Some previous Q&A I put to JB after I was asked by guys on TC:
1) Any history behind the colors of choice for the Egress body shell?
JB: At that time I did not really have any fixed colours, so sometimes it was just plain white with decals (I am hopeless at painting RC shells) other times it was orange and white (I think)
2) What were the problems you faced with the original front suspension?
JB: The biggest issue I had with the front suspension was it either had Zero or close to zero caster, this made the car very nervous initially and then lack steering in the middle of a corner. At the Reedy race in the USA in 1990 we ran with the original set up and even had wishbones with two screw drivers through the pivot pin holes and heated up with a flame to try and twist the wishbone to give some caster. Once the suspension was changed the car handled well if not perfectly, but was very good on the bumps...
3) Why modify the rear suspension? Any problems there?
JB: No issues as I remember but Taki-San and Sugiama-San handmade completely new front and rear suspension at the same time for testing.
4) what do you think of the re-released new Duralumin front knuckles and new front shock tower design?
JB: Honestly speaking I did not notice as my memories of the car were with the modified suspension, so these details did not jump out to me.
5) You were in the middle of a very important era where you were involved in the evolution of Tamiya buggy design. What inspired you on the evolution process? Were Kyosho Optima mid or Yokomo Dogfighter or Schumacher Cat designs influential?
JB: It was not so much the design of the car it was all about the feel on the track, I never drove a Dogfighter or an Optima mid for any length of time but I was very accustomed to the Schumacher cat which was hard to drive but also very rewarding as the hard work resulted in very fast laps. When I initially went to the Egress it was nervous and lapped too slow, though I did win some races with it... here is a good race the car was actually not very good and I spent the whole race holding off Mark Tatman who was much faster, I think I won this national but I can’t remember - whatever it was a good race and the car was STD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znpjS3AGvrw