Thanks for sharing.
Crash Cramer
Carrera, Thanks for noting the SC has the tuck down sides as I thought mine had warped from too much heat. Perhaps Tamiya couldn't really achieve the tuck in with the water box they put in the SRB chassis. Now that we have water resistant radio gear, we can make an RR more like this in the photos by melting the sides. I wonder WHO will do that now??? I definitely like the lite pods on the front and just in front of the driver vs the roof.
Toykid
Volksrod already beat everyone to it: [Click here] he built more of a Funco replica by mixing the SC with the RR bodyset.
Toykid
You should join the SRB Group SIG and add these pictures to the gallery for easy reference in the future. Great find, thanks for sharing.
Badboy
Or join the Realcar reference: [Click here]
Awesome pics!!
Toykid
No Badboy! - this should definitely be added to the SRB Group SIG
beetleman
Last pic, at the bottom left - photo taken by Paul Neuman? Could that be THE actor? I know he was into racing...
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