Whoa LOL! I had KO PRO radio that came with I think, one of those servos and a KO Rx. The Tx had a hole shot button. I had a Kyosho car set up as a dirt oval racer. I remember those green steering rack arms and yeah went to bearings instead of bushings. I think those arms were also sold by Buds. My car was a very used Optima, there was a machinist in the engine shop at Continental Airlines Denver that was making Custom Works parts for the chain drive Dominators and I used one of his 7075-T6 motor mount/sprocket setups, Hi tech! That car went through a bunch of mods. Also had a Novak T4 esc. Man this R/C 10 you got there is a real time capsule. Thank You to the Gentleman that donated it. I didn't know Tekin made a whole conversation kit for anything. I thought they just did electronics. That rear arm setup, the rear geometry is "interesting". I noticed recently there is an upgrade or a newer drift car kit using that same thing on the rear suspension. To see that on a 30 year old R/C 10. Gavin I really think there needs to be a much closer "tech inspection" done on this car. Please tell us your going to run it. Indoor off-road carpet track? This video is a multiple watch, freeze frame, episode for me, interesting tech in that car.
Wow, I have never seen one of these actually in a running vehicle. Just the parts.. Looks amazing. What a massive improvement to handling that must have been.
Really neat kit, I had no idea these even existed! The rear end is super cool and I am sure it really helped keep them from looping out so easy! Great piece of RC history and I would leave it just as it is, there is a lot of story behind all those parts!
Awsome piece of kit, i love that rear linkage, ive seen an xls or procat with a similar set up. Would love to see how one goes ? Hope you get it running around the track, but just dont break it 🤞
Hi Gavin, I have never seen this kit before. I have seen the yellow steering parts before. The yellow parts are made by A&L and probably did not come with chassis kit. Also I could not see in your video very clearly, but it looked like the front A-arms might be made by "Andy's". Thoughts?
I’d definitely leave it as it is, it’s only like that once, great history to it as well. Funny, I wondered how long it would be before this would pop up again. This was for sale on eBay sort of mid last year, know one seemed to know what it was as it was listed for a while and I very very nearly bought it but couldn’t justify the outlay for it at the time. Eventually it was withdraw from sale. So it’s great to see it again and get a closer look at it. A wicked RC10 enjoy it. Also good to see the Parma eagle body on it.
Just re-read my comment and thought it may come across like I’m being bitter about not buying it Etc , totally not the case lol. It is genuinely awesome to see that buggy again, and fantastic generosity as well. So really good to see it and cheers for sharing :)
Great video Gavin, the body looks very cool. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been raced with something like that though. It's KO as in knock out, still going fairly strong today, I use their top end stick radio for TC racing but it hasn't been available in the UK for a few years
Mid motors may handle better but will never be as sexy as the classic rear motor, rearward cab design. That being said, this is a great piece of RC history
From what I remember, mid motor cars didn't work too well on low grip tracks, as the kick of a brushed motor on acceleration, made the rear lift & lose grip. It started to work when XFactory went for a 4 gear, gearbox, which used the motor kick to push down on the rear wheel, adding grip.
That was a popular 'alternate' rc10 body back in the day. I never liked it as much as the original and ironically its currently in the best condition of all my vintage bodies probably because I didnt run it much. My original rc10 bodies are all beat to trash unfortunately. I'd sure be nice to get an original body and a stealth tranny for my old 'cadillac' edition. The six gear trans in mine is quite janky now and really is the original car's only real weakness. (Though mine has lasted over thirty years and was raced to hell back in the eighties.) So, maybe not. Cheers
It amazes me 30 years later these are still working at all. The amount of vintage electronics still fully functional even now is just not normal as these days a TV lasts five years max lol
I remember when these came out, I was never able to get one, because they were hard to find, and at the time, very expensive. You seem to be able to get your hands on all the rare unicorns, I challenge you to get a working, mip 4wd converted rc10 on the channel.
