If you have any suggestions for upgrades, or parts to make this better.. please use this comment to share them. I can then come back here for advice for part 2 :) ta muchly

FINALLY !!! This is the car i saw when i was younger in a park, but could never find anything on it…….I would say this is the car that got me into RC’s ( truthfully my dad gave Tandy RC’s when i was kid like the porsche 962 “pulp fiction” car) but this one opened a new world for me….Thank you Phil you made a grown-ass man cry in a good way Thank you

The angle of the shocks is absurd!!!! The A arms would flex more than the absorber, that's 80's tech!!

I don't know much about them as a brand but I DO remember 1/4 scale R/C gas vehicles were $2500 to $3500 CDN in the late 80's early 90's. Yes, first thing I would have done is replace all the electronics and make sure you have no issues with the ignition system on the engine. Not sure if it has points or hall effect sensor for the firing.

It's a neat old car. As you said getting running was a big positive. Replacing the servos will be a lot of work. Considering their age it's not surprising they would fail. I am looking forward to future adventures with this vintage car.

That's far from a fail, you know what to do now. Also you could make a muffler for the exhaust, just a can with a hole for the exhaust to go in to, lots of holes for the out and steel wool inside. It's basic but it should do something. 😀👍

I just revived 2 nitro buggies one 1/8 and a 1/16 2 speed both 12yrs old and now there clean a few parts replaced and workn like a charm that car is a beast for its age

“Welcome to the garage” are some of my favorite videos going back to WPL that you’ve done my friend!

Hey Phil, this wasnt a fail. You got an almost 40 year old rc car to run. Thats a win in my book and the this old car Is very cool. Cant wait to see what you do with it. Dont sell yourself short man. Not a fail. Great video. I always look forward to your videos because you do a great job, even if you dont like Traxxas.😁

❤ spring load the throttle and brakes so if you have an electrical failure it will mechanically shut off and stop . Good luck Phil 🤞 ,bob 😊

This brings me back i had one when i was 10 years old i still have it and it runs im now making parts for these at no charge to anyone who wants parts they dont make cars like this anymore its a shame 😢😢😢😢😢😢

Definitely put a Taylor RC motor and components on it make it super badass!!

I remember seeing this for sale. I would definitely put a new plug in there and change the ht lead make sure the spark is a strong as it should be.

2:36 I think nothing is missing there, floating brake discs is a common technology

So good to see you put oil in the cylinder before running. No one is doing it and its so important if it has been sitting for years :) Thanks for sharing.

That’s bloody awesome! The body looks reminiscent of a Metro 6R4.

you and Kev should do some collabs man you all have the coolest RCs dude

I remember the garage with Wpl reviews the good old days you have moved on a long way now mate 👍👍

40+ Years old and it still works that well. I would commit to a full tear down and rebuild.

That's gonna be bad ass once you get it straight. That tuned pipe sounds awesome. For the throttle I'd go with a a bell crank to a rod to the carb.

What a great piece of RC history! Really looking forward to the Part 2!!! I'd love to see you completely restore this old girl! I just recently got back into the hobby, and all I remember from way back when I was a kid my neighbor did RC stuff, so I would tag along with him and his kid to local club get-togethers. There were a bunch of adults tinkering around with petrol stuff like this, since elec-tech was nowhere near what we have now and ICE cars weren't nearly so compact. I wanna say there were at least 3-4 guys that had 1/4-scale stuff like this and raced on weekends in parking lots alongside the folks running NiCd buggies, but they had a circuit set up that was HUGE by comparison. I live in Florida, so we also went down to Daytona's oval and ran some of them on the big banked turns, same as NASCAR and then dropping down to the infield for some "road course" layout. I really want to see that again someday, except with my own car barreling through the turn!

Got me an FTX Tracer from back in the garage days 😂 not really a fan of the body shape, defo 80’s vibe BUT if you were to spray it white and add some new decals it could almost be an old Metro 6R4 rally car? 🤩

Id run it on 3 servos. 1 for throttle 1 of breaks 1 for steering. Sounds more complicated but its actually not. It gets rid of alot of linkages and deletes the throttle cable.

I remember "welcome to the garage". All the WPLs and MN stuff. Good times!!!

Theres just something special having a working engine inside these small cars. I love nitro and gas powered RC´s, just on a class of its own!

Yes i remember the garage : good looking car yes new lights servo and and more a lot of work nice one phil

It's BAD ASS! You can do it! Looking forward to you working your mojo on this machine!

