diamond in the rough - a Blackfoot story
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:15 pm
I found and bought an RC lot from Craigslist a little while ago.
Now, what first caught my eye was the fact that this combo is similar to what I had when I was 14-15 yrs old. This pan car is a Bolink Eliminator 10, but mine was an Eliminator Sport. I recognised the Tamiya Frog based monster truck chassis immediatly, as my first hobby grade RC was a Blackfoot and this one has hop ups that I used to see and read about in RCCA mags. When I called the guy, I was hoping that the OG body was included in the deal and it was, it was the F150 body
I kinda wished it was the Monster Beetle, but I won't complain.
My original Blackfoot was so thrashed it was beyond repair or restoring, so I had thrown it out years ago.
But, I knew there was a reason that I saved those Sees aluminum wheels for all these years. I just wished I could find the instruction manual, I thought I saved it too, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
But this guy didn't know what he had, really.
Bolink stuff is kinda rare now, but what I am most excited about, is the Blackfoot stuff. I thought about cleaning it up, and throwing it on Ebay, but I am torn. I don't know if after I restore it to it's fine glory, if I'd give it up.
After searching the bay's completed listings, I could stand to tripple my money back by parting out the hopups, repainting the lid, and cleaning it up and putting the original parts back on - which were included in the lot- and then selling the truck.
I'll post up some decent pics as it sits in a bit.
Now, what first caught my eye was the fact that this combo is similar to what I had when I was 14-15 yrs old. This pan car is a Bolink Eliminator 10, but mine was an Eliminator Sport. I recognised the Tamiya Frog based monster truck chassis immediatly, as my first hobby grade RC was a Blackfoot and this one has hop ups that I used to see and read about in RCCA mags. When I called the guy, I was hoping that the OG body was included in the deal and it was, it was the F150 body
I kinda wished it was the Monster Beetle, but I won't complain.My original Blackfoot was so thrashed it was beyond repair or restoring, so I had thrown it out years ago.
But, I knew there was a reason that I saved those Sees aluminum wheels for all these years. I just wished I could find the instruction manual, I thought I saved it too, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
But this guy didn't know what he had, really.
Bolink stuff is kinda rare now, but what I am most excited about, is the Blackfoot stuff. I thought about cleaning it up, and throwing it on Ebay, but I am torn. I don't know if after I restore it to it's fine glory, if I'd give it up.
After searching the bay's completed listings, I could stand to tripple my money back by parting out the hopups, repainting the lid, and cleaning it up and putting the original parts back on - which were included in the lot- and then selling the truck.
I'll post up some decent pics as it sits in a bit.
I'm rich 
