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Originally Posted by discostu
i think your find the first plastic pred was releised in 94 the carbon version with the bolt on gearboxs and clear wishbones was relesed in 92 im pretty sure reble knows what he is talking about as his brother owns the pred company.
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Lol this is interesting now... i admit my memory aint what it used to be, but when i wrote my previous post a few days ago, to check i went back to the RC car magazines of the day, found the original magazine review of the first production Predator kit ( the XT with carbon chassis & bolt on bulkheads ). There was a fair bit about it in '94, and another review in the same year with Kevin Moore and Richard Weatherly and the magazine reviewer testing both Kevins Pred XT and his new Losi XX.
With a quick flick through Pre '94 magazines I couldnt find anything other than an advert showing the original Predator prototype ( carbon weave chassis, bolt on bulkheads and beautifully ally machined gearbox/bulkhead tops which obviously never made it into production - shame, they looked ace ! ) nor did i find anything of the predator production cars in race reports before 94', other than a little talk about the prototype. Which i think did have clear wishbones at some point ?
But of course it could have been released before 94, just not made it into the magazines of the day or i just missed it in my haste.
So, if anyone knows exactly when it was released as a production kit for definate, please tell ... just to save me going through another 2+ years of old magazines
