Working on the Holy Grail of R/C Cars

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  • emspjay
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2017
    • 411

    #1

    Working on the Holy Grail of R/C Cars

    So most everybody here knows I like vintage R/C boats but I also am into the vintage cars. Not sure if you can see the pictures if you are not a member but the link below is for my 1976 Tamiya Porsche 934 58001 restoration project. This is the car that started the R/C car revolution.

    So I purchased this on Ebay it was listed as a MRC R/C Car parts lot. It looks like a 58001 to me but I'm not an expert, I was born in 1977 so this was before my time LOL! It looks well used, missing most of body, and has some type of battery in it with what looks like homemade parts to fit it to...
  • NativePaul
    Greased Weasel
    • Feb 2008
    • 2760

    #2
    I am a year younger than you, so it is from before my time too,. What makes it the holy grail of RC cars, was it the first Tamiya RC car kit?
    Paul Upton-Taylor, Greased Weasel Racing.

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    • emspjay
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2017
      • 411

      #3
      Yep Tamiya's first RC car. The first few they made were just their static kit body's with a very basic RC chassis.

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      • Stillwet
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2018
        • 241

        #4
        looks like a an over sized slot car.
        do you have it up and running?
        i have the 2011 Avante it's a shelf queen now after the Trani melted.
        These are the cars as a small boy going to bed dreaming about.
        i like the fact that Tamiya brings out old revisions of some of their models.

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        • emspjay
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2017
          • 411

          #5
          Originally posted by Stillwet
          looks like a an over sized slot car.
          do you have it up and running?
          i have the 2011 Avante it's a shelf queen now after the Trani melted.
          These are the cars as a small boy going to bed dreaming about.
          i like the fact that Tamiya brings out old revisions of some of their models.
          I got it running with period correct Futaba radio system but have not finished the new body set. I still love Tamiya I got some of the original stuff, re-releases, and new stuff. Most of their stuff is not competition material but very scale and a blast to run.

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          • Stillwet
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2018
            • 241

            #6
            Originally posted by emspjay
            I got it running with period correct Futaba radio system but have not finished the new body set. I still love Tamiya I got some of the original stuff, re-releases, and new stuff. Most of their stuff is not competition material but very scale and a blast to run.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYKyTLpQAkE
            i was waiting for an insect to crawl in front of your camera
            The controller is as cool as the car, totally rad that all the old crystals are hanging tough.
            when done, i'd seal them both in glass (Break Glass only in Emergency).

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