January 3, 2010 by Jaap Dienaar
The PB6 is a highly sophisticated design which provides the ultimate starter into serious racing. The kit features both wide (as featured here) and narrow chassis, precision stamped from 7075-T6 alloy and is black anodised. Separate super rigid power pod for maximum power tansmission…..
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December 31, 2009 by Jaap Dienaar
This 1/12th Ishimasa FF12E chassis from 1979, world’s first front wheel drive rc car. It came with a couple of different body types. There was a Porsche 917, the Savanna RX-7 a Renault Mirage. There may have been more.
Presented in ‘Graupner Neuheitenkatalog 1980’, Graupner followed the first successes achieved in 1979 with the vehicle in some national races.
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February 28, 2009 by Jaap Dienaar
Category SG | Tags: 1970's,1979,Competition,Futura,SG | Comments Off on SG Futura 111 VCS Brochure
February 28, 2009 by Jaap Dienaar
Category Serpent | Tags: 1970's,1979,Models of the 1970's,Serpent | Comments Off on Serpent Pro 1979 Brochure
February 28, 2009 by Jaap Dienaar
Category PB | Tags: 1979,Brochure,PB | Comments Off on PB Brochure 1979
February 26, 2009 by Jaap Dienaar
“…. Von den insgesamt 200 zugelassenen Fahrern aus 16 europäischen und weiteren fünf außereuropäischen Ländern gingen in Genf – zur zweiten WM – 163 an den Start. Besonders traten hierbei die Japaner und Amerikaner zum Vorschein, die mit Fahrern, Mechanikern und Managern in der Kopfzahl weitaus den anderen überlegen waren……”
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February 26, 2009 by Jaap Dienaar
“…Zum zweiten Male in der Minicar-Geschichte war Deutschland im Mittelpunkt der Minicar-Szene. Nachdem in Wiesbaden die WM-Revanche ohne ,,nasse” Füße vorüber gegangen war, hatte nun Deutschland seinen zweiten großen Auftritt in der europäischen Minicar-Szene: Die Europa-Meisterschaften 1979…..”
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February 25, 2009 by Jaap Dienaar
The Graupner RC Car 1/8th scale nitro onroad car of 1979 reviewed by Radio Control Model Cars
Category Graupner | Tags: 1970's,1979,Graupner,Models of the 1970's | Comments Off on Graupner RC Car – 1979