I will set a time on the track when the weather improves and get a bit of a running video but it will spend most of its life on the shelf in the studio
Interesting ❤ though the Kyosho Rocky 1986 and Turbo Rocky 1987 has mid motor but not sure they were competion RCs and ohh they are 4WD not 2WD as this one has
Very cool but strange since even '93 tracks were pretty loamy and rear-motor was the way to go for many more years. Maybe just a pet project or something put together for a very specific type of racing.
its pronouced K.O. propo. Fet servos were all the rage back in the day to boost performance. Now a days nearly every reasonable steering servo does under 0.06s transit time..lol
The Tekin conversion was never particularly popular bitd (guessing the types of tracks raced on were not really suitable - especially in the US!) & not massively coverted these day amongst the RC10 collectors fraternity - thats not to say that it isn't very cool (look out also for the Fabix-mid motor converstion for the Cougar 2000, which appeared a little bit later) I remember someone with a good few of the kits NIB selling them for a very reasonble price about ten years back & they weren't exactly all 'snapped-up'! Why - I don't know? I remember a prominent RC collector running a Tekin mid at one of the early Revival meetings - its superior steering was certainly evident when it was dry.... but suddenly became un-driveable in the finals when it rained! Other nice parts on this car are the A&L ballraced steering levers - which might be still available under the 'Factory Works' banner (Jeff Malar from RC10talk bought the rights from the original owner) The Andy's front arms are especially desirable since they were made available prior to the release of the RC10 CE as a wide track conversion for the original #6010 - so are a legitimate upgrade for fitting to a 6-gear gold pan being raced in the earlier vintage class & do make the RC10 a better car to drive. The K.O PS-713 was one of their more entry level servos from the japanese brand, still weren't particularly cheap & very decent. It is plastic geared (I have a spare gear set for this servo) So good that you have a saver fitted! Servo probably a bit on the newer side to be truely period correct. Amazed the Novak ESC has allowed itself to be stuck to the chassis lol! The 410HPc is one of the classic Novaks..... as used by Masami in his 93 Worlds cars.
The electrics are real hodgepodge. That the motor is not anywhere close to period correct. That’s a mid 2000s motor not a mid 90s something more like a slot machine or green machine would be more appropriate. Same for the servo. Mid 2000s piece. Late 80s on the Tekin receiver. The ESC is of that age so perhaps make a set around that before you display it. Ah yes get those modern wheels and tires off there for something period correct. -U10
thank you Kevin
Whoa LOL! I had KO PRO radio that came with I think, one of those servos and a KO Rx. The Tx had a hole shot button. I had a Kyosho car set up as a dirt oval racer. I remember those green steering rack arms and yeah went to bearings instead of bushings. I think those arms were also sold by Buds. My car was a very used Optima, there was a machinist in the engine shop at Continental Airlines Denver that was making Custom Works parts for the chain drive Dominators and I used one of his 7075-T6 motor mount/sprocket setups, Hi tech! That car went through a bunch of mods. Also had a Novak T4 esc. Man this R/C 10 you got there is a real time capsule. Thank You to the Gentleman that donated it. I didn't know Tekin made a whole conversation kit for anything. I thought they just did electronics. That rear arm setup, the rear geometry is "interesting". I noticed recently there is an upgrade or a newer drift car kit using that same thing on the rear suspension. To see that on a 30 year old
R/C 10. Gavin I really think there needs to be a much closer "tech inspection" done on this car. Please tell us your going to run it. Indoor off-road carpet track? This video is a multiple watch, freeze frame, episode for me, interesting tech in that car.
Lucky bar steward that is the nuts 👌
So many nice comments . about this buggy build. thanks guys.
the proline decals are reference to the tyres that where on the buggy but i needed them for another buggy.
Super cool Gavin. Like how that suspension moves about and keeps the wheels planted. Thanks for sharing bud 🙌🏻
What a great car! I never knew Tekin put out that active link susp
Me neither and it works really well.
