As promised, here's a little build report as well as a few pics...
Basically this car started as a pile-o-junk bought on a US forum... it was supposed to be a runner, but no proper modeller in their righ mind would have run this in that shape. Actually, the diff wasn't diffing any more, most of the tranny was shot, the shocks were stuck, there was a mix of screws, rust, TONS of slop, and so on so forth. The chassis had a couple of dings but was ok, the motor plate was straight, the tranny case so-so, the bellcrank was missing the posts, blah blah blah you get the picture. It slept in a box for a couple of years.
This winter, we run a vintage series locally, and I do fare quite well there, with a Fire Dragon (as amazing as it sounds). It isn't very competitive, but I'm an ok driver, so I can pretty much drive it a full heat and main without making mistakes, I don't run the fastest laps but I do win thanks to consistency. However, the occasional mechanical failure lets me down, as the FD is anything but a well thought-out racer... For the last round end of march, I thought it would be the perfect pretext to rebuild the TRX-1. That's when I pulled it apart and found out its true condition... I started scouting the web, and part after part, I came to having way too much money invested in parts stashed in a box labelled "Traxxas"
But now, I can build the ultimate TRX-1, which should be as reliable as a modern racer, just a tad less performant I hope
Here are the pics. I will post new ones as I go.
Some of the parts:
Front end partially assembled, rear end basics bolted on chassis:
Front end almost done, still some stuff to fine-tune:
Front end completely done, top view:
Side View (with brand new period PS713):
A pic of the mess I work on (won't show you what the floor looks like...
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And some eye candy... brand new Blue Eagle tranny
(I have one of these to restore too):
More pics to come as the build goes on!
Comments welcome
Paul
PS: Thanks to all those who helped, especially Mark in the US if he reads this, who DONATED parts
25-02-2010
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