Back in the early 90's when the RC10's came out. I bought two of them. One I raced, but the other one, I never built. The idea was it was going to be used for spare parts. Anyway, I have it complete, including the clear plastic body, decals, etc (The box has been opened). I also, have other parts including electronic speed control, servos, radio, charger etc. Basically, it has all been in storage for over 30 years. Just starting to collect everything now.
I’m not in the RC game anymore. But my dad and I were heavy into it in the late 80s and 90s. And this was the car to have. We smacked them with an RnD upgrade. Built custom modified bodies on them and painted them up like locals cars. Had so much fun racing them. We Raced everything. Miss my monster beetle. Lol. Thing was great. We also took an Ultima, modified it with black foot parts and raced that against traxxs stuff. Haha. Just reminiscing. Glad I found this. Really took me back.
Awesome job! I’m going to dig mine out of the attic this week & see what kind of shape it’s in after 30+ years. I’ll never forget when my dad gave it to me on my 14th bday
Looks great! I have an all original gold tub RC10, it even has the wire-wound mechanical speed control still. I plan on doing a nice restore to it. The body is not box art at all and there are a couple of minor scuffs on the bottom of the chassis, but it is 1st Gen. I bought it from a friend of mine years ago. He bought it, when he was in the military, when they first came out. He ran it on base a couple of times, then he got into trucks instead, hasn't been run since.
Absolutely gorgeous restoration! One of my buddies gave me an RC-10 just like this, but it's in several pieces right now. He said that everything is there but I'll definitely be reviewing this video several times as soon as I'm ready to start working on it!
Great video! I've never had an RC10 before but these have been catching my attention more lately. I'd like to find one in decent shape that needs a good clean up.
I went to the graphite chassis. Dumped the dog bones and went with a Losi lnk rear. I races pro stock and modified. When I first got the gold chassis I sprayed it with oven cleaner and it turned silver. Looked awesome.
Great Restoration Ari!! Came out beautiful bud.. I'm actually in the process of doing the same thing. A-stamp Cadillac, Also have Andy Jacobson doing the body for me as well but a custom paint scheme. I'll check my stash of parts to see if I have any spare gear covers for you :)
Thanks for the comments and glad you enjoyed the video. I have another custom painted protect body by Andy. I decided to with the box art one for the video. He does such great work. yes, if you have a spare cover, please let me know. Thanks Chris.
the mark is an ejector pin mark, they normally stamp/form and cut the chassis in one operation. the part is formed to the die, some parts will really stick some less due to the variance of the thickness of the metal. Also use a drill to polish the rods and tubes
I just got a lexan figure. I will eventually be painting one. I had to wait for TBG as they were away on vacation for a while and their eBay shop was closed.
I still have my RC 10 that I bought new back in the early '90s. Runs great and pretty much mint. Original box and all da exrta parts. I don't run it much except to harass the dogs in the back yard every now and then.
Came out awesome. I’m about to tear apart a CE to clean her up and paint up a body. Approx how long did you leave it out in the sun. Would a UV light work? What was the cream you used on the nose tubes. Thank you.
Thanks! Just so you know I covered the glass dish with clear plastic wrap. I know that wasn't in the video but it keeps the peroxide from evaporation. I had the parts in direct sunlight 1 whole day on each side. So after day 1 in the sun, I brought the glass tray into the garage at night. next day brought it back outside and flipped over pieces. put new clear plastic wrap over them and let them sit in the sun for the entire day. The polishing cream was autosol. Better then any other metal polishing cream I've used. The problem is that it comes from over seas. I ordered through amazon.
FYI if you need peroxide for retro-brighting your parts just get salon 40 Volume clear (12.5% peroxide) the stuff used for hair brightening/highlighting. Just dilute it down for retro-brighting (Hydrogen peroxide from the store in normally 3%).
