The black 540 motors were an original power upgrade. I fixed my shocks by straightening them with a pair of pliers. My car had a fire back in the 80s with an old style ESC that over heated. Your video was great. The shocks back in the day all ways leaked oil good luck with the refit .
Yeah, I put a black or rewound motor in my rough rider back then and if it had wings it would have taken off. I don't know why they stopped making that motor, it really stepped up the performance of any car it fit.
I have an original Hornet that was my uncle's. I would say it is lat 70 early 80's. He had 2 of them. One in red and one in black. He passed away in 91. One of my other uncle's got them. He rebuilt the red one and cave it to my cousin. Then he tried to sell the black on for awhile but no one would buy it. He eventually gave it to me. It had no controller, receiver or servo. It looked like it was setup to have a steering throttle control servo. After a few yesrs of sitting I found the new kits at a hobby shop. So for Christmas about 7 years ago my Mom and step dad bought me the kit, controller and reciever. So the chassis is all original with all updated running gear. I saved the original body but it is very brittle. So I used the new body and left it clear. That thing is a ball to run.
The thing about this chassis, it that front axel assembly. It's almost a true scale VW front axle assembly. The geometry is pretty true to the full scale. The Kyosho Baja bug kit has very close to the the real thing rear suspension. So, if you could get the Tamiya front end and the Kyosho rear suspension.....
4:47 The 'mosfet thing' is just a big ceramic resistor. Those 'speed controllers' had precisely three speeds: stationary, slow (resistor in series with the motor) and fast (battery straight into the motor). The slow speed just dumped energy from the battery into the resistor as heat, hence being in a metal box outside the tub -- they got frickin' hot! And of course it's an incredibly inefficient way to control speed. 6:02 Yep, that's a resettable fuse/breaker. Since they were no electronics to control overcurrent, if that wasn't there and you stalled the motor for any length of time, bad things would happen. When it trips, that little red pip pops out. You wait a few minutes for things to cool down and pop it back in again. I got one of these for my birthday in 1980 (the Ford Ranger version -- only difference was wheels and bodyshell). I loved it to bits, and still have it. Edit: The marketing video that I saw in the store as a nine-year-old, and which made me want one of these more than I'd ever wanted anything in my whole life: th-cam.com/video/ZIoSTwWXENQ/w-d-xo.html
I can't wait to see what Electronics you put in it,I have a chassis from novak that needs all new guts,maybe watching you build this will give me some ideas,thank you for sharing👍👍
Hey man.. Love that you're going to leave the shell. It has an awesome patina as it is... After seeing the Faceball pics on your wall and commenting there, now to see it on video, I fully believe that's definitely the way to go. As for the black box... It is a breaker... The older cars had a glass fuse... Some of the higher end models at the time ran a breaker instead. The MSC with resistors, is a standard fare too... Plenty of old Tamiya cars had similar.. The 5804 Tamiya XR311 from 1977 to the Hotshot and Fox of the mid 80's, probably the Hotshot derivatives as well, although I've not owned 'em to know for sure. Keep up the awesome work!
Great to see you got another SRB! I have all of them in various stages of renovation. But they are shelf queens only. I do have one that I can sacrifice beating up but just haven't built it fully yet. I'm really looking forward to seeing what you do with yours!
Those tires are fine. That thing has fuck all power and they won't come apart. My vintage Tamiya buggy with its 540 silvercan motor can't even explode them when they're already 40% of the way through tread seperation on the drives! You'd have a point if that thing had a hot 12-15t brushed or a brushless motor of any sort, but with the silvercan in the back of that thing, itt'l be fine as-is.
great video. You should check out Ampro Engineering. He has a shapeways store as well. He has a bunch of Tamiya stuff on there. I know for a fact he has lights you could use. Probably some chassis parts too!
I love your channel and your presenting style and also share your obsession keeping it scale. So you know you will have to have a little tarp covering the cockpit of the buggy when it is being towed don't you as you can not trailer it with a driver sat in there!
@@RCeveryday Glad you liked it cos I just used your idea and bought some 1.55 landys and matching Mud thrashers for my RC4WD G2 after watching your wheel dilemma video :)
I have the rear axles in my garage somewhere, they came off of a blue beach buggy from tamiya it was my first real rc.i also have various old and original tires and maybe wheels I have wheels from the newer sand scorcher, I bought new aluminum wheels and didn't use the stock ones, if you can pm your address I will dig up the old stuff and send it to you free,id be happy to see someone use it. ive had stuff laying around in boxes for over 30 years, it would be great to see you use the stuff in your videos.
The black 540 motors were an original power upgrade. I fixed my shocks by straightening them with a pair of pliers. My car had a fire back in the 80s with an old style ESC that over heated. Your video was great. The shocks back in the day all ways leaked oil good luck with the refit .
Yeah, I put a black or rewound motor in my rough rider back then and if it had wings it would have taken off. I don't know why they stopped making that motor, it really stepped up the performance of any car it fit.
I have an original Hornet that was my uncle's. I would say it is lat 70 early 80's. He had 2 of them. One in red and one in black. He passed away in 91. One of my other uncle's got them. He rebuilt the red one and cave it to my cousin. Then he tried to sell the black on for awhile but no one would buy it. He eventually gave it to me. It had no controller, receiver or servo. It looked like it was setup to have a steering throttle control servo. After a few yesrs of sitting I found the new kits at a hobby shop. So for Christmas about 7 years ago my Mom and step dad bought me the kit, controller and reciever. So the chassis is all original with all updated running gear. I saved the original body but it is very brittle. So I used the new body and left it clear. That thing is a ball to run.
