I was told from where I purchased it used it was a Late model but they don't carry much repair parts for them and not alot of people know alot about them there. I will forsure look into this DTP and DTP-2 model to compare. Thank you everyone that put your 2 cents into this car and took your time to help me on this If anyone here has any good combo spur/pinion set they recommend for short course racing please let me know thanks. I did put a 52 spur and a 22 pinion and that make a big difference from the 17 pinion.