😂 Anyone else remember traxxas monster buggy? VERY RARE AND HARD TO FIND! Actually uses a 2 stroke engine just like yours! ❤ Love the video!

Exhaust coming of and almost no difference in “sound” 😂 that thing is awesome! Looking out for the next video on this one :)

Im not mad on Nitro, but Im actually really excited to see this build get going! That exhaust is so obnoxious though, listening with headphones was an experience😂

I love watching these old gas videos it reminds why I don’t run them, you can’t beat the sound tho

Can't wait to see this full refurbished!

That's quite the piece of engineering going on there. I've done petrol rc's years ago but they're always a pain to get running, every time I'd run one they always needed tinkering which spoilt the fun for me. I look forward to seeing how you get on with it all the same.

been looking forward to seeing this run

The front of the shell looks reminiscent of the metro 6R4 rally car

Definitely not a fail! That thing is beautiful!

Put a new spark plug in it will help you tune it better. Even though it doesn't look bad the porcelain inside from sitting gets micro cracks when heating back up I have to replace my 2 stroke jet ski plugs every season for the same reason.

I really like the body. It's so 80's. Don't change it. It's too cool. Keep at it. Can't wait to see it finished.

Thats the car/project I am looking forward the most on your channel Phil. Please bring it back to full glory

Can't wait for the next episode of this project. It needs a porsche body on it, that would be awesome.

Good luck, hope to see it running well in the future

keep going on this so cool.one advice the muffler and the air filter must be in perfect sinc. the intake and the exaust is very important for 2 stroke motor. the exaust it's what push the air for the motor work better. seal the muffler better and fine tune the carb. consider change the piston segments and verify the head for deep scratches that causes loss of compresson. pardon for my english by i am portuguese. good work

I Would Like To See This BEAST Up And Running Again With It's Bodyshell On. 😃👍.

Careful!! Traxxas might claim that exhaust design!!!! 😮

That was definitely a success. 30 year old 2 stroke RC, and you got it going. Can't wait to see it ripping around. Man, is it loud though. Any noise complaints, hahaha. Cheers Phil have an awesome day.

Tomley u inspired me and my Rc buddy to join this hobby and create an Rc KZfaq channel, I watch your vids everyday keep up the great work And don’t hate on Kev T

Good video proper old School engineering

Oh man that's so cool ! Watching you tinker makes me want to get my old HPI Baja out and have it running again. Taylor Racing engine, upgraded servos other than that Idk if I would change much else.

The rims and tires are sick looking. It seems like the larger you go up in scale the better the tires and rims get. Awesome car. Definitely worth a bunch.

Loving the old school rear bike reflectors used for lights!

Macgyver at work. Starting 2024 BIG

Honestly, its one of the coolest rcs ive ever seen. Cant wait to see how it rips

Definitely NOT a fail! Looking forward to this series 👌👍

Awesome, can't wait to see it running properly....

Love 2 stroke, Show part 2 soon please! 😍🙏

Really cool. Can't wait to see you run it.

I quite like that old body. Group B vibes.

From the past with soul 🔥🤩

In the 90's, in the US states, the only 1/4 scale rc was Jaco jack rabbit found in Radio Control Car Action magazines. I wanted one so bad as a teen. 1/4 scale just wasn't that big in local hobby stores. Nobody sold much but Tamiya cars locally. I finally got my first and only 1/4 scale FG Marder back around 2000's. Used the work computer at Verizon to get on the web, had it shipped to work location cause I didn't want 1500.00 sitting at front door all day. This was before HPI Baja's were a thing. I wanted a baja, but barely drove the Marder.

Can you imagine how insanely expensive that thing probably was. There is a cool documentary - about rc cars it’s a 80’s documentary and it shows the 1/4 scale stuff

Sooo cool. Love those tyres too. Or tires as you need to type into Google to find anything like them. Some sort of old kart dirt track rubber maybe? Don't look cheap 😬

That's a really cool big little blast from the past you have there! Loved seeing the electronics get upgraded!

That is a cool rig.

