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Old 02-16-2012, 07:01 AM
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Guys- I can't seem to access the other VTA thread.

What are popular chassis for this class? How old a car can a guy run?
Try clicking on the link below to access the VTA thread.
http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...acing-897.html
The key to getting around the "re-direct error" is to type in that last page number at the end of the link (i.e. "vintage-trans-am-racing-897.html"). Even if you are 1 or 2 page numbers too high, it will take you to the last page.

As far as old chassis are concerned, I am running a 10-year-old Schumacher SST chassis and it kicks a$$ on my track.
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Old 02-16-2012, 09:19 AM
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My new VTA ride. This was the baddest camaro built.
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Old 02-16-2012, 09:20 AM
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My new VTA ride. This was the baddest camaro built.
Very nice and clean....where did you get the Yenko decals?
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Old 02-16-2012, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Flying Monkey
Very nice and clean....where did you get the Yenko decals?
There is a guy that sells them on here. His name s Carl. He has a thread called VTA decals or something. HE has a ton of different decals.
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[SIZE="3"]Well... Dagnabbit!!! HPI made the wrong stinkin' model year for the Pontiac Firebird. There goes my hope to drive a Pontiac Trans Am in the Vintage Trans Am race class.

I can still put my old Nikko '72 Trans Am body on my VTA, but it weighs 5 times as much as a PolyCarb body.
I can't find anybody who could make a lexan (or PolyCarb) body from a plastic toy. I think it costs several thousand dollars to make a mold of a specific car model so that a lexan body could be formed. I am happy that HPI finally made a classic Pontiac TA, but man I wish they would have made the nose on it look like this one...

And I really dig those honey-comb rims! That's style baby!
If I were to paint up a Pontiac Trans Am for VTA, I would paint it just like the one in this pic...
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This was the first car I drove. My family had one. A 72 Charger! Did any of those era Chargers get used for real VTA?

I don't think there's a body out there except the hot rod one from HPI. And, I'm sure its not USVTA legal.
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Originally Posted by IndyHobbies.com
This was the first car I drove. My family had one. A 72 Charger! Did any of those era Chargers get used for real VTA?

I don't think there's a body out there except the hot rod one from HPI. And, I'm sure its not USVTA legal.
I don't think any of the real cars were ever in TA, mainly due to the long overhangs I would think, not the best for handling. I wonder how driving a Nascar Superbird was like driving on a road course..
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I don't think any of the real cars were ever in TA, mainly due to the long overhangs I would think, not the best for handling. I wonder how driving a Nascar Superbird was like driving on a road course..
Shoot, they raced (V)opar wing cars on road courses.

No B-bodies ever raced in Trans Am. Only A-bodies up to 1970. Then E-bodies.

http://www.fotosdecarros.com/tag/california/
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Old 02-16-2012, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by IndyHobbies.com
This was the first car I drove. My family had one. A 72 Charger! Did any of those era Chargers get used for real VTA?

I don't think there's a body out there except the hot rod one from HPI. And, I'm sure its not USVTA legal.
Only one I know of. 1969 by Kamtec

http://www.kamtec.co.uk/index.php?pa...mart&Itemid=53
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First attempt at airbrushing and using liquid mask. Color's may not totally fit the VTA theme, but I am not skilled enough to drive in races where it would matter.
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If you can Find it BOLINK did a 69' Charger body too. they did a 1/10 and a 1/12 body if I remember right . I have the 1/10 of it here that I am working on.
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Here's my attempt.

Now if I could only find some tires...They have become hard to find.



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Originally Posted by orcadigital
First attempt at airbrushing and using liquid mask. Color's may not totally fit the VTA theme, but I am not skilled enough to drive in races where it would matter.
looks great..cya Saturday
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Here's my attempt.

Now if I could only find some tires...They have become hard to find.



PM me your details. I think we have a set of wheels and tires in stock.....
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PM me your details. I think we have a set of wheels and tires in stock.....
Sent.........
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