SG COYOTE 4WD vintage racer
 

This project seriously has taken up a lot of my spare time for a quite a while. I really didn't want to half do this car and I've had the completed car in mind all this time. This SG has turned out exactly as I had hoped and I am really happy with the finished product.
The inspiration for this build steps back to when I first began racing off road in the 1980's. I found out a class mate in high school had one of these cars and he never got it onto the race track so I asked him to come along with me to a meeting to run his car out on a real race track. While he really enjoyed the meeting his car let him down in a big way. The plastic input drive gears in the gearboxs didn't last long and his car was plagued with other problems. Sadly despite all our best efforts we never did get that car to work properly and in the end the car was sidelined and replaced by a JRX PRO.
All these years later and not to be beaten by a few gremlins I wanted to build up a car that in a way resembled that of the car which failed us all those years ago. I still don't think this car is the ideal vintage racer but I am confident I could get this car to finish a race or too (even if at the back end of the field).
I opted to fit EAGLE 'Supershot' type spikes as these were the tyres my old pal ran on his car back in the day. Everything on this car had to be period correct right down to the Beat2 radio set which he used back then.
Today I wish we were still intouch but sadly I moved states not long after finishing high school and we lost contact. If only I could find him now and hand him the transmitter so he could take this car for a spin and relive childhood memories the way they should have been :mrgreen:
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Wow Jason that looks fantastic and I loved reading the story! :)

Look for him on facebook. loads and loads of tralling and you might come up trumps mate.
now is that a split stick pack or a funny saddle......
Manic

In the past I have tried looking him up on FB but had no luck. But, I just tried again and think I've found him. There's no picture of him but after seeing his friends list I am certain it is him.
He now has a friends request plus a msg with a couple of pictures of this build.

I hot my fingers crossed for you. you just gotta go to america next and race it

manic

Awesome build Jason!!!

now that is a nice vintage chassis, another one of those ahead of its time 'concept' designs

Wow fantastic car Jason! I remember seeing one of those crazy italian cars on the mags back in the day, but this is the first time I see one on the Web.
Your car is really great but the story is even better.

Wow, that is awesome. First vintage rebuild I've seen of a Coyote.
I remember seeing sketchy black and white photos of them in the magazines back in the day but never actually saw one in real life.
Great job :thumbsup:

I remember seeing one at a national meet and thinking it was very interesting to look at, but possibly a bit fragile.

Very nice build though. :)

I've never seen one before, but I love that chassis design. Really neat packaging, if not exactly the last word in centre of gravity!

Thanks for sharing - and great story too. :)