unknown chassis
10-17-2012 | 04:00 PM
#7
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From: Long Island, NY
Its Ofna based but I doubt it a monster pirate also. Ofna was famous for using parts from different vehicles to create a slightly new "version" of something so many look similar but are very different. As an example, the front knuckles from a Pirate (and the buggy its based on) look very similar to LX/Ultra buggy knuckles, mount the same way, but are in no way interchangable. Ask me how I know. The front and rear arms (upper and lower) are different from a Pirate and appear to be from an early LX/Ultra series buggy. The rear knuckles are very obviously not Pirate and are definitley from a LX buggy. The chassis is definitely not a Pirate, it has the rear center diff mount holes offset to one side which the Pirate doesn't. To be honest I don't know of any Ofna with the rear center diff mount offset like that, and the countersunk holes behind the motor are a real mystery. What went there??? But besides the chassis plate its screaming early Ofna LX/Ultra series buggy to me, and I've had a couple of those.
Last edited by Overdriven; 10-17-2012 at 04:16 PM.
10-17-2012 | 04:36 PM
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Its Ofna based but I doubt it a monster pirate also. Ofna was famous for using parts from different vehicles to create a slightly new "version" of something so many look similar but are very different. As an example, the front knuckles from a Pirate (and the buggy its based on) look very similar to LX/Ultra buggy knuckles, mount the same way, but are in no way interchangable. Ask me how I know. The front and rear arms (upper and lower) are different from a Pirate and appear to be from an early LX/Ultra series buggy. The rear knuckles are very obviously not Pirate and are definitley from a LX buggy. The chassis is definitely not a Pirate, it has the rear center diff mount holes offset to one side which the Pirate doesn't. To be honest I don't know of any Ofna with the rear center diff mount offset like that, and the countersunk holes behind the motor are a real mystery. What went there??? But besides the chassis plate its screaming early Ofna LX/Ultra series buggy to me, and I've had a couple of those.
10-17-2012 | 05:10 PM
#11
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 2,049
From: Long Island, NY
To the OP, if you're curious about what to do with it, use it for parts. Parts are hard to come by, I know cause I bought a parts car just to get things like the front universals when I had mine. Finding the right center diff mounts for that chassis is probably not going to be easy. That buggy was a version or 2 before the model with the Blue anodized Chassis, shock towers, braces etc. You can usually pickup a complete blue anodized roller for well under $75 shipped, just make sure the front upper arms are the same as yours. Then everything will be interchangeable and the diffs in the blue anodized cars are better and the same as the ones in the new model LX cars. The good news is they are tough, took a 35-40mph drift into a curb to break anything on mine, brushless power, barrel rolls and cartwheels never phased it.
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