Is this the Most Iconic Vintage 2wd Buggy of All Time??? 

I got my RC-10 very early 1985. As a schoolkid, I struggled to save for it, so I ended up getting the Non Bearing model. Ran it once, and my Dad, who never ever came to watch me race (said it was my thing, so left me to it) he noticed my car was slower than a couple of others. He asked why, and I said they had bearings. At the time bearing sets were like 40 quid, but he actually bought me a set. Lots of great memories of doing well with the car. Made my first Scottish national A Final with it, and won a pretty big indoor event with it. As someone once said, what a thing 🙂

I still have my RC10 Graphite from 89'. Man what a rush back to my childhood looking at that thing.

I've still got mine. Bought new in 88. Still all original, still working. I recently put new electronics in it and it still rocks. Handles and drives still better than any rc I've ever had. Raced it back in the day. Never broke. Never replaced a part except bodies/motors. Amazing rc. Mine is Cadillac edition A stamp. Back in the 80's showing up at a race with one of these was like cheating. Ran circles around anything else. The ultimate vintage buggy no doubt. Congrats. I wish I could get a original body for mine. Modern bodies are awful. Fyi, hornet tires fit the rear. The fronts are nearly impossible to find. Proline makes wheels for it. Run it! I run mine regular. They are tough as nails. Made to run. Cheers!

Its mental. Because when all these vintage cars came out, racers would do everything to mod and customize them to make them go fast and look good. Now we get this stuff, usually do box art and leave them on a shelf. I'm a Kyosho fanboy, always have, always will. But you really do have to give to Associate the way they designed and put the RC10 together.

Congrats Glenn, the RC10 is an absolute classic. The box art with car in the air just captures the buggy perfectly, one of my favourites 😎👍

Long overdue for am RC10 on your channel and in your collection!! Cheers !

Gleenn, WOW , Dude that needs its own Glass Box with a Mirrored Floor - 0000hh yEAH 🙂

I remember spending hours helping to get my friends RC10 running back in the day. We always had to fiddle around with something to keep it running. I had a JRX2 from when they first came out so working on the much older RC10 was a little frustrating for me. The JRX2 was so much better (in my opinion) that I never really developed an appreciation for the RC10. It looks cool. I’ll give it that.

had one, sold it about 8 years ago...wish i hadnt. It ran the best of any 2wd i ever had.

Magnificent car, absolute treasure. Congratulations!

Awesome… Amazing it survived in that condition for nearly 40 years being built

Associated are the best rc cars the quality of the materials used are the best.

Wow Glenn great piece of rc history there it's interesting to see the technology involved even back in the day so thanks for sharing it👊

I think it is the most iconic 2wd…..just a beautiful design.

PS-19 camel yellow was closest i could find & turns out amazing . Your on a slippery slope my freind - You now need Graphite & Worlds car too. Thank for the video

sometimes the value is not the important part of a trade, glad we wiewers can se this classic of a car.

Lovely thing Glen…. As per usual back in the day there was no chance of ever being able to have one!!!!!🤣.. just truly truly aspirational…. So pleased that you have now got one for the collection… once again we see what a great little hobby this is both with the kit but the people.. fantastic

Stunning rc10 buddy Great video Bought an rc10 2nd hand as my first competitive race car with my paper round money in 1990 aged 12 Brings back great memories ...thanks 😊

Thats really the best one. One of my friends had one and the efficiant gearbox and solid build really made this a winner.

Just amazing. Excellent condition. Glad you got one.

That needs it’s own display case👍

Wow definitely the holy grail of vintage RC 😍

Absolutely top dog as far as legendary off road buggies go. Super happy to see such a nice one in your collection brother!

I will 100% come and visit your RC museum one day!

