i had an RC-10 when i was a kid, and i believe that it's still in a box somewhere. i had a lot of fun with that car. i might fix it up and get it going again eventually. my son would have a blast with it when he gets older.
That was my very first RC! I loved it too, I remember taking good care of it, I just for the life of me can't remember what happened to it, thanks for bringing that up👍
that was the first radio control car that I beat just because the guy couldn't keep it on the track he was so much faster than me. I had a sears lobo. That total hopper blew that thing away but he just couldn't drive.
Well I had one of those things with RadioShack rechargeable batteries it took 12 hours to recharge them back then I burned the tires off of that thing. I remember the Lobos. And I had a Radio Shack red arrow when I got older before I got into hobby grade
Love to see the Gold Pans in action. I broke out my old CE I got in 1990 I hope to race it in a vintage class soon. That is a super easy track though. I would like to have seen them hit some nice sized jumps and maybe a nice triple.
I know right that track is so easy it hurts It's like racing on carpet compared to what I grew up on in Alaska.You could run that track with many pins where we needed big knobbies just to get any traction. I would love to run a vintage class like this but I did not like that gold pan I prefer my graphite.
Only nine turn motorized remember back then was the Trinity nine turn nuclear assault!! I did the same exact thing you did when I got the stealth transmission.Nowadays a 15 turn will easily outrun the old nine turns. It amazes me how fast these cars are now. Electric used to not touch gas and now it's the other way around
@@BJETNT I grew up with the gold pan and its near and dear to me. But once I got into nitro(8th scale buggy I still run today) my electric paled. But now electric is faster yes and no. On a tight track where you need instant Pop after a corner to clear a big jump nitro is king still and electric still struggles. Electric and nitro really shouldn't be compared because both still have pros and cons...
I was in High school when they came out as well. I wanted an RC10 soooo bad. But when your a kid, the price was prohibitive. Now I have 4 AE kits and the prices seem like pocket change. Break an A-Arm? Buy one at track shop without thinking twice.
My bro worked and saved and got one in h.s. I was so freakin jealous. Even then you new it was gold. Sexiest 1:10 design ever. American quality had a price back then but it was worth it
Bought one of the originals back in '87. I even used the rheostat speed controller that came with the kit. I have no idea where it is but I'm going to scour my parents garage when I visit them next. Man I lusted for that kit for over a year and saved every penny I could.
I bought an original in 88. And in 89 bought a graphite chassis mid engine conversion kit from a little business in California. I ordered it COD cash to the UPS driver. $90. I sold my GT Performer freestyle bike to fund my ongoing racing habit. Then I moved on to an Ultima in 1990 selling the RC10 stuff in the window of the local hobby shop. Sold the whole rc10 and mid kit for like $100 which was ok back then for a used race car. Good times. Wish I had all that back. It was excellent quality. And FAST with my Trinity motor, Sanyo battery and Novak ESC.
Still got mine Championship Edition (late). Raced it for a few years and won some races against more modern RC10 B2 and RC10B3 and Losi, etc., about15 years ago.. Still a great car. Gonna get a new Tx and mild brushless...
I am 43.. my cousin worked at a hobby shop in the early 90's...RC10'S.. were the car to have back in the day ..we put truck conversions in em and would win indoor races at the armory all the time..I miss those days..
I can’t believe these things are called “vintage class.” I feel old. My dad bought me an original RC-10 when I was about 7 or 8 years old (around ‘87). It is the aluminum tub version. I’m sure it’s in my parents’ garage somewhere. They wouldn’t dare throw it away.
I won the New Jersey state championships first place in 1992 in Trenton New Jersey at the New Jersey Technology Student Association Finals "TSA" with an RC 10t . And I still have it with about 5 more just sitting in the Attic because I don't want to break them even though I have lots of spare parts
l still remember seeing one assembled at the hobby store when it first came out ,it looked great back then still does now .And kicking myself for not buying that one l found at a garage sale for $150 along with a grass hopper ,radios etc and kool home made carry case for all of it :(
I got a Tamiya Hornet when I was a kid and my best friend ruined it by getting an RC10. We were racing one day and an old man came out and said his car made mine look like a Model T. I hated that. His car always ran circles around mine and it killed the fun. Good and bad memories of the RC10.