When I modify/customise a vintage car, I like to make the mods/upgrades fully reversible without Molesting in any way shape or form. I would rather modify and cut readily available parts to make them fit instead of modding the car to take the parts if you get me. Also look at any parts availability so it can be used and enjoyed. If it were mine, I would probably go down the restoration route first, get it going as was intended, then work from there. I wouldn’t go mental with then engine unless the driveline parts are easy to modify or replace. Very cool car

Awesome!!! More of that!!! 😁😁

Sorry for the multiple comments. I would run a hotter spark plug. Especially in the cold conditions. Also, make sure the spark plug gap is correct with a feeler gauge. I'm guessing 0.030" is common for these engines, or it will be hard to cold start every time.

I'm sure someone had already mentioned this but if not. You could hook up the throttle with 2 rods and 90° servo horn. Get fancy with some springs so you don't bottom out the throttle barrel or damage the servo

Really nice and unique old school quarter scale! I had a SVM model around the year 2001 that was chain driven, the car was massively huge... Miss those Rc days, thanks for taking me down memory lane ☝️

Awesome, Nitro and Phil together on the channel, cooool it's alive. Ha ha ha.

That deserves a full rebuild restoration, good long term project for 2024?

That was cool sometimes the vintage stuff can be fun as well.👍

I have (in bits....somewhere) an old Raco Jackrabbit 1:4 scale 2wd buddy, again from the 80s... Love these huge cars

Shame is didnt come with a full set of hoosier tyres Should try and find some for it! Ether way cool car! New to your channel by the way and absolutely loving your content Relatively new to the hobby and have found your channel a great source of information and entertainment Keep up the great work mate! Viewing from Australia 🦘

Brilliant that is Phil!! I can't wait to see that car on song, I think it's gonna be really quick! 👍🏻

Thats awesome! I want one.

Very Nice throw back there Phil!! Brought back some amazing memories of these 1/4 scale rigs rippin around the old rally track!! We ran them back in 90-94 roughly! Ours were FG but still awesome fun!!! Great find and the price !!! 😱WOW!!!!

Looks like a dirt track oval racer-most hobby shops around me in NJ seem to have a beat-up one on display which was clearly raced in the good 'ole days

Have to get one of those alligator clip octopus things for sure! Car was cool too, I suppose😂

So cool! Old school cool!

Ooooo new video. Lunch was just made better!

Great effort Phil. Gas and Nitro are always projects. Even more so on cold, wet days. Looking forward to seeing more of it.

This was a pretty sweet video, that car is definitely a pretty interesting design very cool mechanically. The body style makes me think of the pikes peak race cars of the 80s. I can't wait to see more of this when it gets warmer. Great episode brother, much love and respect from New York!

Roars like a motorcycle, love the 2 stroke sound. Maybe a little to much oil, smokin quite a bit.

Great to see that you finally got around to this one :) I have two DWA 2wd ones and a kit to make one of them 4wd. One is the same rally version (apart from the 4wd) that you have and one is an onroad version with an even worse suspension setup. Be aware that the shock towers on these break super easily and are hard to find replacements for.

you might be able to use some braided metal flexipipe for the exhaust connection, also interested to see the size of the steering servo

Really looking forward to Part 2 of this, personally I think restoring/upgrading old RC engineering is great… 🏎️ 💨

I like how you get things running using bits you have. Also love seeing vintage stuff because as you say its more mechanical

Loved this video, I ain’t much for vintage cars but the sheer size and it being petrol perked my interest ❤

A real car. Love this thing. looking forward to more of this.

That’s a beautiful rig besides the body🤣 my votes for electric.max5 combo.nsdrc servo.Porsche body imo would look bada$$🤪 can’t wait to see this rig finished,however you decide to do so😊

That's a truly exciting video

For the exhaust id suggest welding some small washers or nuts on both manifold and pipe and attach via springs similar to what a snowmobile exhaust would have

Considering this is from the 80's it is very well designed. I have seen quarter scale ''pan'' cars before but never one like this. Very interesting! Must have costed a good penny! Thanks for sharing.

This is so sick bruv I want more of this beast roll on spring/summer time 💪🏻🫡

That thing is freeking sweet. And yeah, I'd say the fact that it started at all was a win for the first try. Can't wait to see this thing really running.

Enjoyed watching this. I will look forward to part 2

A blast from the past. I did not know there was anything like this on the market in the 80s and 90s.

what a beast of an RC! i remember seeing ads for some of these big RCs in magazines growing up but never saw one in person (or in video even). Excited to see the rebuild! New electronics all round is going to go a long way i think haha

A beauty! It reminds me a lot of the Renault 5 Rally

Makes my traxsucks maxx look like a toy!!