Wow, what a great piece of rc history. I would just leave her as she is, she is stunning ❤️
Amazing generosity by Kevin! The car looks really cool. Wouldn’t it be nice if Tekin re re’d this? 😂
Just when I thought I'd heard about every obscure vintage RC. Neat.
Wow this thing was so a head of its time! I wouldn’t change anything!👍🏻👊🏼😃
Wow, I have never seen one of these actually in a running vehicle. Just the parts.. Looks amazing. What a massive improvement to handling that must have been.
Really neat kit, I had no idea these even existed! The rear end is super cool and I am sure it really helped keep them from looping out so easy! Great piece of RC history and I would leave it just as it is, there is a lot of story behind all those parts!
Awsome piece of kit, i love that rear linkage, ive seen an xls or procat with a similar set up. Would love to see how one goes ? Hope you get it running around the track, but just dont break it 🤞
It will get one run so Incan set a time and film a bit of running for everyone
@@RCKickschannel we just need a sunny day, had plenty last year. Prob be a wet summer this year 😂
Don't change the body. It's perfect and it's awesome...
I might get one pro painted in the same style.
Hi Gavin, I have never seen this kit before. I have seen the yellow steering parts before. The yellow parts are made by A&L and probably did not come with chassis kit. Also I could not see in your video very clearly, but it looked like the front A-arms might be made by "Andy's". Thoughts?
Yes that’s correct about the front arms 👍🏻
What a great present and a you said a real r/c car time capsule.
Wow! I used to run a body like that….looked so futuristic at the time
I’d definitely leave it as it is, it’s only like that once, great history to it as well. Funny, I wondered how long it would be before this would pop up again. This was for sale on eBay sort of mid last year, know one seemed to know what it was as it was listed for a while and I very very nearly bought it but couldn’t justify the outlay for it at the time. Eventually it was withdraw from sale. So it’s great to see it again and get a closer look at it. A wicked RC10 enjoy it. Also good to see the Parma eagle body on it.
Just re-read my comment and thought it may come across like I’m being bitter about not buying it Etc , totally not the case lol. It is genuinely awesome to see that buggy again, and fantastic generosity as well. So really good to see it and cheers for sharing :)
LOL NOT ALL ALL Andy :)
That thing is great. I love rear suspension too, never seen one before.
Great video Gavin, the body looks very cool. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been raced with something like that though. It's KO as in knock out, still going fairly strong today, I use their top end stick radio for TC racing but it hasn't been available in the UK for a few years
Mid motors may handle better but will never be as sexy as the classic rear motor, rearward cab design. That being said, this is a great piece of RC history
From what I remember, mid motor cars didn't work too well on low grip tracks, as the kick of a brushed motor on acceleration, made the rear lift & lose grip.
It started to work when XFactory went for a 4 gear, gearbox, which used the motor kick to push down on the rear wheel, adding grip.
Very cool indeed. That suspension setup it amazing.
I loved Tekin products, esc/chargers!
That body is nice and works well with the mid-engine layout. I’d keep it. Those front arms are Andy’s and not hard to find on eBay.
That was a popular 'alternate' rc10 body back in the day. I never liked it as much as the original and ironically its currently in the best condition of all my vintage bodies probably because I didnt run it much. My original rc10 bodies are all beat to trash unfortunately.
I'd sure be nice to get an original body and a stealth tranny for my old 'cadillac' edition. The six gear trans in mine is quite janky now and really is the original car's only real weakness. (Though mine has lasted over thirty years and was raced to hell back in the eighties.) So, maybe not.
Cheers
It amazes me 30 years later these are still working at all. The amount of vintage electronics still fully functional even now is just not normal as these days a TV lasts five years max lol
I remember when these came out, I was never able to get one, because they were hard to find, and at the time, very expensive. You seem to be able to get your hands on all the rare unicorns, I challenge you to get a working, mip 4wd converted rc10 on the channel.
i remember hard wiring my acoms servos back in the day for more speed worked great
Nice to family see some good old vintage electronics.... Maybe a video about vintage electronics and motors... What do you think Gavin?
I love the body, very retro. I run one on my fox
Haven't seen one of those in a while.