Had a CE back in 1990-ish, There was an article in RC Car Action in the 80's that detailed how to eliminate 2 of the transmission bearings making it far more efficient. The original trans didn't have bearings on the output cups, just that plastic ring and a felt donut. You installed output bearings and then replace the two innermost bearings with a piece of 1/4" copper pipe, or something like that. Battery life on these cars back then with a stock brushed motor was around 4 minutes with the resistor controller, maybe another minute or two with a Novak/Tekin and a good NiCd. Nice score!

Super cool to have that motor in the original box too. Awesome stuff Glenn. Was worth the wait of no video last week 😁 have a great week brother

Yep, I have to agree this is THE 2WD car 😊 glad you got your hands on this gem!!!

Can't believe that back In 1984, me at 14 years old bought such an iconic buggy. Not even knowing it would become so iconic.

What an absolutely amazing car 👌 love all your collection And videos 😁

🤩😍🤩😍🤩😍.....that rc10 is awesome...

Stunning chassis, I'm looking forward to seeing this finished.

Can't wait to see what u do with this one...

Glen you are correct definitely most iconic 2nd. I’m a collector as well and have been trying to get one for years. So jealous lol thanks for sharing it with us. She’s a beauty.

Man what a car that’s what I thought it would be from the intro had to be.. always drooled over these as a lad and seeing them in the old adverts what a buggy so iconic.. 🤩🤩🤩❤️‍🔥👍🏅

I just got one of these last week, not anywhere as mint as this one but in great shape with a wonderful pro-painted body! I do know the TBG has a full undertray for it you can add to it if you decide to take it out for a light run in the grass! You really got a gem with this one and I am looking forward to seeing it all done up. I wish I could help with the paint but I am as clueless as you on the right color for it! Congrats on getting the holy grail of RC Glenn, it is an absolute stunner!!

You guys are lucky over across the water. So many different kinds of cars and more abundance it seems like for older cars and even newer. F1 to buggy’s. . Love your collection Man. Envy it. I remember having so many of these chassis and cars when I was young. Got them as hand me downs from my uncle. I remember having a boxx of gold pans. Wonder what happened to them

Yep.. definitely an icon !

RC10s have a special place for me in my collection. I have two but not in this condition 😅. The two I have are also the older releases with the 6 gear trans. Such a great car. Congrats Glenn 🎉

What a lovely example. For mine it’s the icon of the 80’s. Such a special buggy for the collection an original RC10 !

haha I saw the video preview and I was thinking to myself that maybe I was just not so well rounded in RC history etc but that to me the most iconic car should be the RC10, and boom! That's what you were referring too. I did discover as time passed that I actually only lusted after it viewed from the side though lol but none the less it is for me still the most iconic 2WD car, indeed RC car period.

EPIC buggy Glenn!!!! I can alway find you a cheap B6-

That’s a nice, clean A stamp. I’ve got a few in that condition.

Running like crazy at the track.😁

Glenn, congratulations you have got to be the LUCKIEST guy on the planet right now. Your friends are awesome! I also think Keith is spot on with the camel yellow. That would be my go to color. I actually have that exact picture of the car as my screenshot for over ten years. By far the best two wheel buggy.

I remember seeing one of these on the local track for the first time. Mind blowing. It’s the Steve McQueen of cars. The older it gets the cooler it is

I have the same rc10 along with the rc10T Bought them new and have been driving them since day 1!

Lovely car Glenn! 👍

Lovely stuff, for me, because it's so original and so special, going the extra mile for the right sized spot-lights feels like the right thing to do 🙂

G’day Glenn from Oz 🇦🇺 Like you said, “I’ll keep this wing, little bit different”. Got to be fan of a touch of difference, in a sense makes it unique. Creates a talking point. Even the silvering of the ring on the shocks blends well! Fantastic 😊

G'day Glenn wow 1884 looks like it might be control line. Lol just kidding mate bloody awesome find 👍👍

Gee, wow, no words!!❤❤

it was. it was super popular. lots of people had one. i had the tamiya fox and wanted one.

Quality builder, as a shipwright, I noticed all the screwheads on the underside of the chassis are matched (pointing the same way) in their groups,, Unreal!

