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Thought it was you.

I'll try and make it - maybe visit some family that also live there afterwards.
Would be great with this kind of weather...

tjaar007 wrote:

BTW. Lars, you are also invited off course LOL

He he, thanks, but I think the drive will be a bit too long

-Lars

Hee nog iemand uit NL en nog best dichtbij ook.

gr. Niels / ( Pijnacker)

Spitfire wrote:

Hee nog iemand uit NL en nog best dichtbij ook.

gr. Niels / ( Pijnacker)

I was just reacting to your topic! Another Tamiyafreak (Tamiyagek in Dutch) also!

Best dichtbij idd. Sterker nog - mijn eerste auto (Grasshopper back in '86) komt bij Quartel vandaan!
And I even think it's possible that I have a purple Hopper here that came from you through alazaroski...

hahaha could be mine ex- hopper Sold it to him'
Still got the pictures of how i got it (long time ago);










(Van totaal 5 grasshoppers fzo, 1grasshopper/ 1 Hornet gebouwd.
Originele onderdelen ipv rerelease. erg leuk om te doen.)

Yep - I think I have the body on the right in the upper pic. Here it is as a roller next to my RTR Hopper-Hornet :


Both of them have seen the great city of Pijnacker!

That's a lot of spare parts on your pics! Great little cars to build them Hopnets..

It's good to see the hopper's life continues

Spitfire wrote:

It's good to see the hopper's life continues

If it's up to me, it will be a very good life too!
At least the body will get a graceful reconstruction.
For the chassis I have a few (vintage) options. Two of them have a piece broken off.
I was thinking about using one of these and convert it into a double wishbone.
There's a vintage Futaba kit that can make this happen!

Common problem with these lovely Hoppers is that they tend to flip around and let the body eat tarmac accordingly.

My other Hopper has a different upgrade. The front suspension is Super Hornet (wider stance and oil shocks) and the rear is vintage Hornet (aluminium oil shocks) so this has mostly solved that problem :




But I like the Futaba double wishbone a lot.
So many plans - but first things first...



This guy has done an awesome job on the front suspension :


Source : Tamiyaclub

cool suspension kit on the yellow hopper got a tut/how to?

Spitfire wrote:

cool suspension kit on the yellow hopper got a tut/how to?

I think there are at least some pics on Tamiyaclub of a similar project but I'll probably have to figure most of it out myself.
The guys at CRP were helpful also when I asked about the kit. Gave me some pictures.

So it's gonna be a small Rc adventure!
But the bigger the satisfaction when it does work out...