So There I Was, Clearing Out The Loft...

[Vapin' Joe]

...when I came across these

Found the battery charger too

 

[classic33]

Fighter Buggy!!

 

[flake99please]

Can we have a topless photo por favor...

Thinking of selling?

 

[classic33]

Can we have a topless photo por favor...

Thinking of selling?

Go for the Toyota, 1/8th scale by the looks of it.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Go for the Toyota, 1/8th scale by the looks of it.

Both 1/10 scale. The saloon is actually a Honda, though I still have the original Toyota Celica bodyshell it came with. Both ballraced throughout and fitted with electronic speed controllers.

 

[classic33]

Both 1/10 scale. The saloon is actually a Honda, though I still have the original Toyota Celica bodyshell it came with. Both ballraced throughout and fitted with electronic speed controllers.

HPI bodyshell?

 

[Cycleops]

I'll raise you a Tanya F1.





Had it ages, insanely fast but has to run on absolutely level surface due to tiny clearance.

Also had the seventies Toyota Hi Lux with 4wd remote which I found out are sought after, sold it for more than £500 so its worth checking your loft!

 

[gbb]

I struggle to let mine go...A Traxxas nitro awd truck. It hasn't run in maybe 10 years, still cluttering up a shelf in the cupboard. Cost £500...worth peanuts really as a non runner. I really should spend a bit of time on it and get it going again....I keep telling myself that every time I look at it

 

[flake99please]

My pride & joy...

 

[Vapin' Joe]

HPI bodyshell?

I can't remember exactly, but I think it may be Tamiya.

I'll try charging the battery tonight as it's been dead for a few years. Otherwise off to Modelsport for a new one.

 

[dan_bo]

My pride & joy...

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That's one smart ultima.

 

[dan_bo]

I had a couple of Optima Mids in the '80s for racing at Bury. Good times.

Shocking fast these days though with their brushless motors and what have you.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

I struggle to let mine go...A Traxxas nitro awd truck. It hasn't run in maybe 10 years, still cluttering up a shelf in the cupboard. Cost £500...worth peanuts really as a non runner. I really should spend a bit of time on it and get it going again....I keep telling myself that every time I look at it

I'm in a similar situation with a Losi 8ightT 2.0 nitro truggy I bought, it's been in the garage for years. One day I'll fix it up - it's on my list of projects along with getting my old Brompton frame fixed up...

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I'll raise you a Tanya F1.

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Had it ages, insanely fast but has to run on absolutely level surface due to tiny clearance.

Also had the seventies Toyota Hi Lux with 4wd remote which I found out are sought after, sold it for more than £500 so its worth checking your loft!

I had a Porche group C bodyshell on either the same or a very similar chasis. Same problem as you, low ground clearance needed a flat surface and a clean one too as the exposed drive gear protruded below the floorpan and would pick up bits of grit and jam.

My all time favourite was this one I built in the mid eighties, 1/12 Tom's Toyota. Wickedly fast and fun to drive. They've reintroduced them now and I do fancy one again.

 

[flake99please]

That's one smart ultima.

Same designer, Akira Kogawa. But this is a 1/5th scale HPI Baja 5B.