Thanks for the info. I've heard of people using the stronger peroxide and diluting it. I've used store bought peroxide (3%) 4 times now...It seemed to do the trick but I had to leave it out out for 2 days in the sun. I'm assuming the stronger it is the faster it will brighten. Might have to try it next time with the higher %. Thanks.
Hi Ari, super video, one question for you: do you know if hydrogen peroxide can remove dye color on the nylon plastics? ..or do you know any other product that does? Thx
Beautiful car! I am planning a restoration of my Nikko Thunderbolt, my first RC car in the 80s that got me hooked on this great hobby. I have all the plastic parts, electronics is dead, motor might still be ok. Would hydrogen peroxide be useful on black plastic parts? Sorry for noob question...
Nope. Hydrogen Peroxide only for the RC10 cream plastic parts. For all my other restorations, for black plastic, I use a ultra sonic cleaner. cleans nicely but you will never get those black plastic parts looking shiny like out of the box when it was brand new. I've heard of people using a polish or wax to get them shiny but that seems messy and again I've never done that. Can't recommend it then.
I purchased the ultrasonic cleaner off of amazon and I use warm water with a squirt of Palmolive dish soap as a degreaser. Sometimes I'll spray simple green in with the water and soap depending on how dirty or greasy the parts are.
Can we celebrate Adam gase being fired as head coach and can you find an original jrx2 with the 5 link rear suspension. It would be a nice addition to the original rc10 and would give it a good race on the track. (With a good driver of course.)
I got an "A" stamped RC10. The nose was all scrapped up but the rest of the car was great. I bought an RC10 re-release nose for it. This was a bad idea. The gold parts do not match. The color is wrong. I finally found an original nose for my RC10 but it cost a lot of money. However, my RC10 is now correct. Just a heads-up on trying to restore an RC10.
Yes I'm very well aware of the different colors of gold used. Early RC10's "Edingers" were lighter gold. Later RC10's "Cadiliacs" were more orangey gold. Thats why I'm a little hesitant to mix and match. thanks for the comment.
@@josereta2321 no sorry I don’t own one of those. They seem pretty cool and maybe in the future. However the channel is mostly vintage or retro (rereleases). I do have some modern badgers that me and the kids mess around with for fun but that’s not featured on my channel.
My videos are monetized. While I do this purely as a hobby and am not in it for the money, it does help that I can make a little coin to put back into the hobby to help sustain it. So thats why you've recently starting seeing adds in my videos.
How long did you leave the parts in the bath? Its a bit cold and winter sun (low in the sky) right now, so I was thinking about putting the parts in my wifes tanning bed instead. Do you think that would work?
I can’t for sure if that would work but I have heard of people trying UV light which is what is found in tanning beds. Can’t say if it will work as good. I left my parts in for one day and then flipped parts over for another day. So basically 2 days.
Hey bud, where do you get parts for it. I have the cad data for the aluminum frame but looked you can buy for 60+. This one has been used and needs shocks as well as the steering knuckles and more. Also im looking to change out the motor and speed controller to brushless system. thanks in advance. PS: if there's parts that cant be bought i have a 3-D scanner and a CNC MILL to make any thing.
Here is a video I did for my RC10T. At one point in the video I go through a bunch of 3rd party companies that make parts for vintage RC10s. Also, in the description for this video, I posted the links. Hope this helps. Finally, check team associated's website as they rereleased the RC10 for its 40 anniversary and may have posted parts to purchase. th-cam.com/video/ovLsD4IWrmk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1ju_0_auZBSrjqvv
I use Palmolive dish soap, very little, and a spray or two of Simple Green right into the water. I run it through the ultra sonic cleaner 2x at 5 minute a pop. Then I rinse the parts off after as the water in the ultra sonic cleaner gets pretty dirty.
Yes. I"ll be doing a restoration on an RC10T later in the Spring... Perhaps 2 RC10T's....Also sometime later spring I hope to do something custom with an RC10. I have a couple other projects (Resto's to get to...)
Where is a good place to get parts. I have 2 'A' stamp about 80% complete but not restored. I need to things like a set of rims, the battery trays, nose tubes, a body, and other bits.
