brit_bulldog

hope these pics help!!!!

webdr

wow, nostalgic...
whatever it is, its in great shape!

Rs43EVOman

I was thinking Kyosho at first, but I don't think so & it's preaty hard to guess how old it is if you dont know what type of car it is. Im sure someone here will know, either way the engine mounting and drivetrain ont hat thing is awesome. Is it yours?

fm2h3

It looks homade you can tell the chassis is made diffrent than factory models.
However it looks greats.

andrewtexas123

I think it is home made. Just some feeling says so, but i agree with others that thing is sick! Edit: Is it just me or does it look like an airplane engine possibly 4 stroke? Just a thought.

Andrew

Takedown

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Ya thats the feeling of your gut saying its home made.

hitman45

looks like something from the 80's. Like others have said, hard to tell with the age cause it is home made. (just have a felling its home made).

But judging by the engine and other parts it looks to be atleast 20yrs old.

fm2h3

Right, it does look like an airplane engine. Thats what i thoght.

s7jstep1

i thought airplane engine too. probably homemade

andrewtexas123

Its defintaly home made if its got an airplane engine.

Andrew

i8tweety

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It is not home-made. That car predates the kyosho circuit 20 by a few years. I don't recall the manufacturer, but that's how it looked new. It's from the late '70s if memory serves.

It's not an airplane engine either. It looks like an old OPS .20 to me. Can you provide pics of the side of the case

brit_bulldog

I think this car is original kit apart from the kyosho fuel tank that replaces original one.
This Belongs to my friends dad who owned a model shop years ago.
I dont think it is an aeroplane engine but remember that the very early cars used aero engines because thats all that were available.
I will try and get pic of crankcase as it show what i think is M (could be mondial symbol)

Codeblack

wow................... that belongs in a museum.

Codeblack

is that radio tray made out of wood????

Codeblack

and is there no airfilter??

littlekicker

Hi

I can't tell you what car it is, but I have one that is very similar, the basic structure is the same, with the chassis rails and side elevations and rolover bar in aluminium, the rear suspention is identical with cast alloy trailing arms.
The front suspention on mine is the same other than there are twin trailing arms just like a full size VW beatle. The engine on mine is direct coupled to the gearbox through a centrifugal clutch and the engine is mouted to the rear with the crank parralel to the ground. It had an old os max 21 engine in it.
The radio control box on mine was a perspex plastic moulding which was very crached but apeared to be the origional. I have replaced this with an aluminum effort.
I was told once it was a mantua??? but who knows. I bought mine very second hand when I was 14 and that was 22 years ago!!!!! eeee Im getting old!lol

Regards Angus

drevil

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That's awesome!

ASSOCIATED_DRIVER

Must be custom work based on Kyosho models, probably like the Landjump. To me, it does look like an airplane engine too. Very unique engine mounting position.

jatoracing33

thats thing is looks like fred flinstone's!!!!!!!!! thats things awesome...ive never seen an engine mounted that way

Mr2.4T

It looks to be something from Cox, or Jerobee. Circa 1970 something. Just my educated guess.

drevil

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It looks like a custom based off a Kyosho. Check out this Kyosho Fairlady. It's not the same thing but a lot of it looks similar.
http://www.rcmag.com/reviews/retro/v...y/fairlady.htm

wookie_racer

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yes they look simmilar, but that is probobly just due the them being from the same era, if you look at cars today they all have the same general set-up/layout and cars from then where the same. that was what worked back then with the technology, so everybody made their with the same layout. i have to go with itweety on this one.

just a shot in the dark...maybe some kind of jaco car? but i think they only made large scale stuff.

drevil

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Good point. Yea even the large scale Jaco stuff has the same basic design. Not sure if they ever did anything other than large scale.

The motor looks pretty much the same, although again it could be just the typical design from that era. Another picture of a similar motor on that site says OS Max on the site BTW.

littlekicker

Hi Mike, That one you have linked to is so very close to the one I have, even down to the radio box, now sadly smashed and removed!!! Its a fantastic piece of engineering, no plastic parts!!!!
Wish mine was as complete as that one!
I have run mine and its a handfull, its not fast but has plenty of torque, very low geared. The suspention is awfull and it oversteers like crazy! Good fun!!!
Angus

brit_bulldog

The kyosho car is very similar,

I know a Kyosho expert who i can check with when he visits me soon maybe he can help!!!