PB Mini Mustang's in 'AUSTRALIA 2009'
 

Just thought i'd post some pics of a couple of PB's Ive ben working on over the past couple of days.
My good friend James has a few spares and has been wanting a Mini Mustang for a while after seeing mine run. I gladly offered to get his car sorted with the best of the bits he had plus a few parts i had spare also.
Ive been running my car (the blue one) for a little while now and have had a ball with it.
Both cars have the ball raced bearing tensioner, 48dp spur, new belts and pulleys, uni's all round and a custom made rear fibreglass tower with built in period wing mounts. James's car has a very nice set of 2.2inch alloy Pepperdots while mine has a saddle pack arrangement.
Ive spent the day stripping my car down, cleaning and sealing up the centre spline from dirt and debris.
Hopefully tomorrow we'll be out running these cars and should get back here with some action pics.:thumbsup:

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wow now that does bring back memories wish i could get my grubby paws on one of those again looking good mate

Sweet cars:thumbsup:

Which spur gear have you got? I need a 48dp one for my Mustang:)

Hi Jason, i didn't realise you had a PB as well as your many Schumachers. Both looking good though mate.:)

The "blue" car looks like it's running a CAT 2000ish slipper and spur.

Hello John,
My Mustang is fitted with a Schumacher slipper (BOSSCAT) and runs the schuey spurs. The yellow car has a genuine 90t PB 48dp spur. I didnt even know PB had any of these but its the only one Ive ever seen.

Hello Neil,
Yeah Im fascinated by many of the old cars. I have quite a collection now from many different manufacturers. I even have a nib Maxima too

You'll have to get some pics up of the others, mate.

One of these days I'll get them all out at once and snap away. Here's my Maxima kit, how rare do you reckon this is?

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...mac/Maxima.jpg

As rare as hens teeth mate! Looks amazing a real piece of RC history.:thumbsup:

Yep theeae are bring back memories I had one when I was about ten so 24 yes ago!

Can't remember if it was mini mustang or maxima though - I know it had a two speed gearbox In it

Yep, Schumacher slipper. Quite an easy but very worthwhile mod.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i133/bormac/PB2-1.jpg

...and Ive made a plate to protect the rear end. Ive seen a mate bust the plastic spine well and good. Simple but also a real life saver ( ever seen a spline for sale-I haven't).

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i133/bormac/PB3-1.jpg

That looks really neat. Used to have a PB Ace myself, beautiful car....

wow wish i still had one what ever happened to pb racing

PB Racing disappeared because they couldn't keep up with the competition. They were a small company that couldn't invest heavily to expand like other car manufacturers.

Dominated 1/8th on road here until the likes of Serpent invested heavily in CAD/CAM technology and development, they couldn't compete.

Successful in 1/8th off road until the Kyosho Burns came along and again they couldn't compete with them.

Got into 1/10th off road with the first competition 4wd buggy, but without the resources to keep up when Schumacher and their team drivers developed the CAT, which then became the car everyone wanted. As everyone who wanted a mid engined belt drive chassis went for the CAT, PB copied the 6 year old Optima layout on the Ace, the rear motor supposedly the way forward. No one took the bait, so that ended PBs foray into 1/10th buggies.

Early 90s they concentrated on 1/5th scale, with the PB Dart, nice to look at but once again when the other companies started developing their cars they were left behind.

PB shut it's doors in 1996.

Keith Plested is still around though, he now runs KP Designs, started in 2000 manufacturing upgrades for FG 1/5th scale cars. Now concentrating on 1/5th bikes and being very successful at it.

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Hi all,
Being a massive pb fan thought I'd post a few!

Terry knows his stuff !!

Nova - Did you find a manual and a proper set of front shocks for the Ace then? Awesome!

ace
 

Hi Si,
Yeah i got a manual and some stickers but best of all i got a new shell!!
The shocks are brimods.
cheers Peter.

some more pic's!

really wish i had kept my mustangs and maxima. still have my pb ace, it was never as good as a maxima though. still have the original adjustable shocks for my ace, used to race it on brimods though. really should get round to restoring it to working order

Even though the ACE was a total flop I still want to get my hands on one. Not so sure it would run any good but it would be pretty cool getting one of these cars and seeing it run again. LOL!

Slightly off topic but do you have any vintage Yokomo Jason?

Yup, this one.:D

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That would look great on my shelf...

The Ace wasn't that bad to drive, it just wasn't nearly good enough. Against the Optima Mid I'd been using before it was respectable, but it was no Procat. The rear motor wasn't really the problem - the drivetrain wasn't all that reliable (melted a few diffs) and it was a pig to set up. The suspension lacked conventional options and relied on you playing around with those fancy shocks to adjust it.
I only raced it a couple of times because even back then it was rare and the diff problems meant getting spares direct from PB. Who it must be said were superb - I'd send them a bust part, they would send me an updated replacement in a few days. They were clearly using customer feedback to improve the car.
It was getting pretty sorted when I had a go of a Yokomo a lot like Bormacs. There was simply no way it could compete.

Re Bormac, Si, he is Schumacher all the way through and has some truly beautiful and rare models, i've dealt with him a few times and he's ace plus he has a few other vintage goodies.

....and even better on the race track- :thumbsup:

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If you ever sell it Jason please give me first refusal.

Yeah I have a few Schueys but heaps of other rare buggies too. What about my AYK Boost? Or Nikko BRAT ?

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i133/bormac/AYK15.jpg

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Dude we first got to know each other on the Schumacher forum so don't let the side down, get some pics up!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Dont worry Neil, Im still a Schumacher nut through and through :lol: My Procat is still my favourite. I took these two with me the other day for a meet with some of my other vintage mates here in Australia, and yes the track was a little wet- LOL.

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Jason you really an expert in this field, i would love to bring my pretty modern B44 to see you as it would be more than racing however it would be fun and that is the main objective. Is the St Ives track from '89 still around?

When I was in Sydney last week I took the yoke for a run at the new St Ives race track. They levelled the old track and started again. While the new track has lost the original tracks soul its a far better modern day facility now. The off road electric scene is booming in Sydney right now. Im moving back there next week actualy so you'll be seeing even more vintage pics again soon.

So if i and my much better half came to Aus you could guide us in the right direction to the race track?? J Boy i wanna race you!!! x( not gay)

Neil,
If you can make it to Australia I'll drive you around to all the race tracks throughout the Sydney region. Even though I have raced my CAT sx and 501X I still enjoy the vintage stuff more. I can drive ok but Im far from the most competitive out there. I'll try and give you a run for your money but you should be aware we dont race on astro much here, just slippery dirt.

Dude i'll ask the wife (to be) and if it's on we are there. Fun is the word!!! Are you on Facebook?

Jimmy Oople came out here a whlie back and I think he had a good time. The Sydney crew are a accomodating bunch and the tracks are quite good for electric.
It would be an honour to pick you up and run you around. We have a vintage meeting at Ryde in November too.
What vintage buggies do you have now?

I sold all my vintage rides some time ago just got the modern gear now.

:woot: I´m a yokomo fan but that ayk Boost is the sweetest thing i have seen ever! Awesome.. And how does that yz-870c drive? Would be intressting to hear from aguy had them all :thumbsup: vintage cars that is. Cheers

help with manual for pb buggy 9 see pic plz)
 

just inherited a pb buggy ( see pic ) but needs a rebuild and wondered if anyone had a manual they could copy for me please.

is this a maxima or mustang ???

also looking to get a body if someone could help with where to buy from

this is a 13 yr old boys project as it was his uncles car from a long time ago and he died in iraq recently and he wants to get running in his memory

hope someone can help him