Definitely one of the most iconic rwd buggies ever and one that I think finished the SRB chassis off, another one of those iconic chassis

The most iconic car from the Golden Era of RC has - of course - a GOLDEN chassis 👌🪙

Congratulations on this find! That is the first racing car I got in the early 80's and loved it! Wish I still had it. I've looked on ebay for one since I got back into the RC hobby but the price is too high and finding one that is mint like you got is very rare.

Couldn't agree more, Glenn, the icon of the era and it deserves the accolades thrown its way.

I agree 100%, the rc10 is legendary for 2wd buggies! I got lucky and bought one off a coworker that had it since he was a teenager, it was still in really good shape too👍🏻 can’t complain on the price he gave me either, $100 USD😁

I bought one of those back in 1984. It originally came with a mechanical speed controller and if I remember correctly, a AA battery pack for that controller. It wasn't long before I upgraded it by replacing the mechanical one with an electronic one that wired directly to the main battery which greatly improved the responsiveness and handling ability. This was back before the digital transmitter/receivers came along so when racing against others, we had to make sure everyone had different frequency crystals.

One of my top 5 dream RC’s.. I had a gold pan chassis as a kid but never got any of the suspension or transmission to put it together. Would kill to have a gold pan now

Clean!

Nice wow!

Awesome RC-10 Glenn, It's a Cadillac Edition so roughly 85-86 you can tell by the original four ribbed front tires and slightly darker anodized gold of the chassis absolute beauty thou. Also the box art is a custom blend of paint.The closest you can buy is Camel Yellow from Tamiya. Looking forward to seeing it done my friend it's stunning 🙂

From what I can see its a later Cadillac version. The motor and spur gear are not box original and its missing the rear body mount, mechanical speed controller, front sway bar and some of the screws were switched out to stainless instead of black. Only important if your looking to restore to box stock. Other than that it looks to be in incredible condition. Very rare to find one in this condition. Congrats Glen!

Very interesting indeed. A piece of history. I learned through this video that back in 1984 there already were electronic speed controllers. In 1985 I got my first real RC car: a Tamiya Frog an I remember the two servos, one for the steering and the other one for the speed controller, but before coming back to the hobby last year (!!) I didn’t even know about the existence of an esc! Anyways: top video as always!

I was given an RC-10 about 15 years ago. A good friends dad was a high-school physics teacher and had his class build 10 of them and then race them at the end of the year. He built one as well and was displayed in his classroom until he retired. Pretty sure this one has never been run and is sitting on myself since the day I got it.

Awesome rc car. Just recently bought 2 of these . One was a rere from 2013 and got the c stamp chassis from the 90's as a roller. Just completed the roller it looks sweet. Those original body's are rare and worth a ridiculous amount of money. A nice alternative is the jconcepts detonator . It's close to the original and around 25 dollars Only reason I say this is because you mentioned you are going to use the mci decals and I've noticed mci's colors are a little off from the original sheets included with the kit. May want to consider trying to find an original sticker sheet. Anyhow great video and congrats on the rc10 it's mint!

looks like the worlds edition wing on it, nice car that will look great box art. appears to have had a light run already so treat yourself and give it a quick spin on some smooth tarmac...

Looks great! Now you need a Losi JRX2.

I think you made a great decision👍💯I love the original RC10’s. I had 2 of them and I lost both of them in a storage auction. My Ex put my storage into auction even though I was sending her the money for the storage she ended up keeping all the money I was sending her and eventually it ended up being auctioned off. I miss my RC10.🙁🤷🏻‍♂️👍💯

Has to be the most iconic car from bitd, they go so well on the track aswell 👌 looking forward to seeing the final result, hope you find the right colour 🤞

Wow that's just insane 😲 she's never been driven. I would just keep her as a queen👑

I'm not to precious normally but don't think I could run it unless it was clean carpet with bean bags around the walls lol that's awesome Glenn congrats!!!

