Thanks for the info, looks like I got lucky!
It looks to me like one of the battery holders has been cut on the top, presumably to allow removal of the battery without unscrewing anything.
Do I really need that top plate? I'll be running an ESC.
Thanks for the information about the wheels, I'd like to keep the originals if possible, so if there are current production tires that gives me options.
If I do end up needing new wheels, I had assumed that I would end up making new axles anyway, so fitment won't be a big deal.
I may end up making new axles either way, because I would like the ability to use wheel nuts rather than E-clips.
It's a shame about the rear bumper.
I did suspect that this was missing, but then I found some photos of another Meteor that didn't have one.
That made me think that this was one of the differences between the SWB and LWB versions, but I guess it must just have been that the car in the photo was missing its rear bumper too!
The body is something that I am still thinking about.
I'd like to do a box art version, but there have been a couple of different ones. Do you happen to know which particular box art version is the correct one for my model?
I'm seriously toying with the idea of using the current body to make a vacuum forming buck.
All of the repo bodies I've seen appear to be the newer style with the rear fender things on the sides.
I think I'd like to mold the body so that I have the ability to replace it if it gets damaged.
It would be nice to have an ABS one for display and a Lexan 'stunt double' for when I run the car.
I'm not going to be bashing this car, but ABS is pretty fragile compared to Lexan, especially when it's decades old.
If you have it handy, I would really appreciate a scan of the manual.
I feel like I have combed the entire internet with no luck