Hey there so hoping you can help. I have this same rc10 Cadillac. It’s a good pan stamp A. What is throwing me off is every part that aka is suppose to be white is like a yellow color. These are not sun faded because even the rims inside are the exact same color including the tie rod Ends. I can send pics. Did they ever release something like this? Mine also had the original mechanic sweeping speed controller and also a robbe rokraft esc which is only from germany. Would love help in understanding this and the kit is pretty much mint. But it has all of the manuals and has the original associated off road stock motor and a brand new never mounted trinity monster horse power 1985 world championship motor. According to the paper cert it comes with it claims it’s the pure gold version. Would owe you lunch for your insight.
I want to buy one RC10 just to own one but i mostly own Traxxas Losi Redcat Axial Tamiya old and new models but I don't have Shalf Queen every RC I have I use but I don't abuse them
Good luck finding an original smoke cover...they were absolute garbage... Always cracked and leaked back in day... So most were replaced with nice clear lexan replacement.
Back in the early 90's when the RC10's came out. I bought two of them. One I raced, but the other one, I never built. The idea was it was going to be used for spare parts. Anyway, I have it complete, including the clear plastic body, decals, etc (The box has been opened). I also, have other parts including electronic speed control, servos, radio, charger etc. Basically, it has all been in storage for over 30 years. Just starting to collect everything now.
I’m not in the RC game anymore. But my dad and I were heavy into it in the late 80s and 90s. And this was the car to have. We smacked them with an RnD upgrade. Built custom modified bodies on them and painted them up like locals cars. Had so much fun racing them. We Raced everything. Miss my monster beetle. Lol. Thing was great. We also took an Ultima, modified it with black foot parts and raced that against traxxs stuff. Haha. Just reminiscing. Glad I found this. Really took me back.
That paint job looks amazing 👍
Awesome job! I’m going to dig mine out of the attic this week & see what kind of shape it’s in after 30+ years. I’ll never forget when my dad gave it to me on my 14th bday
Wow 🤩 it came up lovely
My favorite RC of all time! Tamiya Hornet comes in second. Nice collection buddy!!
Wow, that thing looks absolutely fantastic 👍
killer- retro paint jobs on both of those
That was..... epic. The music, the rebuild process, and of course the car. Awesome 👍
Thanks bud. Yes that music is Epic. Using it again in my next video....."Bruiser Time Baby"
@@RCRetro Already looking forward to it.
That ultrasonic cleaner / HydroPeroxide really brought the whites up clear as!!
Love the restoration outcome it looks super cool
Great job! You started with a really nice example in the first place and that produces much greater results. I've resto'd a few of these myself.
Thanks Ari. I appreciate the tips and tricks you bring to your channel. Enjoy the racing as well.
Wow looks amazing wish I could get one maybe one day many thanks for sharing the build with us 👍
I got a 1984 model, original owner. How much you give me? Original box too
Would still love one but just buying a new/old house need all the money I have for that 😔 but thanks for the offer 👍
Looks better than new , the paint job really makes it pop . Makes me want to get one now .
I absolutely LOVE the box art paintjob!
Very cool video, lots of hard work. Lots of gremlins to overcome. Congratulations on a sweet new/old rig.
Good work 👍
That looks great Ari,a really nice job there sir.
Awesome job! I always wanted one of these cars back in the day. Looks great!
Looks great! I have an all original gold tub RC10, it even has the wire-wound mechanical speed control still. I plan on doing a nice restore to it. The body is not box art at all and there are a couple of minor scuffs on the bottom of the chassis, but it is 1st Gen. I bought it from a friend of mine years ago. He bought it, when he was in the military, when they first came out. He ran it on base a couple of times, then he got into trucks instead, hasn't been run since.
I would love to buy another to run at the track with modern electrics!
Absolutely gorgeous restoration! One of my buddies gave me an RC-10 just like this, but it's in several pieces right now. He said that everything is there but I'll definitely be reviewing this video several times as soon as I'm ready to start working on it!
