believe it or not the original rc10t is still competitve on the club level.
the t2 would be too. parts availability would be tough but most parts are still available on ebay, even rc10.com lists parts as still available.

sure the easy thing to do would be to upgrade to a t4, but it's fun to run the oldies and they are still world class race machines.

infact i'm in the process of building an og rc10t to race at the local track in the mod truck class.

what's new in rc? the two most important things are brushless motors and lipo batteries. tires have come a long way as well. and now we have 2.4ghz radios that eliminate frequency conflicts and glitching.

i just got back into racing after a 17 year lay off, i'd say it's more fun then ever right now. welcome back!