Fantastic car! Be very careful if you ever use that servo, the gears are super easy to strip in the KO 713!
I will set a time on the track when the weather improves and get a bit of a running video but it will spend most of its life on the shelf in the studio
I still have that novak speed controler 👍
Great ESC
bro~like it-what a pro ideo-work.bye. 🙂
At the rear that looks like a type of rear roll bar link design.
I have one of those bodies. Parma, I think. but I can't remember what they called it
Eagle
I had a Astute 30 years ago and one friend had the rc-10, and what ever the losi was maybe a JRX pro ??? Anybody correct me please
Yep sounds like JRX pro
Interesting ❤ though the Kyosho Rocky 1986 and Turbo Rocky 1987 has mid motor but not sure they were competion RCs and ohh they are 4WD not 2WD as this one has
the chassis kit came as a tub / rear suspension /braces and rear arms and fixings. all the rest you had to add yourself.
yes the front arms are andys also the front bumper. not cheep parts to buy.
Very cool but strange since even '93 tracks were pretty loamy and rear-motor was the way to go for many more years. Maybe just a pet project or something put together for a very specific type of racing.
Yep it was early and I guess too different for people at that time.
that is not the unicorn in RC10 World, try looking for RPM’s Ultra Chassis conversion kit for the Associated RC10.
saddly i blow up the Tekin esc years ago trying to re wire it. it was a 410 s. gutted. thats why its a Novak.
its pronouced K.O. propo. Fet servos were all the rage back in the day to boost performance. Now a days nearly every reasonable steering servo does under 0.06s transit time..lol
a Novak esc in a Tekin car? and fyi its a Parma body. proline is a whole other company
The Tekin conversion was never particularly popular bitd (guessing the types of tracks raced on were not really suitable - especially in the US!) & not massively coverted these day amongst the RC10 collectors fraternity - thats not to say that it isn't very cool (look out also for the Fabix-mid motor converstion for the Cougar 2000, which appeared a little bit later) I remember someone with a good few of the kits NIB selling them for a very reasonble price about ten years back & they weren't exactly all 'snapped-up'! Why - I don't know? I remember a prominent RC collector running a Tekin mid at one of the early Revival meetings - its superior steering was certainly evident when it was dry.... but suddenly became un-driveable in the finals when it rained! Other nice parts on this car are the A&L ballraced steering levers - which might be still available under the 'Factory Works' banner (Jeff Malar from RC10talk bought the rights from the original owner) The Andy's front arms are especially desirable since they were made available prior to the release of the RC10 CE as a wide track conversion for the original #6010 - so are a legitimate upgrade for fitting to a 6-gear gold pan being raced in the earlier vintage class & do make the RC10 a better car to drive. The K.O PS-713 was one of their more entry level servos from the japanese brand, still weren't particularly cheap & very decent. It is plastic geared (I have a spare gear set for this servo) So good that you have a saver fitted! Servo probably a bit on the newer side to be truely period correct. Amazed the Novak ESC has allowed itself to be stuck to the chassis lol! The 410HPc is one of the classic Novaks..... as used by Masami in his 93 Worlds cars.
The electrics are real hodgepodge. That the motor is not anywhere close to period correct. That’s a mid 2000s motor not a mid 90s something more like a slot machine or green machine would be more appropriate. Same for the servo. Mid 2000s piece. Late 80s on the Tekin receiver. The ESC is of that age so perhaps make a set around that before you display it.
Ah yes get those modern wheels and tires off there for something period correct.
-U10
Very nice but not keen on the body shape bit to modern for me.. should have kept the beautiful RC10 body
t-kin not tech-in lol
Exactly
Tekin conversion, but Novak ESC?! 🤔
OMG HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN! 🌎 🔥 😜
@@RCKickschannel 😁 There is now a disruption in the space-time continuum!
That body has to go, but the chassis is awesome
Very cool, please don't change any parts unless they're broken - you'd be erasing history which for something like this is wrong IMHO!