Wanna see a MINT original 6010 RC 10 ? (pics)

[jeepinator]

I bought this off of ebay. It was very expensive. It was MIB with original shrink wrap on the outside !
Well, I knew even before bidding that I wanted to actually build one. So it is worth much less now that I assembled it. I made the decision, so no harassing me about it ;)
Anyway, my very first kit was the 6030 RC10 (labeled "RC10 Graphite"), and I thought it would be cool to own the original as well.
So here it is, for all of you to enjoy:

http://www.theshreves.com/pics/6010a.jpg

http://www.theshreves.com/pics/6010b.jpg

http://www.theshreves.com/pics/6010c.jpg

[ 06-17-2001: Message edited by: jeepinator ]

[Sasoon]

damnnnn that is sooooooo clean.....

[bullfrog]

look at the wheels , cahssis and batterie tray! what a blast from the past!nice lookin rc10 !

[gubbs3]

It would be cool for Associated to release a Limited Edition RC10 Gold Chassis. They could possibly hold a vintage offroad race where they raced the "new" RC10's. Of course the new parts would have to have I.D. marks on them to separate the new parts from the old parts so cars like yours wouldn't be worthless.

[mavrick0611]

you ever going to run it or just put it on the mantel next to the bowling trouphys? :)

nice buggy
aj

[jeepinator]

Hehehehe, check this out. I decided to bust out the original box and see what I left inside. I found this !
It is the front page of a neato little "racing news" publication. I will scan some more photos that are in it. It is really really cool stuff. Look at Jammin' Jay ! WOWOWOW he looks young ;)

http://www.theshreves.com/pics/6010d.jpg

There are tons of cool things in this box that I had forgotten about. I hope you all don't mind me sharing :rolleyes:

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[JP]

You drive that ill have to come over there and whoop your butt, ya know that? :D sweet car dude, keep it that way!

[Gokou]

Wow jeepinator, I am envious. That is amazingly awesome. I would LOVE to have a mint 6010 on my shelf. One day maybe... Or perhaps I'll just buy a very good used one and replace faded plastic, as AE still stocks nearly every part.

Where is the ultra-cool resistor speed controller? I also loved the stock 2 wires with z-bends and wheel collars linkage from the bellcranks to the servo :D I see something weird though... shouldn't there be fiberglass washers between the shock caps and shock body?

MIB? Yikes! That must've cost a pretty penny. But, I would have assembled it too. I can't believe how white all the nylon parts are... yowza! Very, very cool. I'm currently looking to pick up a Tamiya Avante to add to my collection.

Another thing... did the 6010 kit come with the front sway bar?

[ 05-20-2001: Message edited by: Gokou ]

[The_Ne-Go-She-Ate-r]

Thats beautiful. A work of art.
Clean white parts , you hardly ever see those. ;)

[jeepinator]

Everyone, no I am NEVER going to run this thing ! ;)
I am considering outfitting it with the electronics of the day. I actually have a Futaba S32H, like they use in the manual. I don't have a uper old Futaba reciever tho ... maybe I'll find one some day.

Gokou, you have a keen eye ! I did not want to damage the nylon seal thingies, so I cheated and used O-rings (from the newer shocks). They seal better anyway. I also did not use the oil that came with the kit. I used synthetic 30 wt.
The 6010 kit did come with a sway bar. If I remember properly, my 6030 kit did too.
I am amazed at how many extra parts are left over after building this thing. There are tons and tons of screws, washers, etc. I wish modern kits would do this !
I am looking for a preofessional painter to do the body in the exact same scheme as the box. Anyone ?

Thanks everyone. Isn't this fun ?

[XXXER]

That thing does look awesome! you should put all of the paperwork into plastic, or something. MIB, i do not even want to know how much that cost.

You should look into seeing if you can find some 'Vintage' Electronics to put in it, like a Novak T1, and one of those o-so huge recievers from Futaba, and a good ol 1200 mAh battery.

All in short, the car looks great, keep it that way

[jeepinator]

OK, more pics, as promised.
Check out Gil Losi in this pic. Hilarious !
This is before he and his dad went and started Losi (and years before the JRX2 came out).

http://www.theshreves.com/pics/6010e.jpg

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[bullfrog]

my dad gave me his old old old futaba 2 stick radio from the 60s brb lemme go get it and see what one it is its the fp-r6f its a airplane radio i have 3 servos with it and the reciever is BIG i mean like as big as a big ole 25 pack of bubblegum! o and I still have the reciever batt. and the charger fer it o and the funny thing is IT STILL WORKS!!!!

[Gokou]

Heh jeepinator... GOT YA! Back when I had my Tamiya Falcon (I was about 8) my neighbor had an original RC-10 like yours, and those stupid fiberglass washers ALWAYS leaked. That's why I remember them, and noticed them missing from yours :D Using the new o-rings is the way to go though, even if it isn't original. It's such a small detail only freaks like myself will notice, and you won't lose any points in my book for just wanting your shocks not to leak :)

[atm92484]

Thats a gorgeous buggy. Too bad I was just a newborn back then. :( Oh well I can always blame my parents for not getting me one. :D Is it true that the 6 gear tranny isn't very smooth?

