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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/19/2008 2:46:06 AM

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Maybe I have too much time on my hands?! LOL.. I compared the plastic bushings from the Wild One (20+ yrs ago) and the current Tamiya 5x11 bushing..

They are different! The one on the right is the vintage bushing...

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/19/2008 2:47:57 AM

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Just in case people try to use the wrong pinion! 18T and 15T only!!

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/19/2008 3:17:34 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer

Maybe I have too much time on my hands?! LOL.. I compared the plastic bushings from the Wild One (20+ yrs ago) and the current Tamiya 5x11 bushing..

They are different! The one on the right is the vintage bushing...

interesting. hard to tell from the pics, but the vintage bushing looks to be a bit higher quality.

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/19/2008 3:24:09 AM

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The new one has some indentation space between the outer and inner races (not really, since it is not a ballbearing, but just using the term to refer to the part of the bushion).. I have no idea why.. ha!!

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/20/2008 8:29:56 PM

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The new one has some indentation space between the outer and inner races (not really, since it is not a ballbearing, but just using the term to refer to the part of the bushion).. I have no idea why.. ha!!

I would think the new design has less friction maybe with a less contact area maybe?

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/20/2008 9:27:23 PM

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Hey LB, nice find! Really envious on this one. Gotta love Tamiya vintage!

I wouldn't run it in the dirt, but give it a cautious ride here and there!

BTW: These are aluminium rims, made by the same person who made my Frog aluminium wheel covers.

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/20/2008 9:43:33 PM

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not usually my thing but i like the roll cage type frame on this thing..

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/20/2008 10:44:48 PM

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Sand Blasters! i absolutely love the look of those tires. plus, they're modeled after a real "Sand Blaster 915" tire, making them that much cooler.

did they take a tire pen to those or did Tamiya ship some with white lettering?

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/20/2008 11:12:53 PM

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White lexan paint, a very small + screwdriver and lots of patience.

At least thats the way I do it. Tamiya never sold these tires with white lettering, AFAIK.

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Sand Blasters! i absolutely love the look of those tires. plus, they're modeled after a real "Sand Blaster 915" tire, making them that much cooler.

did they take a tire pen to those or did Tamiya ship some with white lettering?

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/21/2008 1:54:03 AM

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Not really.. contact area are the same.. if anything, it is a little bit lighter.. but come on..

So who knows...

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I would think the new design has less friction maybe with a less contact area maybe?

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/21/2008 1:55:49 AM

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Thanks Dante! Yeah, might open up the tranny and make sure everything is built right, if no bearings, swap them in, and then run it around w/ them Hornet / Frog tires... ha!!

Very tempted to run them on gravel to take some actoin pics, though!! ha ha ha!!

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/21/2008 1:58:40 AM

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The last of the Tamiya scale buggy.. roll cage looks great, doesn't it?!

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not usually my thing but i like the roll cage type frame on this thing..

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/21/2008 2:28:48 AM

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The scale buggies are where its at, that initially drew me to Tamiya even though these were slightly before my time

. I wounldn't mind having one of these someday I will have to keep searching ebay regularly.

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RE: Kicking It Old School Style - Tamiya WILD ONE! - 1/21/2008 7:37:31 PM

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LB I am so jealous

The Wild One is by far the coolest RC ever made......ever!

You have to run it, even if you only jump it 1 or 2ft high