Great video! I've never had an RC10 before but these have been catching my attention more lately. I'd like to find one in decent shape that needs a good clean up.
Beautiful car! Always wanted one as a kid. Nice job!
I have a gold pan with the chain drive transmission, really performs well
Very Nice build
Amazing video 🙏
Lot´s of work, but it turned out really nice. Great restoration.
Thank you.
I went to the graphite chassis. Dumped the dog bones and went with a Losi lnk rear. I races pro stock and modified. When I first got the gold chassis I sprayed it with oven cleaner and it turned silver. Looked awesome.
Super cool. I've got mine still that I never finished building as a kid. I may have to pull it out and check it out.
That was awesome, nice work!
Looks really nice!
Sweet rc10
Thanks...
Looks awesome! I just started rebuilding my 10T I got for my bday in 1991.
Great Restoration Ari!! Came out beautiful bud.. I'm actually in the process of doing the same thing. A-stamp Cadillac, Also have Andy Jacobson doing the body for me as well but a custom paint scheme. I'll check my stash of parts to see if I have any spare gear covers for you :)
Thanks for the comments and glad you enjoyed the video. I have another custom painted protect body by Andy. I decided to with the box art one for the video. He does such great work. yes, if you have a spare cover, please let me know. Thanks Chris.
If you put the hinge pins and shock shafts in the dremel and spin in a rag w metal polish they come out perfect.
the mark is an ejector pin mark, they normally stamp/form and cut the chassis in one operation. the part is formed to the die, some parts will really stick some less due to the variance of the thickness of the metal.
Also use a drill to polish the rods and tubes
EEEXCELLENT
Thanks Benny Boy!
You're also missing the lexan driver figure, let's see more RC10 videos. Nice job Ari
I just got a lexan figure. I will eventually be painting one. I had to wait for TBG as they were away on vacation for a while and their eBay shop was closed.
Omg..I have a Rc10T in mint condition with novak duster 😊
I still have my RC 10 that I bought new back in the early '90s. Runs great and pretty much mint. Original box and all da exrta parts. I don't run it much except to harass the dogs in the back yard every now and then.
Its good to bust it out every now and then and have some fun with it. Nice to hear that you still have yours up and running. Thanks for the comment.
Came out awesome. I’m about to tear apart a CE to clean her up and paint up a body. Approx how long did you leave it out in the sun. Would a UV light work?
What was the cream you used on the nose tubes.
Thank you.
Thanks! Just so you know I covered the glass dish with clear plastic wrap. I know that wasn't in the video but it keeps the peroxide from evaporation. I had the parts in direct sunlight 1 whole day on each side. So after day 1 in the sun, I brought the glass tray into the garage at night. next day brought it back outside and flipped over pieces. put new clear plastic wrap over them and let them sit in the sun for the entire day.
The polishing cream was autosol. Better then any other metal polishing cream I've used. The problem is that it comes from over seas. I ordered through amazon.
Beautiful work.... question though, did you use any grease/lube or did you build it dry?
Dry. No grease and no shock oil. This is a shelf queen "trophy" car.
Great job👍 looks amazing 😍! What transponders did you guys choose for the lapmonitor? I want to order one and there are too many options 😬?
FYI if you need peroxide for retro-brighting your parts just get salon 40 Volume clear (12.5% peroxide) the stuff used for hair brightening/highlighting. Just dilute it down for retro-brighting (Hydrogen peroxide from the store in normally 3%).
Thanks for the info. I've heard of people using the stronger peroxide and diluting it. I've used store bought peroxide (3%) 4 times now...It seemed to do the trick but I had to leave it out out for 2 days in the sun. I'm assuming the stronger it is the faster it will brighten. Might have to try it next time with the higher %. Thanks.