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[RC10GTMark]

that really is sweet. my friend has one up in his attic, but it is assembled and has been run, used to be his dads. I wonder if he would give it to me...

[bryceanator]

wow thats the most amazing rc10 i have ever seen it it its so so clean amazing truely amazing

[B3 Bomb]

WOW! That is really nice. I have that same news letter but its not in as good of condidion. thanks for posting! :) :)

[WhoKnowsWho]

Very very nice jeepinator. Drive it and I will lead the mob to kill you!

[jeepinator]

For those looking for a JRX2 click HERE (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=590178072&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=990665112&indexURL=0&rd=1)
It's an ebay auction. The car is not new, but it seems like it is in great shape.

Thanks for all the schwing comments. Here's one last pic:

http://www.theshreves.com/pics/6010f.jpg

BTW, I really do need a professional painter to paint the body. Anyone have any recommendations ? Whoever does it must submit work they have done. I doubt this body is replaceable, so there is not much room for error :p

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[JP]

DEFINATELY go with Richard Muise or Motion Graphics, ITS WORTH THE MONEY!!

I like the pic with the news artice of the first ROAR thing where Gil Losi Jr. was on Team AE!

LOL! Who wears short shorts?

Wow! Look how much Curtis Husting has changed! Still got the same face though, very cool guy!
www.motiongraphicsweb.com (http://www.motiongraphicsweb.com)

[Rc1oGtMaN]

JP, short shorts, LOL. He doesn't use Nair though! Curtis Husting and Cliff Lett have the short shorts on in the GT tuning video too.

[ 05-23-2001: Message edited by: Rc1oGtMaN ]

[ammoace]

Jeepinator,
Awesome buy I so envy you! :eek:
I have a Futaba attack, circa '86 with a FP-R2GS receiver and servos that still work great. The antenea on the transmitter is bent though. If you want it email me, I would trade it for a new 1800 or 2000 battery.
AMMOACE

[Josh00]

id hump that n a second~

[bryceanator]

so your not going to drive it even in your house cmon it ill be fun (5 minutes later car flys out the window you think to your self i knew i shouldnt have set up that jump in the living room)

[bullfrog]

get the bset painter in the world to do it BOB HASTINGS! is is a VERY good painter have u seen some of his work?ITS AWSOME! pay him some moo la and get a great lookin paintjob!

[Railman]

Awsome Jeep! You might want to check out Tony's work @ www.skipgear.com (http://www.skipgear.com)
He does a lot of the pros cars, & would probably get a kick out if doing yours. He's one heck of a nice guy, & is a real asset to the sport.

[Nairb]

A great airbrush artist I've recently used is Jason at <a href="http://headcase-rc.hypermart.net/">HeadCaseGraphics</a>. He is so good, it's amazing. :)

Dude, I'm almost speechless. SCHWING!! That is one serious beauty. I'd pay money just to look at it, while wearing latex gloves of course. ;) Can you do me a favor and post all the detail pictures you can think of? I'd love it. I especially wanna see the tranny opened. I never got a chance to see a 6-gear AE tranny. It is truly beautiful; thanks for sharing this religious experience with us. It's truly awe-inspiring. (I tend to get mushy about stuff like this :))

I wanna know how much it cost you, though. I won't tease you, I'll call it money well spent. :D Thanks, again!

[jeepinator]

Everyone, thanks for the painting tips. Dang, now I have TOO MANY to chose from ;)

Nairb, buddy, for you I will disasemble my pristine ride and take some pics :p

While you may think that 6 gear tranny is a work of art ... ummm well, they were a total PITA to maintenance and keep running. When the stealth came out, and I built my first one, I actually believed it was devine intervention :eek:
I remember MIP was making a tranny for the old kits long before the Stealth. It was very, very nice and way out of my price range then. When the Stealth came out I was like, "oh, they threw in an MIP ...". Hehehe, they were pretty darn close. I should scan a few pics I have of my old OLD kits. Hmmm... yeah that would be fun. Should I post them in this thread or start a new one ?

Cheers

[Nairb]

Divine intervention? LOL! Yeah, post them here. :)

[WhoKnowsWho]

It really sucked that about two months after I got my Champ Edition RC10, the Stealth tranny came out, for about $100! Maybe I'll buy a sport B3 and stick the Stealth in my new Neon Green chassis, since it actually came pre-drilled for the Stealth...

[mavrick0611]

bullfrog: I heard Greg Vogel was a better painter. Bob or one of the other RCCA staff he was getting like $180-$250 for a painted bod before he started rcca?
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
aj

[old phart]

I remember when I used to be that skinny! ;)

Awesome car. How cool to buy an old classic brand new in the box and assemble it. I think what you did is perfectly fine!

[rc51racerx]

what are the white nylon clamps on the shocks? are those collars to adjust preload? If so how well did it work???

--John

[Nairb]

Wow, you've never seen those? My XXX & XXXT came with the same things. They're infinitely adjustable, but it can be hard to match pre-load on left & right shocks. I've decided to use some metal ones from HG instead of buying threaded shock bodies because of a few advantages they'll give me.

