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Completely hiding the repair with the Auto Haus decal made it look too much like I was trying to hide something, it wasn't a natural placement & looked odd. Overall it looked better with a little bit exposed:

Vast improvement Jon,damaged repaired but still keeping the vintage patina which I was looking for with that body.

that is not choking. the result sounds very good.

Santacruz wrote:

Vast improvement Jon,damage repaired but still keeping the vintage patina

Yes great result

Mk.1 chassis (which will go under the Scorcher shell), plus vintage wheels from my spares box (originally from a Grasshopper so the screws on one pair have slotted heads, the others have crosspoints):






Dismantling the Rough Rider wheels stalled at the fresh superglue






Apart from the missing switch boot (which took me serveral days to notice - doh!) the chassis looks very complete - but it is absolutely minging:







I was warned about the missing pin on one of the camlocks being replaced with an R-clip - but I just pulled the clip & the camlock rocket propelled itself across the bench When something goes behind/under my bench it's usually gone forever, so it's not surprising I couldn't find the spring I know I have a spare one, I'd just rather not have had to use it.






Radio box will clean up I'm sure, but there is evidence of heat related warping - a little to the top & a lot on the underside - overheating battery I guess?





Wiring could stand some "refreshing":




Nice, period Futaba radio gear, bot note the fragment of radio box plastic. I couldn't find a missing area on the box parts

Well nuts have completely had it... they were working well enough, but disintegrated while I was trying to get them out. Motor/resistor wiring grommet is still just about serviceable:






That gearbox isn't looking any prettier (UJs are the most worn I have ever seen, and the grub screws weren't tight, maybe suggesting some parts swappery?) ...





... but the covers are reusable ...





... and the insides look pretty good:





Front right corner has some issues - headlamp tab broken off, I don't think thin dual springs are OE (other side the same), odd screw in top arm:




Shock bushings: 4 are marginal, 4 disintegrated:





I'm sure the bumper is the correct black one, but it's worn, bent, cracked, glued, and been painted over without brushing the sand off first ... Initially I wanted to just replace it with a re-re Fighting Buggy one, then I thought if I can't do that I'll strip the paint off, but TBH I know it'll be a horror show under there and that would probably take it from ugly to unusable - now I'm thinking just throw a wet wipe at it & leave it alone




Parts divided by material, most of this will go through the Ultrasonic tank - but that's a job for a (future) rainy day, I just wanted to get a head start on getting any required bits in

Well yesterday was a rainy day - it rained continuously for 18 hours - so time to get on with preliminary cleaning...



A reminder of how yukky the bits were:





Filth started lifting off immediately in the ultrasonic tank:





... and after 30 mins:





After a going over with a toothbrush, another session in the tank, plus rinsing & drying:
(note the variations in colour)




These bronze bearings didn't want to come out initially, but after cleaning I could see it was just blue Hylomar (and possibly evostick, or sealant) holding them in so they could safely be drifted out from behind & the void cleaned...





Gearbox had two type of sealant on it - carefully applied white, and orange put on with bog knows what...





Some parts of the gearbox were suspiciously sparkly & rough, like they'd previously been media blasted?




...

Front springs are definitely home made:




A lot of the rear end components have red paint on them:





I'll give the Rough Rider rear wheels a quick skin on the Unimat to tidy them up ...




Extra plastic bit mystery solved:





This method usually works for bearings - drip on 3 in 1 oil & leave overnight, draw off with capillary action from underneath with tissue or rag, repeat until clean - these are surprisingly clean.







All the other bits (excluding the electrics) have been through the tank too