Hi Ari, super video, one question for you: do you know if hydrogen peroxide can remove dye color on the nylon plastics? ..or do you know any other product that does? Thx
I have 3 of those, 2 A stamp and one A&L trailing arm conversion, I can't find enough parts to make them usable though.
With a little Ebay and forum surfing, I can usually find most parts for them. Sometimes the price sucks, but that's part of it.
There are plenty of RC10 groups on Facebook. Join and ask around. People are always willing to help out.
I have a NOS Gold Pan RC10 & I need that body
Beautiful car! I am planning a restoration of my Nikko Thunderbolt, my first RC car in the 80s that got me hooked on this great hobby. I have all the plastic parts, electronics is dead, motor might still be ok. Would hydrogen peroxide be useful on black plastic parts? Sorry for noob question...
Nope. Hydrogen Peroxide only for the RC10 cream plastic parts. For all my other restorations, for black plastic, I use a ultra sonic cleaner. cleans nicely but you will never get those black plastic parts looking shiny like out of the box when it was brand new. I've heard of people using a polish or wax to get them shiny but that seems messy and again I've never done that. Can't recommend it then.
@@RCRetro Thanks a lot!! Just thinking out of the box: has anyone tried a thin coat of epoxy resin to give back some of the past glory?
Wonderful vid, thanks for sharing. What liquid did you use in the ultra sonic cleaner? And where did you buy the ultra sonic cleaner? Cheers.
I purchased the ultrasonic cleaner off of amazon and I use warm water with a squirt of Palmolive dish soap as a degreaser. Sometimes I'll spray simple green in with the water and soap depending on how dirty or greasy the parts are.
@@RCRetro Thanks for the responce. Cheers.
I still have mine on a shelf.
Can we celebrate Adam gase being fired as head coach and can you find an original jrx2 with the 5 link rear suspension. It would be a nice addition to the original rc10 and would give it a good race on the track. (With a good driver of course.)
Thanks lol.. my driving skills have vastly improved. Just not top notch like that other guy who won for the season. Thanks again for the comment.
Awesome video man, will try that to restore my RC, any tips on how to restore aluminum parts, been searching and all i can find is very confusing
In gearing up to restore one I have. How long do you put it in a hydrogen peroxide bath for? Absolutely love the turn out of yours!!!!
1st..... just like during race season 😜
I got an "A" stamped RC10. The nose was all scrapped up but the rest of the car was great. I bought an RC10 re-release nose for it. This was a bad idea. The gold parts do not match. The color is wrong. I finally found an original nose for my RC10 but it cost a lot of money. However, my RC10 is now correct. Just a heads-up on trying to restore an RC10.
Yes I'm very well aware of the different colors of gold used. Early RC10's "Edingers" were lighter gold. Later RC10's "Cadiliacs" were more orangey gold. Thats why I'm a little hesitant to mix and match. thanks for the comment.
@@RCRetro I was not aware until I got the parts and the gold color did not match.
Love the instrumental music … who is that?
The music is from TH-cam studio and the music they provide that is Royalty Free... I think its called Inseption....
@@RCRetro ny any chance have you done a review on the Losi mini-B or you just do retro?
@@josereta2321 no sorry I don’t own one of those. They seem pretty cool and maybe in the future. However the channel is mostly vintage or retro (rereleases). I do have some modern badgers that me and the kids mess around with for fun but that’s not featured on my channel.
@@RCRetro regardless I’ll be watching your channel loved this video🙏👍
Great job Ari! What's up with all the Ads on TH-cam now? It's like watching TV all over again.
My videos are monetized. While I do this purely as a hobby and am not in it for the money, it does help that I can make a little coin to put back into the hobby to help sustain it. So thats why you've recently starting seeing adds in my videos.
Hell ya!
Well I guess it's time to do my 10T
I want an RC10T so badly!
Beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤ like to own 0ne for my collection also.can I still get one?
Tell us about the corrs melling #9 behind you pls
How long did you leave the parts in the bath? Its a bit cold and winter sun (low in the sky) right now, so I was thinking about putting the parts in my wifes tanning bed instead. Do you think that would work?
