My All Time Favorite Vehicle !!!
Status: Project
Date: 22-Apr-2010
Comments: 17
Well I woke up one morning last week and got on ebay...I started searching around and came across this.....It was an American seller and since I live in America I see that the shipping was very low...Then I see the BIN or 'Make Offer'. I examined the pictures very closely. I saw the Tamiya 7.2 V Box but wondered if it was empty....I also noticed I didn't see the FAV decall sheet....So after I deliberated a few minutes....I threw caution to the wind and hit the BIN button.....When the package arrived I carefully opened the box and started to examine the contents. Every piece of this car is Brand new. Looks like someone started it...got bored and threw it in the closit for 25 years or so...On closer inspection of the manual the decal sheet fell out..Still in its original wrapper. I grabbed the Tamiya battery box...Wooohoo it was heavy and the 7.2 v battery was there. I will completely tear this down, start the build over and paint it accordingly. WOOOOOOHOOOOO !!!!!!!!
Comments
Jorisschulte
You lucky b.....rd!! Congrats on this treasure find
Dannie Boy
'WOW!' How lucky are you!! Can ya please give me next weeks Lottery Numbers? LOL!!! Very nice Mate wish it was mine, have fun with the build and show us the pics when finished Mate.
davidr2007
What a great story and geat find. Hope you do it box art and dispay it
JWeston
Fantastic! What a jaw droppingly gorgeous find! J
mr alan
Good luck man! Wow!
Funracer
You are a lucky man!
slimmy
Fantastic find. I too have been watching a couple fav's on the bay. I just may have to pick one of these up. But i already have so many that i got know were to store them all. And i still dont have a sand rover. Hey, wich came first the rover or the fav?
Tamiyamandan
The sand rover is car 24 and the FAV is car 46....I am gonna paint it box art and it well be a shelfer !!
pininy
Great CatcH!!!
Crash Cramer
Very nice buy Dan, awesome battery condition too. I know you will do it right, but if you are tempted to run it, buy a set of Buggy Champ wheels and rubber to preserve the originals.
L-U-K-E
I have a nice FAV for sale
Singleseven
A great find and a great gut-instinct... well done.
pcw 064
I can imagine you joy.Defenitively one Of Tamiya's masterpiece.Nice catch.
Henk4Focus
That is a fantastic find Dan!
tamiyaonebay
It's odd that someone actually built it up that much and then quit. The untold stories of Tamiya...
TIMECMDR
Great catch Dan, look forward to seeing the finished project
thebicyclejungle
A early bird catches the worm.. Nice find!
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