I shared this feeling with a Tamiya stadium truck the RC 10 was right there on the shelf next to it honestly Tamiya has good looking models but modify it and it's pretty much going to cost alot I turned mine into a touring car in the 90s and parking lot raced it until the hpi rs4 came out and killed that dream
I still have my ist gen orig rc10 and losi jrx2,, obviously,these are sporting modern motors and batteries ect but still the original chassis and trans.. the skill it takes to drive smoothly and at competitio level speeds is Very hard and takes much practice! that track is freakin awesome!
First off awesome driving by the way but there's Nothing like the old 30 year old RC10, i have one myself and love it, and will never ever get rid of it. Kept all the original internals and replaced it all with today's radios, speed controller and newer battery, Better motor to, just didn't go with a brush-less motor or lipo battery as i don't think the 30 year old gear box could handle that amount of torc going into it. by far one of the best vintage RC cars out there. Still would love to get my hands on a toyota hilux from tamiya with the metal frame lief springs and the 3 speed shifting gear box. But there stupid expensive and really hard to find.
I found an original RC10 at a garage sale for $10 with a working radio and a hulk of a Tamiya car. The RC10 is my priority to get on a track with my father's Tamiya Supershot of similar vintage.
I remember seeing these as a kid but getting a Tamiya instead I was able to find a old b3 on classified ads to run gold pans are now rare and expensive
I been watching some of these old vintage races on utube and I have been biten by the dang bug. I pulled out my rc10 that my mom got me in 1984 and been scratching my head with thoughts....... What's old is new 🤔 rc10talk.
I would like to know how vintage they have to be I've got a tricked out RC10 original but I've got the A&l trailing arm conversion with a stealth transmission with 64 pitch gears. I wonder if I would still qualify for the vintage class? I grew up racing off road in Alaska this track is like racing on carpet compared to what we did.
Yeah mine's not a gold tub it's about the same as the championship Edition which I think came out a year later. I never liked the gold tub. I prefer the graphite. Mine I think was the world's or Championship Edition. It originally came with 32-pitch transmission but I got a stealth for it as soon as it came out. I'm just curious what they consider vintage class if it has to be the goal tub. I have the A and L trailing arm conversion on mine that has a fiberglass chassis with a graphite brakes on the top. Plus I have a totally vintage graphite World Edition it doesn't have anything after market on it except titanium kingpins and turnbuckles. It's a geometry in transmission Gering as all the other original rc10 so I don't see why I would be any different. But it just depends on what the rules are and what they expect. Besides nowadays it doesn't even have to be real vintage because they re-released the original rc10. Like I got a re-released javelin that is updated there was with newer parts. It was first real RC car. But the parts are stronger and it has hex head screws along with 48 pitch gears. Plus you can go belt drive or chain drive. I have a real original Kyosho Javelin and it's worth about 3 Grand because it is all original option house and Kyosho parts. The decals were over $100 and a body she was more like 200 LOL. I had hoped to give it to my son but he died and I was not able to. But I don't want to race at $3,000 shelf Queen. But I still like the car obviously. I wish I could find a way to figure out where all these races are I want to race my E-maxx and vintage rc10 but I don't know of any races around here in North Idaho and East Washington. Anyway I hope you're avoiding the virus my friend thanks for the info in the comment
I still have my 1988 RC10 from when I was a kid (7 years old). I unfortunately killed the stock transmission in it and still have the Stealth one from when it debuted.
I just bought a vintage RC10. How can I tell the year of manufacture? Pretty sure its an A pan. It has the gold tub. Still has am receiver. Called the local hobby shop, guy there says its a shelf queen. I disagree. It can be built with modern parts and ran for fun. Can it not? With modern trans, battery, receiver, etc. it would be a comparable car to today's cars. He said when you wreck it it'll have to go on the shelf. I disagree there as well. There is a plethora of parts available for these cars. These cars dominated in the 80's and 90's. Pretty sure it'll be a good learning experience as well as a ton of fun. Again, how can I tell the year of mine??
