Popular Post Garry Posted February 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 Part 1 of 3. If you have me on Facebook you might know I found a cool historic race car of a famous Japanese RC racer, former world champ Atushi Hara. It was a bara HB Cyclone rolling chassis dating from 2005. I've sourced all the electrics to install to restore it to the spec of exactly how it raced at the ONLY event the car ever competed in. It was built for one event only, the 2005 International Indoor Carpet champs in in Vegas. It raced in the foam mod class, TQ'd and won. He also raced it in the mod rubber class where he T'd and finished 2nd behind multiple world champ Marc Rheinhard. Then: Today: Its a complete one-off, with hand modified parts and unique unreleased chassis plates and believed to be the only surviving Cyclone the factory team raced at the event. Its lived in the HPI factory since the event on displayed, it was seen in a Speedhunters article when they visited! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Garry Posted February 23, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 Part 2 of 3. For the 2006 IIC event the foam class was dropped in favour of just modified rubber. Hara came back to try to secure the title which eluded him last time. He manged to qualify P2 overall behind Reinhard once again but was victorious in the final. And now I own that car too. Then: Now: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Garry Posted February 23, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 Part 3 of 3. Fast forward 2 more years and the Reedy Race is the biggest TC event in the USA. Of course Hara took part in it. And cemented his reputation as being one of the best racers in the world. Again the HB Cyclone was used, and again he took home a trophy. He Qualified P4 for the main final and won against the best in the world. Then: Now: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Garry Posted February 23, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 Overview: Left- 2005 Cyclone with one-off parts Middle - 2006 Cyclone with all electrics how it finished its last raceRight 0 2008 Cyclone with all electrics how it finished its last race 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 A very cool collection Garry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Very nice and a fair bit of rc car racing history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Amazing to see theyre still about. Thanks for sharing Garry. Hope youre well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninetiesbeard Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 The fact you have managed to secure these and maintain their originality is awesome. I bet you really enjoy looking at those. Nice collection dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PraetoR Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) Love it! Such special cars and great to see them kept as Hara raced them. As a Hara fan, you wouldn't happen to know where I can find a new/as-new-condition HPI Pro 3 Hara Edition, do you? EDIT: Never mind. I just saw your reply on my wanted thread. Edited February 23, 2022 by PraetoR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOUR_DJ Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 You are the best collector I have ever seen!!! That collection is freaking nuts!!! I have a bit of an older version of the Arrma Granite 4x4 BLX. The only problem is, I don't know what year it is, all my uncle said is that it was a couple years old. I will post pictures of it later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Garry Posted February 23, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2022 2005 car ready for electrics install 2006 car as it ran in the day. completely original electrics: 2008 car as it ran in the day, completely original electrics: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 20 hours ago, PraetoR said: Love it! Such special cars and great to see them kept as Hara raced them. As a Hara fan, you wouldn't happen to know where I can find a new/as-new-condition HPI Pro 3 Hara Edition, do you? EDIT: Never mind. I just saw your reply on my wanted thread. I did tag Garry in your wanted ad, was hoping he would have an idea based on his collection above! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom1208 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Wow, thats a nice bit of history you’ve got mate 👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PraetoR Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 7 hours ago, Kpowell911 said: I did tag Garry in your wanted ad, was hoping he would have an idea based on his collection above! I saw that. Appreciate the effort! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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