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Shame about the hole ... but I wonder if you can make a "feature" out of it? I'm thinking an alloy plate held in by black rubber double edged beading?

I know I've seen some, somewhere ... I'll try & remember where, or at least the correct name for it

In the past, I've used flat twin core cable - run a sharp knife carefully down the narrow side & extract the wire cores. Then you're left with black flat sleeving witha split up one side, which can be used for lining edges of holes (Sharp bends will need the sleeve to be heated to make it bend without wrinkling)

You can buy "grommet strip" for lining cut edges, usually available to buy from electrical factors (Eg Hellermann), but it does tend to be segmented ("Lobster back) rather than a continuous smooth surface.

Another option might be to buy U-section aluminium or styrene from a DIY or model shop

Found some time today to give it all a really good clean and slighlty polish here and there




Cheers, Bram

BramMeijer wrote:

Hi Eddrick,

Think i will go for your option three. Not want to spend lots of money on a original lid that's intact. For now i will leave it until i find a cheap cracked one.

Cheers, Bram

Would this do?

Well that would be perfect,
If you want to part from it, pm the price!

Cheers, Bram

Hi Bram,

Very nice car you got there ! As i can see it looks in pretty good condition !
I don't know why but most of Rough Riders & Sand Scorchers I have seen have the electronic box drilled or cutted....The one i'm restoring also had an "abused" e-box. The only way to get it right was to replace it with a vintage one found on e-bay !

I'll keep an eye on your thread ! Keep on with the good work !

Manotas

BramMeijer wrote:

Well that would be perfect,
If you want to part from it, pm the price!

Cheers, Bram

Well, to be honest, it is not much use to me, so if you could just cover the cost of postage that will be fine.

Hello Martin,

Cool! Thank you very much. Much appreciated

Cheers, Bram

Well lets get started! At first i wanted to go and polish all the beautiful metal parts the RR has, but i later decided not too.
Afterall a car 34 years old and called Rough Rider couldn't look as bling bling as i thought


Gear box

Rear arms

Servi saver and body mount

torsion bars

motor

pinion

Rear


PS As you might noticed it has almost all mk.1 features but the servo saver is not

And front suspension


TY for looking.

Cheers, Bram