Hi, did you run the RC10? My advice is to keep that vintage gem in pristine condition and by a cheap modern Tamiya kit, build it and drive it a lot to learn. Such as the Racing Fighter kit. Very affordable price, excellent DT-03 chassis with very good handling characteristics. Put in a brushless motor if you need more speed. I put a 3300kv in mine and it's pretty quick on 2s Lipo. Don't overdo it with the motor kv. I cannot answer your question because I never owned an RC10, sorry.
there was a conversion kit for a mid motor setup back in the day. My dad tried it. It worked good but the batteries and the size of speedo's etc limited it. Also, you had to wire your motor backwards which made them draw more amps...
Im cleaning mine up... I will demand access to these vintage races, and I will own them!~ 5-link suspension and everything. Now to figure out some tires.
proline 2" rims and CRP 2022 front tires... makes em low profile, steers like a modern car, similar on the back but Schumacher tires... I still have my original ASC6000 car.
Associated B4 bearinged wheels fit the front, with a small spacer on the spindle (or some shaving). And B3 rears, if you can get them. B4 rears have a different offset but will work if you space out the trailing links and spend $3 on HPIs pin to hex adapters. 2.2 tires are usable, no need to get all technical.
Tossing new electronics into an old chassis isn't classified as "vintage racing." I'd like to them toss an old-school ESC, brushed motor, and a 27mhz AM rx/tx in the car, then race it.
The "vintage" class is almost an entry level class. So having to buy original equipment would be costly making not many people want to race. I don't get the elitist attitudes of some people. I suppose you guys wouldn't accept re re's also?
What does elitism have to do with anything we're talking about? That's like getting an old car and sticking a modern engine with technological advancements in it and calling the overall thing "vintage." I just think to be a truly vintage race, hardware from that time period should be used. If it weren't for the RC10's re-release, the only way to have it would be to buy used or still have one from back then. The majority of the people who have RC10's (if not for the re-release) would also already have old school tech laying around.
Ret1173 A little off topic, but what I dislike about today's expensive lipo/brushless craze is the sheer power compared to the scale. Power that shreds tires and rips A-arms right off is just too much for me, and surpasses what I need to "have fun." and the price, lol. But I agree with what you're saying.
I know the hobby is bound to progress, but today's extremely fast rc cars are nowhere near realistic anymore. Yes, I am gonna say it. The old days were better....the cars may not have been but they looked better.
i had an RC-10 when i was a kid, and i believe that it's still in a box somewhere. i had a lot of fun with that car. i might fix it up and get it going again eventually. my son would have a blast with it when he gets older.
has your son gotten older yet?
I used to have a Tyco Turbo Hopper..lol I loved that thing
That was my very first RC! I loved it too, I remember taking good care of it, I just for the life of me can't remember what happened to it, thanks for bringing that up👍
that was the first radio control car that I beat just because the guy couldn't keep it on the track he was so much faster than me. I had a sears lobo. That total hopper blew that thing away but he just couldn't drive.
Well I had one of those things with RadioShack rechargeable batteries it took 12 hours to recharge them back then I burned the tires off of that thing. I remember the Lobos. And I had a Radio Shack red arrow when I got older before I got into hobby grade
I just got an RC10 gold pan off ebay today. Been waiting a while and bought an RC10T a month ago. Supe pumped to start restoring them both.
Love to see the Gold Pans in action. I broke out my old CE I got in 1990 I hope to race it in a vintage class soon. That is a super easy track though. I would like to have seen them hit some nice sized jumps and maybe a nice triple.
I know right that track is so easy it hurts It's like racing on carpet compared to what I grew up on in Alaska.You could run that track with many pins where we needed big knobbies just to get any traction. I would love to run a vintage class like this but I did not like that gold pan I prefer my graphite.
Haulin' ass since 1984..
I'd love to have one of those again
I remember upgrading my to the stealth transmission, and dropping a 9 turn into it... sucker would fly!
Only nine turn motorized remember back then was the Trinity nine turn nuclear assault!! I did the same exact thing you did when I got the stealth transmission.Nowadays a 15 turn will easily outrun the old nine turns. It amazes me how fast these cars are now. Electric used to not touch gas and now it's the other way around
@@BJETNT I grew up with the gold pan and its near and dear to me. But once I got into nitro(8th scale buggy I still run today) my electric paled. But now electric is faster yes and no. On a tight track where you need instant Pop after a corner to clear a big jump nitro is king still and electric still struggles. Electric and nitro really shouldn't be compared because both still have pros and cons...
