New here and what is it.

[Hearselover]

Hi everyone and sorry to make my first post a question but ive been given an old ic car and think its an SG but not sure what model it is, it does have an OS engine. I was told its late 70's early 80's but cant honestly remember ever seeing one when i was racing then. Anyway being given this has re ignited my interest and forced me up into the loft and shed to see what I still had and so far have pulled out:

Tamiya Ford Ranger with box and spares
Tamiya Rough Rider
Tamiya Bigwig with box and spares
Associated RC10 (X2) with boxes adn loads of spares
Kyosho Big Brute with box
Mardave Mini Stock with box
Schumacher Cat XL with box
Schumacker Calibra which i dont rememebr buying
Haibo Pirate M1 with OS 21 RFB
Various Transmitters
Loads of Model Cars and RC mags from the 80's and Tamiya Catalogues

Anyway I think the rest of my year is now full of cleaning and looking for the odd missing part and I cant wait to get started on that.

Any help on the oddball car will be much appreciated

Cheers


Hi

[J_WOODY]

it looks like a PB, not sure which model , someone off here will know

[DCM]

strewth... Tamiya collectors all just had a collective heart attack with that lot emerging from a shed... and many other collectors, with RC10's and a Cat XL....

[dodgydiy]

front axle, steering assembly, bumper, silencer and rear end look very much like the SG futura i used to have, chassis different though, mine had a full metal chassis. could possibly be a later model or a home mod of one of them

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by dodgydiy

SG futura

is that an SG logo on the tank?

[Hearselover]

Yes its an SG Logo on the tank and I did suspect Furuta too but not sure on the model, I know its not a III

[DerbyDan]

Cool - I guess this would have been the kind of thing that would have been raced at the old Lilford track many years ago? - I had my first brush with the hobby there as a very small boy, whilst visiting the park with my parents. I was facinated - those cars were so noisy & fast!.... might start a thread about that old track, would love to hear stories & possibly see photos about the place - you can still see the outline of the circuit on google earth.

Sounds like you've got quite a collection there.... would love to see some pics of the other cars - especially the Cat & RC10s

[Hearselover]

Originally Posted by DerbyDan

Cool - I guess this would have been the kind of thing that would have been raced at the old Lilford track many years ago? - I had my first brush with the hobby there as a very small boy, whilst visiting the park with my parents. I was facinated - those cars were so noisy & fast!.... might start a thread about that old track, would love to hear stories & possibly see photos about the place - you can still see the outline of the circuit on google earth.

Sounds like you've got quite a collection there.... would love to see some pics of the other cars - especially the Cat & RC10s

No problem, ill get some pics taken asap although I am away from Friday but will try to get some sorted.

[Hearselover]

Cat and RC 10's, shocks are mixed up on one rc10 and cat I know.

[DerbyDan]

Coool - thanks Hearselover - talk about service!

They take me back.... especially the CAT - but I always wanted either a Losi JRX or RC10 when I was racing BITD - that gold anodised chassis on the Associated really captured my imagination as a kid Unfortunately I had to make do with my trusty Mardave Meteor

[Hearselover]

Originally Posted by DerbyDan

Coool - thanks Hearselover - talk about service!

They take me back.... especially the CAT - but I always wanted either a Losi JRX or RC10 when I was racing BITD - that gold anodised chassis on the Associated really captured my imagination as a kid Unfortunately I had to make do with my trusty Mardave Meteor

Mardave were fantastic, bomb proof and the parts were pence

[dodgydiy]

never had a meteor, but had a mardave apache, not fast, didnt handle that good, built like a brick s***house!! loved it, just wish the old man hadnt binned it when i had my cat xl. have to agree though, mardave meteors were brilliant

[Rich D]

Originally Posted by dodgydiy

never had a meteor, but had a mardave apache, not fast, didnt handle that good, built like a brick s***house!! loved it, just wish the old man hadnt binned it when i had my cat xl. have to agree though, mardave meteors were brilliant

Heres mine

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_m...88742&id=27923

[tomolupus]

Here´s a site on PB cars


http://www.rcmagvintage.com/reviews/...usee/pb/pb.htm

[DerbyDan]

Originally Posted by Rich D

Heres mine

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_m...88742&id=27923

Thats lovely It so reminds me of the day I built up mine (think I got it for my 14th Birthday) The shell on mine stayed in its natural white abs too for a while I remember learning all about ptfe tape, trying to stop those blasted shocks from leaking LOL!

I always felt the under-dog with it at my local club, but did ok & learn't alot - was always encouraged by the fact that a chap called Lee Romang (sponsored my Mardave I think?) Used to race his fully upgraded Meteor at our club beating most of the other guys with their much more expensive machinery - I think Lee managed to get into the A final at a RRC meeting IIRC?

I think I should have recieved commission from Mardave as at least five of my friend's brought them on my recommendation

P.S; sorry for rambling somewhat off-topic

[dodgydiy]

Originally Posted by tomolupus

Here´s a site on PB cars


http://www.rcmagvintage.com/reviews/...usee/pb/pb.htm

looks like a pb6 shown on that site. really does look like a sg, definately has the sg tank but looking at the pb6 the detail is all there, well spotted

[Mike Haswell]

It has the diff in the back and is mostly likely to be the PB9 - reading the info on the site, that version came with a SG tank.