[rc51racerx]

brian, never saw them, none of the cars I have had had them on them. and I really don't pay much attention to other rides to catch a fine detail like that. with a smooth shock body though it seems to me that the clap no matter how tight would only slip on the body when going over a hard jump. anyway, I suppose they work, what would be the advantages over threaded bodies?

--John

[jeepinator]

Holy moly !
I really really don't want to be rude here, but I am amazed you have not seen this type of preload adjuster. They have been on cars since at least '84. They are proven and work well. Even the slightest tension will keep them firmly in place.
I actually have a hard time warming up to the threaded body design. It actually is harder to eyeball the symetry.
I think AE's design is best. Plastic spacer doohicky's that gaurantee equal adjustment on both sides.
I suppose I am just an old timer anymore :(

cheers

[WhoKnowsWho]

I suddenly feel like an old man when people say they have never seen those screwed preloaders on the shocks... and I'm only 21!!! Those type come stock on the XXX-Spec too...

[rc51racerx]

lol sorry guys didn't want you to feel old or anything. I am really fairly new to the whole scene of r/c cars, I mean I have had a few rides in the last five years but never one that had that preload setup type. if they work realy well I might have to try them out rather than buying threaded shock bodies. whoknowswho, I'm 19 so you aren't that much older ;-) I will have to try to find some of these after market for my cars and pick some up.

--John

[SteveP]

Hey Jeep, if you're interested in buying the "original" 4-rib front tires for your car, I found some here (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1603909312).

[jeepinator]

Thanks Steve, that was really thoughtful of you.
.. and I figured you guys hated me by now :p

I will probably try for those.
One question though: Why are these any more original than the ones that came in my kit ?
Or I guess, worded differently, why are they different ? Were there two revisions of the kit or something ?

[SteveP]

The later kits came with the rounded two-rib tires. the first kits had the square four-rib version with Team Associated molded into the sidewall. They're essentially the same kit, just the tires are different.

[vetrider]

That's a beutiful RC10. :D Here's mine and more pics at my site. http://vet_rider.homestead.com/index.html

http://vet_rider.homestead.com/files/RC10_1.JPG
http://vet_rider.homestead.com/files/RC10_bdy_xmtr.JPG

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[BadRacer]

Man im kicking myself right now. I had a chance to get a RC10 but at the time i had no clue what it was. My friends dad was giving away R/C stuff. When i got to his house he had a MRC Ironman, and now what i know is a RC10.

I liked the MRC more so i took that. I was 14 at the time now im 17 and kicking myself!

The RC10 still had the box and all the parts where there.....it looked brand new.

Jeep even tho it was made before my time that is one awesome buggie, no matter how much money you spent it was wort every Cent!

Please no one beat me down, i was 14 and had no clue what it was.

Got to go now, im about to cry! :D

[WhoKnowsWho]

Hey, I was only 10 or so when I told my brother to get rid of breaking FX-10 and get me the best car money could buy at the time, the RC10 Championship Edition! So sorry, I have to beat you down. *Pulls out a trout and slaps BadRacer around*

[NitroJunky]

a long time ago i saw the same rc car at a garage sale this was back in 96 maybe... well any ways i wanted to try electric so i bought it and i never had eniough money to buy a esc so i packed the car away and when i saw this post i brong the car out i still dont feel like putting money in to its mint though if the price is right i will sell it here are some pictures. i just cleaned it before i took the pics but im sure it needs a trans rebuild and shocks. i might keep im still not sure. heres my car. oo can some one get me a close up of the sterering linkage please mine is weird..
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1205684&a=8894157&p=49905791&Sequence=0&res=high

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1205684&a=8894157&p=49905792&Sequence=0&res=high

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1205684&a=8894157&p=49905794&Sequence=0&res=high

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1205684&a=8894157&p=49905795&Sequence=0&res=high

[NitroJunky]

my email is ICPKORN23@aol.com

[jeepinator]

Hello again !
Digging up this thread to show you my RC10 with the tires Steve suggested I get. The seller actually had two pairs, I only picked up one pair (no, I am not the guy who won the auction Steve posted the URL for).
Thanks Steve !

http://www.theshreves.com/pics/newtire1.jpg


... and just for fun:

http://www.theshreves.com/pics/newtire3.jpg

[SteveP]

Much better! :D

[weasel]

If anyone finds another nib r/c 10 like Jeeps, and dont want it for yourself let me know please! It was my first "real" r/c car and would like to bring back the memmories!

[weasel]

Did that one come with the resistor speed control? If not, which kit # did ? that kit # was my first R/C.
LATES

[jeepinator]

Yes, it had the resistor speed controller in the box. This is the very first mit, part number wise. It appears to not be one of the earlier dates of the first generation, but it is definately the alpha 2wd off road AE kit.

[Rc1oGtMaN]

Weasel, I have that car. Mine is totally stock. It has the MSC, a motor included, and bushings. It is kit #6010, according to Steve P. -Mark