Older Xrays

[kanerdog1x1]

I'll be honest, I didn't realise this sub-section was here until now. I thought I might share a couple of cars from my little, and ever growing collection.

I have been fascinate by the Xray cars since I first saw them in a magazine in late 1999. Remember this was way before the internet was what it is today. My fix was one of three magazines that I would regularly get, RCCi was easy enough to get, RACER was almost as easy to get but lacked that special something that a good mag has. And my favourite, though it was the hardest to get was RC Car Action from the states. In the end I had my local Newsagent order me in a copy each month. I was fascinated by these kits as they were unlike anything else at the time. Yokomo had the best shot at TC in the late 90's, but went towards plastic kits as did most of the other manufactures. Xray started with a high end kit that was way above anyone else at the time. The materials and quality were so much better than anyone else, but they were expensive. I couldn't really afford one at the time, but I wish now I had saved and bought one back then.

I have been collecting T1 parts for years from eBay and from model shop sale bins. I almost had enough parts to assemble a car, and around a year ago a new chassis and bulkheads turned up on ebay. It was an odd set up as the chassis was an early one, but the bulkheads were keyed but not anodised, so either T1m or T1r. This is what I was able to assemble:-





















I was really happy with the outcome, even though it was a bit of a mess of years.

[kanerdog1x1]

So then, to satisfy my desire to get this kit correct, I set about finding a later 6-cell chassis for it.

After searching the web for various different parts and options, one user name kept coming up. It turns out I'm not the only fan of these cars, there are a few of us that have small collections of cars and parts. As I had a spare early chassis plate I came to swap this for a 6-cell chassis so was able to 'upgrade' my car to a more comfortable 2002/3 spec.





At the same time I added the brass centre weight.











Then I started to look around a bit harder for an older T1...

[kanerdog1x1]

On eBay.com I found an original T1. Metal diff carriers, Serpent dampers, orange odd length springs, philips screws. I easily convinced the seller to post to the UK, and came to a deal on the price.



















It arrived a bit grubby, but it was new, and complete. I simply replaced a couple of parts, the rear upright had a mark and the servo posts were wrong. It really is a lovely thing.

[kanerdog1x1]

Now I really fancy one to actually use. This popped up on facebook a few weeks ago, It is currently stripped and various parts are being cleaned/polished/tumbled, I hope to get it going in the next week or so.









The steel parts are especially scabby. They'll take some work to get right.

[Wig]

Nice. Looking forward to seeing the race ready car.

[dodgydiy]

last one looks tike the later t1, rounded tops on the bulkheads instead of squared off edges. wish mine were in that good condition. first t1 had non anodised bulkheads, think it was evo that were anodised, then evo 2 with the rounded off corners on the anodised bulkheads.