Vintage...brushless?

[J3110]

Originally Posted by crazyjr

I believe a early stealth tranny will fit, so you have a true slipper and better, more durable tranny. This is for the associated, I agree for the salute, leave it on the shelf

Sounds good to me.
The RC10 is by far, easier to find replacements for, but I'm going to see if my reedy 9-turn does the trick before I consider buying anything new for it and judging by the way it pushes my TC3 around, I believe it will be more than sufficient.

I'm planning on a full rebuild of the salute. Just printed out the manual and looking at getting some new bearings and screws.
Ordered a repro shell for an optima turbo(I don't really like the salute shell anyways).
Hopefully I can find a bumper somewhere as well.
Everything else seems to be in fine condition, but we'll see when I start taking it apart.

It's funny how something old like this can become valuable to some people. Like I'd have no problem launching a $700 brushless E-Maxx off a jump and do a backflip, but an older RC that cost $300 in the 80's, I wouldn't dream of it.

I guess if you figure for inflation, the guy asking $1,500 for a NIB Optima Turbo is being reasonable.