Ooh I love the really old Tamiya stuff. Always wanted the Ford Ranger or Sand Scorcher variant of this chassis
I am currently restoring my rough rider that I bought back in 1980. Full teardown, cleaning, and reassembly with new parts as needed.
Love that trailer idea. Your right they do look great together.
Wayne Tate Yes 👍🏻
The thing about this chassis, it that front axel assembly. It's almost a true scale VW front axle assembly. The geometry is pretty true to the full scale.
The Kyosho Baja bug kit has very close to the the real thing rear suspension.
So, if you could get the Tamiya front end and the Kyosho rear suspension.....
That is an oldie! Wow I started with a MRC Cheyenne in 87 or 88. It had old manual speed control and ceramic heat sink too. Cool!
4:47 The 'mosfet thing' is just a big ceramic resistor. Those 'speed controllers' had precisely three speeds: stationary, slow (resistor in series with the motor) and fast (battery straight into the motor). The slow speed just dumped energy from the battery into the resistor as heat, hence being in a metal box outside the tub -- they got frickin' hot! And of course it's an incredibly inefficient way to control speed.
6:02 Yep, that's a resettable fuse/breaker. Since they were no electronics to control overcurrent, if that wasn't there and you stalled the motor for any length of time, bad things would happen. When it trips, that little red pip pops out. You wait a few minutes for things to cool down and pop it back in again.
I got one of these for my birthday in 1980 (the Ford Ranger version -- only difference was wheels and bodyshell). I loved it to bits, and still have it.
Edit: The marketing video that I saw in the store as a nine-year-old, and which made me want one of these more than I'd ever wanted anything in my whole life:
th-cam.com/video/ZIoSTwWXENQ/w-d-xo.html
Awesome fun video! Excellent scale set up you have 👍
I can't wait to see what Electronics you put in it,I have a chassis from novak that needs all new guts,maybe watching you build this will give me some ideas,thank you for sharing👍👍
Great video bud, I recently finished my vintage Rough Rider Buggy on my rc channel. Good times👍
Really cool find bud and I'm sure when you get done with it it will look great thanks for posting
I also have a 1978 tamiya cheetah.
Hey man.. Love that you're going to leave the shell. It has an awesome patina as it is... After seeing the Faceball pics on your wall and commenting there, now to see it on video, I fully believe that's definitely the way to go. As for the black box... It is a breaker... The older cars had a glass fuse... Some of the higher end models at the time ran a breaker instead. The MSC with resistors, is a standard fare too... Plenty of old Tamiya cars had similar.. The 5804 Tamiya XR311 from 1977 to the Hotshot and Fox of the mid 80's, probably the Hotshot derivatives as well, although I've not owned 'em to know for sure. Keep up the awesome work!
Nice pick on the rough rider. Never seen one of them. I agree, would look real good behind the 4runner
Great to see you got another SRB!
I have all of them in various stages of renovation.
But they are shelf queens only.
I do have one that I can sacrifice beating up but just haven't built it fully yet.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what you do with yours!
Dry tyres: spray them liberally with silicone lube and seal them is a sandwich bag for a few days.
Cool video. I have re release Sand Scorcher and also re released Tamiya Wild One. I love the retro looks of both of them!
16:04 that massive ding in the rim might be the impact point for what bent the driveshaft.
Good score.
You should build a trailer. That would be a cool set of videos for us to watch.
Great video my first RC was a grass hopper looks like fun 😀😀😀😀😀😀👍👊😎
I'll buy the old electronics off you!
Those tires are fine. That thing has fuck all power and they won't come apart. My vintage Tamiya buggy with its 540 silvercan motor can't even explode them when they're already 40% of the way through tread seperation on the drives!
You'd have a point if that thing had a hot 12-15t brushed or a brushless motor of any sort, but with the silvercan in the back of that thing, itt'l be fine as-is.
nice-I watched all and i put a like on this too
great video. You should check out Ampro Engineering. He has a shapeways store as well. He has a bunch of Tamiya stuff on there. I know for a fact he has lights you could use. Probably some chassis parts too!
Oh yeah. I love his stuff
Put those tracks on the back 👌🏾
I love your channel and your presenting style and also share your obsession keeping it scale.
So you know you will have to have a little tarp covering the cockpit of the buggy when it is being towed don't you as you can not trailer it with a driver sat in there!
Thats a great idea!
@@RCeveryday Glad you liked it cos I just used your idea and bought some 1.55 landys and matching Mud thrashers for my RC4WD G2 after watching your wheel dilemma video :)
A scale motor would look great.
I have the rear axles in my garage somewhere, they came off of a blue beach buggy from tamiya it was my first real rc.i also have various old and original tires and maybe wheels I have wheels from the newer sand scorcher, I bought new aluminum wheels and didn't use the stock ones, if you can pm your address I will dig up the old stuff and send it to you free,id be happy to see someone use it. ive had stuff laying around in boxes for over 30 years, it would be great to see you use the stuff in your videos.
Hell yeah buddy? TH-cam has done away with the messages option. Can I find you on Facebook or Instagram?
When you got it did it come with the box or instructions also great vid 😃
You're coming to USTE this year, right? If so, bring the vintage with you for the race and gallery. :D
Yup, im trying to get it running before the trip
I have a 1979 rough rider used but complete. How much is it worth?
Just depends on th econdition, they sell used on ebay anywhere from $100 to $400
@@RCeveryday Thanks
Hi, I have tamiya rough rider 1979 and cheetah for sale are you interested
She is missing the back horizontal shock and the oil recivoir with the tubing
That only came on the super champ buddy I thought.