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tamiya super champ/sand scorcher 7 years 10 months ago #39206

The diff you pointed out in the pic is a re-re. If you look at the instruction sheet, you'll see it says "Buggy Champ", not "Super Champ". "Buggy Champ" was the name of the re-released "Rough Rider".

As for the front bumper. I've seen a few of those "box-art"-style bumpers on ebay, not sure of price. These are also "modern day" hop-ups, mostly.

Thorp SRB ball diff



Two different MIP SRB ball diffs.





The Tamiya re-re ball diff

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tamiya super champ/sand scorcher 7 years 10 months ago #39207

:woohoo: Thank you Tommie. That's help me a lot. I will reput the classic gear on it. ;)
Thank you.
PS and the proline rims are vintage?

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tamiya super champ/sand scorcher 7 years 10 months ago #39209

Yes the Pro-lines are vintage for sure!
But I think you should keep the diff in it. Those vintage one are very rare (and expensive). We're talkin like $300 new, and $150 used. Because of the limited availability of vintage diffs, many use re-re diffs in their vintage builds. At least it's an original Tamiya diff! Those rere diffs are also getting harder to find, and more expensive.
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tamiya super champ/sand scorcher 7 years 10 months ago #39210

If you want to have a look at vintage hop-ups for the SRB's, you should visit:

www.studio68.no...sp?id=2932

A little bit down there is a list of parts I have used on my "CRP Superbuggy" build. If you click the names, you will find info on more parts in each of the categories.

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tamiya super champ/sand scorcher 7 years 10 months ago #39213

:y: Thank you very much. Your red shocks looks like my yeah racing one my hornet. That's very interesting

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tamiya super champ/sand scorcher 7 years 10 months ago #39214

The red shocks are Kyosho CB-88/89 shocks from their vintage 1/8 scale buggies. Those were THE shocks to have back in the early 80s, and if bled and sealed properly, they are up there among the best, even today. They were the forerunners to the famous Kyosho gold shocks. (hehe, I managed to sqeeeze in a little Kyosho talk, even here :evil: :evil: :evil: )

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tamiya super champ/sand scorcher 7 years 10 months ago #39215

I have some axles like these. They are blacked and not alloy color :blink:
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tamiya super champ/sand scorcher 7 years 10 months ago #39216

If they are black, they are the hardened steel pins that came with the Super Champ only. Those are the ones to use if you want to run it. The standard pins bends very easily.

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tamiya super champ/sand scorcher 7 years 10 months ago #39217

:) Thanks I will change them...

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tamiya super champ/sand scorcher 7 years 10 months ago #39218

:unsure: Can I put the ranger rear body post to mount a beetle body?

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