MiniVee - Off-road style!
 

Ever since I got it, I've loved this car. Out-of-the-box it drove the smoothest out of any car. Very quiet and just seemed to glide across the hardwood. With the help of my special tires, now it glides across the carpet like no other. The tires are from a discontinued hopper slot car. I bought an old(antique) one for $30 (something like that) and started reproducing the back tires for my enjoyment.

This is the good one :)

how much you partin with those tires for?

Here's where I bought the car - $13


Say what? If you're asking for some tires, I only work in trade. :)

Cool, although for free I could have sent ya one of those old Turbo Hopper slot car tires, I have tons of them.

Where'd ya get the Minivee?

BTW Your pic is all screwy...

There now it's in both threads

I'm willing to trade ya something for a set... let me know

what you want? you seem to have everything bit char-g.

You were the one that told me about them I believe. These are really the greatest tires for carpet. I've been sitting on these hoping I could find a nice Baja body, but then the Humvee came out and it worked perfectly.

This pic is ok, right?

My inspiration
http://www.rc-car.com/archive/PLHUMMERstory1.jpg

Cool, Tmaxx with a proline body and big joe tires! Sweet!

hey pwalk you wana trade somethin for some of those knobbies?
they fit well on standard bit wheels?

Hey hogjowlz.... You want to do me a favor? Where fo you live at? Would like to to do some 2 cell mods or maybe even a 3 cell mod to one of my cars? You can email me at jasonpwebb@attbi.com . I could ship the cars out Fed Ex thru my work so you could have them in like 2 days.. Anyways cya!!

Thanks,
Jason Webb

im kinda weary of doing that.

im sure most people are honest and all but what happens if i do that and accidentally scratch something or whatever? and you get mad because of that and decide not to pay.

another scenario is i do this for you and you email me 6 times per day buggin if its done yet.

i not saying that you would do either but im sure someone would and i want to avoid that.

id rather sell cars already sooped up with a doa guarantee and be done with it.

what would you pay? to make it worth my time id have to charge 15-20bucks per car. then i may as well tune her up. so i dono

Well I am the Lead Web Developer for www.journeyed.com and I could use FedEx overnight or 2 day to get you the cars. As wise as turn around that would be up to you. I have 2 new cells comming with 2 new 3.8 perfection motors and was looking to stick some of this in my 2 Bad to the Bone Skyline with lots of body mods and some others stuff. Well it was just a thought, if you are not interested I will spend my weekend doing it. All I need at this moment is some flux to get the wires to stick to the battery better.

Thanks!

Also right now the cars have the cat 5 double antenna mods, gear mods, body mods, tire mods, upgraded batteries and a few other things already done to them.

you dont need flux. just sandpaper. rough up the battery ends.
i put them in a vice after roughing up and put a little solder on the iron and just kinda scrape at it until a few little droplets stick and then i melt fresh solder on the bat. you dont need much.

then put a little more solder on the iron and coat the tip of the wire that you are attaching. this is called "tinning" anytime you solder two parts together they should be tinned.

ok back to the battery solder job.
take your tinned wire and lay the end across the solder that you already put on your battery. kinda hold it there and press the iron against the wire not the solder. wait a few secs and all of a sudden you have molten solder and the wire end kinda disappears into the solder. you can ad a little fresh solder to secure it better and you are done. dont go overboard with solder tho.

also my friend wants me to remind you guys that solder contains a lot of lead and lead is not good for you so always clean up and wash your hands and dont let little kids play around it.

Hog,

I have about four sets of tires that I'm using or modding as we speak. They do not fit on standard bit wheels, but they can be modded. As for trading them? I'm gonna take a pass as I would like to have more but lack the machine and talent that Stridex has in making new ones.

Also some of the ones I have are beginning to suffer from dry rot which prompts me to ask Stridex...

What do you need from me so that I can get a set from ya? Remember I did give you the idea of the old Hopper slot car wheels.

It's worth a shot LOL

well back on stridex. if you can come up with something that you need, ill trade you for tires. you can have my wife.

I don't think she would appreciate that!!...Well if I have issues this weekend which I do not think I will I will buzz you about some help or will have you do it ok.

Thanks for the help and I guess maybe I should wear a mask while soldering..

masks are going overboard. just remember to clean up your area when done.

also another trick i learned is when you put the insulator in the battery chamber(i use thick paper stuff) superglue it in there or it is a beyatch to get the battery in.

Just let me know what you guys have to trade. You know I like any and everything micro. :)

But, since you did asked, I would really like some epoch bodies. For an Epoch body, I'd throw in another set. Any semi-new (no mods) Epoch body will do except for the speedracer which I already have. Epoch and MiniZ accessories are also needed. This doesn't mean I wouldn't trade something Bit/Sizer related.

no epoch here. i never got into rcs because they were to pricey. then came along these things.

I smell a negotiation coming up... let me see what I have Stridex.
Although an Epoch body might be a little pricey.

If you don't think a $13 body is worth 8 NEW off-road knobbies, then I don't smell a negotiation. :D I only offer this trade option cos' I really want some more Epoch bodies. If you have to go out and buy one, don't worry about it. Tell me what else you have for trade.

well if i had a few id say it was worth it. umm i dont have much other than a few bits and clones and some parts. i have lots of parts. other than expertise and a buncha anime i dono. haha

stidix, do you think this would be a good car to get? I want something off-road type. Is the motor soldered? also, do gears mix with char-gs? One more thing, where did you get that beaut peugot?! Thats a pretty sweet bodie

I really like these hummer clones. When I say they drive smooth, I mean smooth. I can't explain it. I just get a different feel when I'm driving it. The motor is soldered. Toyeast now says they come with 3.0's. I don't think mine did. Mine came the same speed as a stock Bit. Now that I have the big knobbies on it, I plan on adding a second batt. So I'm not too worried about the motor speed. Another batt will boost it just about right. BTW, I've already placed my order for the 4 other styles as well as an additional black one. The body detail is great. You can't tell by the pics, but it has 2 rubber gas tanks on the back (that can come off, they're glued) and a rubber gas tank cover.

I'm a HUGE fan of the Peugeot's. That's the only clone I know of that makes them. It was a precious if I'm not mistaken. Maybe it was a Bensu. I can't remember. It was one of my first clones I bought. All I did was sand, primer and paint. The rims are from an ImportTuner. It turned out great and I just got the decals in for it today(Mobil, Bridgestone, NGK, #64). Decals actually came with my NSX-R body. When I get back in town on Monday, I'll put some better pics of the two up.

No, it's not the price it's the fact I only have one.