Vintage Series 2012/13
 

Yes, it's nearly that time already!
Get those pre-94 cars dusted off and ready to roll :thumbsup:

How does roughly the 3rd Friday in the month sound? Starting with September.:woot:

Yeah baby!
 

I'm in for more vintage fun, gonna be the cougar all series this time no more tamiya bathtub type chassis lol :thumbsup:

Yep i'm in! now i'm settled in the new house seriously need to drag my arse out the house to have some play time! :thumbsup:

I am deffo up for a slice of this action this year, thanks to Jessop Snr :thumbsup: Different rides for each round ?? :woot:

i`m in and hopefully vintage will be well supported this year.
how many rounds are we having (7 and best 5 to count?) any rules?

If only I had a chassis and gearbox for my RC10 :rolleyes:

:blush: clearly my memory was affected by being ill, I will dig it all out for you this week!

Simple rules I think:
1) That specific model must have been released prior to 1st January 1994
2) You must have fun
3) Re-releases allowed providing they are not a modern buggy with an old body on (EG: Tamiya Holiday Buggy Re-Re is a no no, Tamiya Boomerang Re-Re is a yes yes!)
4) Period upgrades allowed - if it was available when the car was new then you can run it (this includes repro parts)
5) Brushless motors, modern electronics, lipos, modern wheels and tyres are all allowed
6) You must have fun
7) Due to numbers in other classes a round may be postponed should there be too many heats (so bring your modern car too!)
8) 7 rounds, best 5 rounds to count
9) You must have fun

So the dates for this series will be:
14th September
19th October
16th November
21st December
18th January
15th February
15th March

I think that covers everything - have I mentionend that this is all just for fun?!

woohoo my bosscat works has a 1993 sticker on the box! I'm in then! :)

Harris, do you want my box of RC10 bits again?

Thanks pete

Yes please mikey

I need a rc10 to play will try and get one when i come back from hols so keep me in mind if u got one coming up for sale

I think Chris on wheels was going to sell his.

PETE: Rules #2 #6 and #9 are a bit vague, maybe you need to add a rule #10 to re-iterate a little.

No I keeping my Rc10. I'm selling my SC10.:thumbsup:

As I'm only up in Glos and it sounds like fun, I'm tempted to get a car and have a go myself.

The last time I raced was in 1995, so these cars are still modern to me :o although the operator is nearing vintage :lol:

Trevor.

Hmm, how about: "Thou shalt enjoy thyself immensely" as the 10th commandment? :woot:

The more the merrier Trev, as long as it complies with the rules you can run it!

Wish I could attend...does a yz10 '94 count?

Sorry, wouldn't count for the series points:(
You'd be welcome to come and run it anyway :)
Lovely car though, if I could then I'd have one in my collection in an instant:wub

Going by the list of cars ive just read then my Hotshot will be outclassed straight away

The good news is it looks like my Mini Mustang is now all working as it should do, ive built 2 now one absolutely standard and one will all the hot ups for the time. If anyone has a Futaba 131sh servo i would love to buy it to put in the car to make it even more period.

Cheers

Rich

May I refer you to Rules #2 #6 and #9 :woot:

I think you'd be surprised. Get a set of plastic wheel hexes from a Tamiya touring car and then you'll be able to run any 12mm hex wheel to fit modern rubber so that it's got some grip!:lol:

It'll be amazing to see your PB on track Rich:thumbsup:

You'd be fine.....

1st year I ran my fire dragon with a 10.5 boosted touring setup was hilarious finished 3rd
2nd year I ran my manta ray with same setup finished 2nd

This year is a cougar 1/2 hybrid cos I wanted to play 2wd again

It's a laugh whatever you run specially vintage tamiya stuff :thumbsup:

http://www.oople.com/forums/%3Ca%20h...img0282zqr.jpghttp://www.oople.com/forums/%3Ca%20h...mg0282zqr.jpg]Its working and looking not to bad, im all ready for vinatge now, something a bit different to run.

Cheers

Rich


http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5720/img0282zqr.jpg

im in rc10 for me cant wait to try my hands at vintage:)

Just testing the water really..

is there anyone out there that wants to run vintage but is looking for a car?

I'd be happy to part with my bosscat and bosscat works (1993) as a package so you'd have plenty of spares?

Moving house soon so need to thin out the collection again..

Runners and Riders so far:

Brian Spooner - Losi XX
Martyn Spooner - Losi XX
Phil Caines - Losi XX
Mike Baldwin - feeble excuses as to why he can't race despite me putting his RC10 back together for him!
Dave Belsten - Yokomo?
Dave Jackson - Cougar 2
Rych Brind - Tamiya Hotshot (go on go on go on go on!)
Matt Lovett - Mystery 4wd!
Pete Belsten - RC10 Team
Chris Steed - RC10 Team
Paul Knight - RC10 CE Stealth
Dean Morgan - RC10 CE 6 gear
Craig Harris - an assortment of RC10 bits & Chris Steed's RC10 for round 1!
Rich Whitehead - PB Mini Mustang or dunken ebay purchase of an Optima Mid
Jay Mills? - Mardave Cobra
Si Osborne? - Losi Jrx2

Who have I missed and will we really get all these people racing vintage on the same night?!!:woot:

include me please ,dean morgan ,RC10 gold tub ,:)cheers

I wont be able to make the first race as im away, but ill be driving a different make of 4wd this year in the Vintage series :)

After a drunken purchase of ebay, im after some optima mid parts, the main thing is spur gear and wheels, but will take most things as i have no spares at all.

Cheers

Rich

Something really rare like a AYK Viper or a Tomy Intruder?

Cheers

Rich

You can't leave us hanging like that! Hmmm, Kyosho?

Most 12mm hex wheels will fit - I think fastrax do some that would fit, I suspect RW still do spur gears. I hope the idler gear in the gearbox is ok as that's the only part that is super mega extremely rare! The rest of the parts are just rare, but they are out there :D

If I can then it will be a trx1.. need a servo though..

anyone have any experience of these?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alturn-USA...ht_1431wt_1163

after using cheaper servo`s in a cougar and having them fail i would go for a better quality such as a savox.
especially in a vintage where parts are hard to source and we want to see your vintage on the track this year mike and not in bits

I went for a 20 pound servo, Martyn recommended scanner rc, have also read good reports about the power hd servos.
Budget vintage racing:thumbsup:

I run cheap Alturn in my club 22 and the 22T. Seem fine and have held up in some big(ish) crashes without a servo saver. Still use Scanner too. Think JE had a sale on them a while back.

you running in this years vintage phil?.

Not sure what vintage flavour cars if any I will be running this winter we will see

Yes i will be Bri, looking forward to seeing you all:thumbsup:

Not again!:p

Hurrah, my taunting worked! :p

maybe but only maybe

now if only I could find someone to install electrics in some of the rebuilt cars :woot:

Thanks to Jessop Snr for breathing life in to the old dogs :wub