whele Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) Clearing out my garage I have come across my RC equipment last raced in 2001. There is an Associated RC10 B3 buggy Team Edition purchased new in 1997, I plugged in a pack and put batteries in the radio and away it went around the garden like old times. It has stock and modified spare motors, batteries (that actually still work very well), load of spares including 2 custom paint body shells and 12 sets of wheels with a good selection of quality tyres, still apparently well glued. Its all been stored in sealed bags inside wooden boxes, so it does not appear to have deteriorated during the storage time.. In the second box I found my Associated Team TC3 car purchased in 1998, again with the addition of a charged pack it runs well. For this there are bags of upgrade parts and 3 bodies, 3 different motors and 3 battery packs, in another box I found 10 sets of wheels all with tyres, including carpet tyres, slicks and cut slicks. I also discovered a TC3 rally 200mm conversion kit (still boxed) which I think was only installed twice for a couple of special rally races I took part in 2000. Again lots of chargers, dischargers and a mint Reedy motor lathe complete with a jar of spare brushes and springs of different types. I even found a folder with the manuals and set-up sheets for all the old circuits I drove (sadly it seems only North London has survived). Now when I search eBay I cant see much of this stuff for sale as complete cars, just some individual parts available from the US, I am guessing brushless motors and newer models have made this stuff obsolete, are they no longer competitive? Is there no market old race equipment? It seems a shame to take it all to the recycle centre or is it worth breaking the models for spares? Your advice would be appreciated. Edited August 15, 2015 by whele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyD Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Hi You might have better luck posting this up in the vintage section as im sure someone would be interested in your your 'old school' stash! far too good for the recycling center IMO heavyD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evssv Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) and get sum pics up of it all will help for sure.....and welcome btw. Edited August 16, 2015 by evssv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevo2551 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 There's nothing wrong with vintage rc's, I've got 2 old yokomo touring cars from about 2000 and they're stupidly fast and handle great, if you can still find parts or you have spares anyway then resurrect them and put them to good use rather than bin them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evssv Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 so what didu do with it all??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyD Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I'd like to know as well? Sent from my XT1021 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevo2551 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I'm guessing they went in the bin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evssv Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I'm guessing they went in the bin? lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 oooooo what happened what happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Member posted, edited and did one. Make up your own minds as I'll warrant the real story will remain a mystery, like the one Toyah sung about in the 80's..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PraetoR Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I hope he hasn't chucked them. Vintage stuff is always good and vintage Associated is up there with the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evssv Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 We'll never know now ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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