I remember the original when it came out..I was in high school.. man was it awesome but $$$$$$$$....
I was in High school when they came out as well. I wanted an RC10 soooo bad. But when your a kid, the price was prohibitive. Now I have 4 AE kits and the prices seem like pocket change. Break an A-Arm? Buy one at track shop without thinking twice.
My bro worked and saved and got one in h.s. I was so freakin jealous. Even then you new it was gold. Sexiest 1:10 design ever. American quality had a price back then but it was worth it
Bought one of the originals back in '87. I even used the rheostat speed controller that came with the kit. I have no idea where it is but I'm going to scour my parents garage when I visit them next. Man I lusted for that kit for over a year and saved every penny I could.
72twist did you ever find your old kit at your parents?
I bought an original in 88. And in 89 bought a graphite chassis mid engine conversion kit from a little business in California. I ordered it COD cash to the UPS driver. $90. I sold my GT Performer freestyle bike to fund my ongoing racing habit. Then I moved on to an Ultima in 1990 selling the RC10 stuff in the window of the local hobby shop. Sold the whole rc10 and mid kit for like $100 which was ok back then for a used race car. Good times. Wish I had all that back. It was excellent quality. And FAST with my Trinity motor, Sanyo battery and Novak ESC.
Still got mine Championship Edition (late). Raced it for a few years and won some races against more modern RC10 B2 and RC10B3 and Losi, etc., about15 years ago.. Still a great car. Gonna get a new Tx and mild brushless...
I am almost certain I still have my original RC10 chassis still at my parents house. I think it's time to revive the ole girl!
This racing is awesome. Im all for the vintage racing. Not much of it at all where I live.
I am 43.. my cousin worked at a hobby shop in the early 90's...RC10'S.. were the car to have back in the day ..we put truck conversions in em and would win indoor races at the armory all the time..I miss those days..
They actually still are the car to have, but I know what you mean. Slightly better than my Tamiya Hornet :)
Golden Manuever hell ya...I know bro
I can’t believe these things are called “vintage class.” I feel old. My dad bought me an original RC-10 when I was about 7 or 8 years old (around ‘87). It is the aluminum tub version. I’m sure it’s in my parents’ garage somewhere. They wouldn’t dare throw it away.
I won the New Jersey state championships first place in 1992 in Trenton New Jersey at the New Jersey Technology Student Association Finals "TSA" with an RC 10t . And I still have it with about 5 more just sitting in the Attic because I don't want to break them even though I have lots of spare parts
Cool cars, great driving, and camera work
l still remember seeing one assembled at the hobby store when it first came out ,it looked great back then still does now .And kicking myself for not buying that one l found at a garage sale for $150 along with a grass hopper ,radios etc and kool home made carry case for all of it :(
I Found My Old RC10 & RC10T In My Garage. I'm Going To Fix Them Up & Let My Sons Beat On Them Like I Used To!!
I got a Tamiya Hornet when I was a kid and my best friend ruined it by getting an RC10. We were racing one day and an old man came out and said his car made mine look like a Model T. I hated that. His car always ran circles around mine and it killed the fun. Good and bad memories of the RC10.
I shared this feeling with a Tamiya stadium truck the RC 10 was right there on the shelf next to it honestly Tamiya has good looking models but modify it and it's pretty much going to cost alot I turned mine into a touring car in the 90s and parking lot raced it until the hpi rs4 came out and killed that dream
That orizinal rc10 is still a competitive car to this day.
I still have my ist gen orig rc10 and losi jrx2,, obviously,these are sporting modern motors and batteries ect but still the original chassis and trans.. the skill it takes to drive smoothly and at competitio level speeds is Very hard and takes much practice! that track is freakin awesome!
Love my B2’s! Still run all the time
First off awesome driving by the way but there's Nothing like the old 30 year old RC10, i have one myself and love it, and will never ever get rid of it. Kept all the original internals and replaced it all with today's radios, speed controller and newer battery, Better motor to, just didn't go with a brush-less motor or lipo battery as i don't think the 30 year old gear box could handle that amount of torc going into it. by far one of the best vintage RC cars out there. Still would love to get my hands on a toyota hilux from tamiya with the metal frame lief springs and the 3 speed shifting gear box. But there stupid expensive and really hard to find.