I can’t for sure if that would work but I have heard of people trying UV light which is what is found in tanning beds. Can’t say if it will work as good. I left my parts in for one day and then flipped parts over for another day. So basically 2 days.
Did you ever find that gear cover?
To be honest…. I order so much stuff and then stash it away…. I can’t even remember lol…. I think I got a reproduction one off eBay…..
What did u use in the sonic cleaner
All the white parts to clean and degrease them. Then I put everything into hydrogen peroxide to whiten the parts up.
Will the hydroxine peroxide clean colored parts as well, or will it bleach them?
Not sure. I've only done the hydrogen peroxide to the plastic parts and never with paint on them. Sorry...
sure would be nice if you provided links to at least some of the products used for cleaning and resto...
Hey bud, where do you get parts for it. I have the cad data for the aluminum frame but looked you can buy for 60+. This one has been used and needs shocks as well as the steering knuckles and more. Also im looking to change out the motor and speed controller to brushless system. thanks in advance. PS: if there's parts that cant be bought i have a 3-D scanner and a CNC MILL to make any thing.
Here is a video I did for my RC10T. At one point in the video I go through a bunch of 3rd party companies that make parts for vintage RC10s. Also, in the description for this video, I posted the links. Hope this helps. Finally, check team associated's website as they rereleased the RC10 for its 40 anniversary and may have posted parts to purchase.
th-cam.com/video/ovLsD4IWrmk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1ju_0_auZBSrjqvv
I had a b3 with a wicked paint job wish I still had it.
Read most of the comments , but specifically what solution or chemicals in your ultra sonic cleaner?
I use Palmolive dish soap, very little, and a spray or two of Simple Green right into the water. I run it through the ultra sonic cleaner 2x at 5 minute a pop. Then I rinse the parts off after as the water in the ultra sonic cleaner gets pretty dirty.
@@RCRetro Thank you. The unit I bought should be here in a couple days, I will put it to use right away.
Where can i get rc10 wheels?
Hey do u still do restorations on rcs
Yes. I"ll be doing a restoration on an RC10T later in the Spring... Perhaps 2 RC10T's....Also sometime later spring I hope to do something custom with an RC10. I have a couple other projects (Resto's to get to...)
Where is a good place to get parts. I have 2 'A' stamp about 80% complete but not restored. I need to things like a set of rims, the battery trays, nose tubes, a body, and other bits.
Facebook Group RC10 Chop Shop. Shawn Miller runs the group and usually has the parts you are looking for.
Hey there so hoping you can help. I have this same rc10 Cadillac. It’s a good pan stamp A. What is throwing me off is every part that aka is suppose to be white is like a yellow color. These are not sun faded because even the rims inside are the exact same color including the tie rod Ends. I can send pics. Did they ever release something like this? Mine also had the original mechanic sweeping speed controller and also a robbe rokraft esc which is only from germany. Would love help in understanding this and the kit is pretty much mint. But it has all of the manuals and has the original associated off road stock motor and a brand new never mounted trinity monster horse power 1985 world championship motor. According to the paper cert it comes with it claims it’s the pure gold version. Would owe you lunch for your insight.
I want to buy one RC10 just to own one but i mostly own Traxxas Losi Redcat Axial Tamiya old and new models but I don't have Shalf Queen every RC I have I use but I don't abuse them
I just subscribed to your channel.. looking forward to talk RC 10 chat with you..
Anyone interested in a Kyosho Pro-X sport. New in box unassembled. HMU
Thanks for putting this out there. I'll ask the guys that I hang with and see if anyone is interested.
This video makes me want to get an other. Stop enabling !
haha sorry man. Cover your eyes.
This is a car that I wouldn't have painted box art. Box arts for me kyosho and Tamiya only. I would not shelf queen it.
Good luck finding an original smoke cover...they were absolute garbage... Always cracked and leaked back in day... So most were replaced with nice clear lexan replacement.