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Hi all, Just thought i'd post some vids for fun. One of my cars' (this one, obviously) is a frankenstein Mk1 Tamiya Beetle/Mud Blaster. It's got pretty much all original parts on the chassis apart from the necessary tie wrap around the back chassis as I got fed-up losing the dog bones!! It also has metal bearings. It's running a 14 x 2 Mega Motor Dirt Oval brushed motor, a ModelSports Sniper ESC, standard Acoms servo and receiver and a 3500MaH NIMH battery and the all important MIP super ball differential! Just a fun basher with a hard shell (don't know what it is but it IS bulletproof. Also have the proper Monster Beetle shell, but don't run it with that as it likes to spend alot of time on its back! Only get about 15 mins run-time on the NIMH flat out (which is how I always drive), but with multiple batteries (some inherited) it's ok. Dibs to Stormbringer, who may well recognise the location (... it's changed alot in the past months!). Saw RC tyre marks when I got there, so obviously someone else had been before me! Johnny 5, as I call this car, did pretty well with the heap of gravel, which was fairly soft, so his tyres dug in. Damages; only had the suspsension pop out and a tie rod to re-screw after bashing like a hoon. Not bad for an ancient car. Toying with the idea of Lipo etc, but think it would just be too much power. Any pics/vids of yours? Cheers...and enjoy the fitba! 20210613_151902_Trim.mp4 20210613_152113_Trim.mp4