Goes to show you newer doesn't always mean better.
crazy to think the 22 5.0 and b6.4 are gonna be considered “vintage” some day
I found an original RC10 at a garage sale for $10 with a working radio and a hulk of a Tamiya car. The RC10 is my priority to get on a track with my father's Tamiya Supershot of similar vintage.
I'm still butthurt for getting rid of my original gold tub RC10.
Yup me 2! Fuckkkkk!
Same here
Not me 👍
Great video. Was this a spec class what motors where they running?
I remember seeing these as a kid but getting a Tamiya instead I was able to find a old b3 on classified ads to run gold pans are now rare and expensive
Nice track!
Awesome racing with cars designed 30 years ago..just great to see old tech beat new re-tech
I been watching some of these old vintage races on utube and I have been biten by the dang bug. I pulled out my rc10 that my mom got me in 1984 and been scratching my head with thoughts.......
What's old is new 🤔 rc10talk.
AWESOMENESS!!! ;)
Still have mine
Could I buy an RC10B2 chassis, put modern components in it, and be able to race at a 1/10 buggy class?
Just got one and already bjj ok ew up the front end. Got Andy’s arms for it
I would like to know how vintage they have to be I've got a tricked out RC10 original but I've got the A&l trailing arm conversion with a stealth transmission with 64 pitch gears. I wonder if I would still qualify for the vintage class? I grew up racing off road in Alaska this track is like racing on carpet compared to what we did.
If it's a gold tub, it's vintage.
Yeah mine's not a gold tub it's about the same as the championship Edition which I think came out a year later. I never liked the gold tub. I prefer the graphite. Mine I think was the world's or Championship Edition. It originally came with 32-pitch transmission but I got a stealth for it as soon as it came out. I'm just curious what they consider vintage class if it has to be the goal tub. I have the A and L trailing arm conversion on mine that has a fiberglass chassis with a graphite brakes on the top. Plus I have a totally vintage graphite World Edition it doesn't have anything after market on it except titanium kingpins and turnbuckles. It's a geometry in transmission Gering as all the other original rc10 so I don't see why I would be any different. But it just depends on what the rules are and what they expect. Besides nowadays it doesn't even have to be real vintage because they re-released the original rc10. Like I got a re-released javelin that is updated there was with newer parts. It was first real RC car. But the parts are stronger and it has hex head screws along with 48 pitch gears. Plus you can go belt drive or chain drive. I have a real original Kyosho Javelin and it's worth about 3 Grand because it is all original option house and Kyosho parts. The decals were over $100 and a body she was more like 200 LOL. I had hoped to give it to my son but he died and I was not able to. But I don't want to race at $3,000 shelf Queen. But I still like the car obviously. I wish I could find a way to figure out where all these races are I want to race my E-maxx and vintage rc10 but I don't know of any races around here in North Idaho and East Washington. Anyway I hope you're avoiding the virus my friend thanks for the info in the comment
Wonder what motor he is running in it.
not a bad race, soon I will also participate in such, with wltoys l959
Question... why do we mostly only see 2WD Vintage classes?
Original only repla Ed engine body wheels suspension
He's way faster then me with my MP9 Evo running on 4s 6500 lihv battery lol.
My dad raced that same car original also
:55 mark one person clap fail
I still have my 1988 RC10 from when I was a kid (7 years old). I unfortunately killed the stock transmission in it and still have the Stealth one from when it debuted.
The nose of my rc10 pops up a lot too
Awesome but where did they get a RC10 to run ???
There are tons of them on eBay. although some of the parts are hard to find now.
1:19 mark...DOH!
were they using lipos?
Cute but do that in 1991 with a RC10T with a 12t motor Novak esc on 1600mah 6 cell ni-cd...
