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Dog chases the cat conversion
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Just wondering if anyone has an example of the 'dog chases the cat' converted Yokomo?:wub I'd love to see a photo as an adult, from memory it was a Yokomo with a Pro-Cat or Cat XLS front end - idea being that car would have the best of the YZ-10 and Schumacher cat. Would have been late eights very early nineties I think! Cheers Adrian |
Chap in Iconic FB group has such a machine
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That is owned by Jiffy, hand built by his father. As you can see he has recently restored it.
http://www.oople.com/forums/attachme...1&d=1453511930 http://www.oople.com/forums/attachme...1&d=1453511993 |
Yes the Dogcat he was struggling with it at last year's revival he said it use to go well when it was originally made
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I think the extra pace given by that brushless motor & the high grip astro was throwing up some slight handling issues. First off the angle of the front steering links was causing some quite major bump-steer (some washers under the ball stud on the hub end helped a little bit). Then the heavily lightened (and already narrow) front area of the chassis allowed the whole front end to twist giving it a kind of 'active-steering' effect! On the whole though, with a little work I would imagine it could be made to work very well!!
Adrian - where would you have been racing in the late 80s/early 90s? Jiffy's DogCat would have been in action in the Northants/Milton Keynes area - specifically the Toddington club. |
The CAT had bags and bags of steering in an age when many cars struggled in that area - which was probably the thinking behind the conversion. That advantage is neutralised by today's high grip tracks though.
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Thanks for all the replies :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Clever original engineering is why I loved and still love model car racing :wub:thumbsup: |
Was this car a one off conversion then? Mega wow if it was! I always thought it was a small scale commercial product by a 3rd party (obviously not Yokomo or Schumacher!!).
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Another one here from the old Silverstone days. I still keep in touch with Tesh aswell....
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I remember a big Silverstone buggy club meeting one weekend, he qualified on pole with Schumacher's Tim Waldren either second or third. Unfortunately for Tesh, Tim managed to squeeze in front on a small mistake on the opening lap, but what unfolded was the most patient controlled attack ever, complete respect of Tim's position on the track (and maybe within Schumacher Racing :)). Tesh got to within a nats whisker on numerous occasions but never touched Tim car. Great driving, great memories :thumbsup: |
Ears, dats mine init :)
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Did you race that body on a pro cat or a boscat on the way to winning a club championship at Towcester football club off road? (Silverstone Buggy club) Probably early 90s late 80s? |
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I didn't realise the 'DogCat' was your dad's work - brilliant idea and execution!:thumbsup: |
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Its funny - there's so many of us racers from those old days that are either still racing, or who have come back to the hobby in more recent years. I think I was a little bit later to the Schumacher Challenge series than most of you guys - but I remember racing at Silverstone's track at the football club in Towcester for probably the last two years before they moved to Pottersbury School with my Mardave Cobra. I have fond memories of that series, run between the four main clubs in Northamptonshire - sending off my entries with an SAE & cheque for payment to each club & waiting patiently for my entry confirmation to be returned. I still have my runner-up series trophy for the last time it was run (1998 I think?)
I started racing at the small indoor club in Parson's Hall in Irchester, N'Hants. Jiffy, Tesh, Kurt, Steve Swan, Jonathan Murphy, Steve Ware (Charlie's dad) John Fillingham were all regulars - with occasional visits from Ant Hill & Rob Gammon :thumbsup: |
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I remember Kurt's Yokomos, always superbly built and presented. I think his body shells were easily some of the best painted in the club!:thumbsup: |
Do you mean the indoor series that were run between the DMS & Silverstone clubs? Held for a while at Lings Forum (Northampton) for the Silverstone events & at a Leisure Centre in Watford (different to the still current location) for the DMS meetings - both with Ray Paice at race control :thumbsup:
I managed to get some good results with my Mardave Cobra at these events - that car liked flat carpet tracks! |
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