Team Lotus

So how did the July 21st VF1 races go? There have been no results or pictures posted yet. Looking forward to reading about it, and seeing some pictures.

mb racer

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I my self missed this one .. Wished I could of made it , Im sure everybody had a great time ...

7echo

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A question about chassis-

I got a body from Manny(thanks manny) and it seems like the F104W has the proper look I want to build. I have searched the for sale thread and do not see the W model available very often.

Can a 104 or 104 v2 or Pro be converted to a W? Or, what are my options for a chassis? I will not be racing, just running it occasionally on asphalt and concrete(no on road around here anyway). I am mostly interested in something used to keep cost down but am open to options/suggestions.

lightfoot

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Sadly it was a bust...
There was only three of us and unfortunately the track conditions was not conducive to the spec Tamiya rubber... to put it nicely ....

I think it's a combination of the break away arms which scare / piss people off and way too many classes going on...

I still find myself driving my VF1 on the street enjoying this beautiful body Manny has made...

xsracer

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I'm not taking mine apart either.Keep posting the invitation and sooner or later all our schedules will come together.

Manny

You can take any of those chassis and mount the F103 front arms to the front and use F103 style tires on the back to make a "wide" car. I think you can download an F103 manual from the Tamiya site if you need instructions and part numbers for the front end parts.

Marty Peterson

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Just to toss this out there ok.
I am selling my Speed Passion SP-1 F1 Competition RC Racing Car with a finished VF1 body & 1 Un-finished VF1 Body. Speed Passions Reventon ESC (brushless) Speed Passions 21.5 Motor 2 sets of wheels and tires, With Servo Futaba 9602.
One Run about 100 feet down the street and back.

LMK Email me for Trades or cash.

http://lee2763.smugmug.com/Other/199...3844&k=WrwNqmW

Team Lotus

Here are pictures of my VF1 car...a replica of Jim Clark's Gold Leaf Lotus 49 that he won the 1968 Tasman Series with. this was the only Gold Leaf liveried Lotus 49 that he raced before his death at Hockenheim on April 7.

The body was painted and decaled by Big Al, and I made the following modifications:
Re-worked the upper rear suspension arms and rear anti-rollbar
Added lower rear suspension arms and tailpipes and mounting brackets, plus side mirrors. The body is mounted to a stock F104, and I used the F103RM front suspension, and wrapped the arms with chrome monokote; plus I used the HPI VTA wheels and tires to finish the vintage late 60's F1 look.

Please enjoy the pictures...I hope to test drive the car very soon.

I am only allowed to post 5 pictures at a time, so this will require a few posts
as I have at least 15 pictures to post.

Team Lotus

And here are the next 5 pictures

Team Lotus

And the last 5 pictures

lightfoot

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OMG.... I'm speechless....

Manny

If you feel you've seen this one before guys, take a closer look there's a lot of nice new things going on there! Well done!

Team Lotus

Here are pictures of my final updates to my Jim Clark Gold Leaf Team Lotus 49

The updates are as follows:

1) Added knock off wheel nuts for a more 60's look to the wheels

2) Added the red wires to the intake trumpets like the real cars had.

3) Reworked the rear anti-sway bar and added lower mounting points for realism.

4) Shortened the upper rear suspension arms... the previous ones were a bit too
long.

I think I'm finally satisfied with the appearance of the car. I hope you like it!

This will take more than one post as I am only allowed to post 5 pictures at a time

Team Lotus

Here are 3 more pictures

Team Lotus

And the final 3 pictures of the complete car