Get to da choppa
I just bought a vintage RC10. How can I tell the year of manufacture? Pretty sure its an A pan. It has the gold tub. Still has am receiver. Called the local hobby shop, guy there says its a shelf queen. I disagree. It can be built with modern parts and ran for fun. Can it not? With modern trans, battery, receiver, etc. it would be a comparable car to today's cars. He said when you wreck it it'll have to go on the shelf. I disagree there as well. There is a plethora of parts available for these cars. These cars dominated in the 80's and 90's. Pretty sure it'll be a good learning experience as well as a ton of fun. Again, how can I tell the year of mine??
Hi, did you run the RC10? My advice is to keep that vintage gem in pristine condition and by a cheap modern Tamiya kit, build it and drive it a lot to learn. Such as the Racing Fighter kit. Very affordable price, excellent DT-03 chassis with very good handling characteristics. Put in a brushless motor if you need more speed. I put a 3300kv in mine and it's pretty quick on 2s Lipo. Don't overdo it with the motor kv. I cannot answer your question because I never owned an RC10, sorry.
The old gold tub car looking good on a modern track! Wonder if anyone has tried to make that car mid-motor? JK.
there was a conversion kit for a mid motor setup back in the day. My dad tried it. It worked good but the batteries and the size of speedo's etc limited it. Also, you had to wire your motor backwards which made them draw more amps...
what city is this tracking??
This is now called Beachline Raceway in Cocoa, FL. It is now a turf track.
I have an original circa 1987 RC 10 buggy. All that was changed is the speed control.
I have an original rc10 with stock electronics that I am rebuilding
Grant Jones me too. i find myself running into the same old issues.
they're lucky there's no jrx-2 on that track hahaha
Im cleaning mine up... I will demand access to these vintage races, and I will own them!~
5-link suspension and everything. Now to figure out some tires.
proline 2" rims and CRP 2022 front tires... makes em low profile, steers like a modern car, similar on the back but Schumacher tires... I still have my original ASC6000 car.
Associated B4 bearinged wheels fit the front, with a small spacer on the spindle (or some shaving). And B3 rears, if you can get them. B4 rears have a different offset but will work if you space out the trailing links and spend $3 on HPIs pin to hex adapters.
2.2 tires are usable, no need to get all technical.
Where's the dirt?
they are driving on it
that one guy you mean "dirt" it's actually more clay because of how many chemicals are in it to keep grass and plants from growing.
Tossing new electronics into an old chassis isn't classified as "vintage racing." I'd like to them toss an old-school ESC, brushed motor, and a 27mhz AM rx/tx in the car, then race it.
fo shizzle!
The "vintage" class is almost an entry level class. So having to buy original equipment would be costly making not many people want to race. I don't get the elitist attitudes of some people. I suppose you guys wouldn't accept re re's also?
What does elitism have to do with anything we're talking about? That's like getting an old car and sticking a modern engine with technological advancements in it and calling the overall thing "vintage." I just think to be a truly vintage race, hardware from that time period should be used.
If it weren't for the RC10's re-release, the only way to have it would be to buy used or still have one from back then. The majority of the people who have RC10's (if not for the re-release) would also already have old school tech laying around.
Ret1173 A little off topic, but what I dislike about today's expensive lipo/brushless craze is the sheer power compared to the scale. Power that shreds tires and rips A-arms right off is just too much for me, and surpasses what I need to "have fun." and the price, lol.
But I agree with what you're saying.
***** rheostat speed controllers.....that would really fuck with the younger guys.
selling my near mint ab stamp on ebay!
Those are not 30 year old RC10's. They are like 1990 if not re-released ones.
the original rc10 came out in 1984, so yes, it is a 30 year old car.
AssGobbler5000 I know because own one, what I mean is that those cars are all re-releases. Can't find a single gold pan on that race.
re releases of the rc10 came with a gold pan. no whay you could tell the difference.
AssGobbler5000 the shocks on the original one are different. Look closely
AssGobbler5000 and the pans are stamped different as well as small changes so that originals could keep their value....
Made in usa
I have the same car. I’m afraid to run it cuz it is vintage.
I sti
I know the hobby is bound to progress, but today's extremely fast rc cars are nowhere near realistic anymore. Yes, I am gonna say it. The old days were better....the cars may not have been but they looked better.
HaHa! Vintage Racing dead 2020. No support, Everything discontinued.
1:19 mark...DOH!