Stunning car👍 my biggest regret was selling my original rc10 gold pan a few years ago before they rocketed in price and I got absolutely peanuts for it😢

Hi Glenn from what I can see the Novak hammer pro is a No limit esc, the buggy looks very clean👍👍

Excellent car there. Electronics are a lot newer than the age of the car but it looks so good. The kits in most cases actually came with a mechanical speed control and a stick Associated 27 turn motor. Looks to be a later release than 84 but no far off. I think Keith is correct. The closest colour would be Tamiya Camel yellow. Congrats on that find.

About the esc, in the year 95 Novak had the explorer, duster, hammer, racer, tempest. and the 410m5 which could handle a 10t motor. At one point I bought a Tekin esc, that was much better also had a tekin charger. Which I still have today.

Oh my goodness I remember seeing these in magazines but never in the flesh! That particular one is just ridiculously gorgeous! It's so pretty I could eat the thing!! LOL You really struck Gold with this one Glenn! Both literally and figuratively!! 😍 As a side note Glenn, am I mistaken in remembering that the late great Brian Kinwald either won or at least raced this buggy in the RC 1/10 World Championships wayyyy back in the 80's?? I'm almost certain he did ye know Glenn??

Lovely car, great pickup. I don't think I'd run it if I had an example like that. Mine, when I got it, was a basket case old beater, so it didn't matter. It took me a while to repair/resto it. It runs now but the slipper needs a tighten. I have also been racking my brain trying to figure out what colour the boxart is. I still haven't painted and stickered the body for mine because of that. I was going to go with a kind of bronze/brown/coppery colour. Please let us know when you find out.

I've done my Kyosho Scorpion in Camel Yellow and I'd say it's very close to the RC10 boxart colour.

Awesome. I've never seen the hex-collar on the shock non-anodized? They must have done that for a run at some point?

Hi Glenn good trade recommend you get carpet wheel & tire,run indoor track so sad 2see sitting 35year you're only live once...

Great video love the car amazing how it’s survived so well

Glad you got your 2wd hero Glen. I’m still in search for my favourite, the Tamiya Nissan King Cab. If you can offer any advice on where to look or who to speak too, it would be greatly appreciated.

The ones I was around as a kid were gold and white..

Nice

This is the first time l have watched and felt like a feeling of jealousy creeping in! What an exciting excellent example! The Champion man!!! The 1985 champion actually the RC10 finished first, second and third at the world Championships in the stock category. Glenn what a thing to have in your collection. boxart too good man Glenn. Has to be! Hope you nail that boxart its a amazing looking buggy in boxart for sure. I remember seeing these in the mags mostly on the back cover and they always seemed like some sort of 2wd god boasting about being champion and why not!!!! Regarding the body colour l can't help much but remember its an orange looking colour but somebody will know the actual paint. Basically this time Glenn you have got me jealous lol but l am generally so pleased for you to have this in your already fantastic collection. It hurts to say this as l have Tamiya blood running through my veins but l don't think we can disprove this is not the most iconic 2wd of all time, lol the good old Grasshopper could have something to say about that though? Obviously for totally different reasons it was the people champion lol. Awesome vid my friend. Cheers a jealous James off to read up and learn more about the RC10 now it sparks interest when legendary buggies are on your channel. Great stuff buddy.

Nice, very nice. What stamp is it?

I happen to have a pair of original headlights if you would want them... thought i had all 4 but only found 2... but you are more than welcome to them if you want them

You've always got my cars to run🤔. "She's s a beaut Clark"!!! Great trade. I watched the video twice but, did you show the chassis stamp? It's a bit chaotic at the moment I am having carpet installed and they are too noisy 😅

Not sure if you have it or not but the front stabilizer is missing. But awesome car looks identical to the one in my condition. It’s an early Cadillac version.

I'd say it's an off orange colour too, definitely doesn't look yellow (Google images) 👍👍

I read the title and thought that it could only be that particular car. And it turned out to be....😏

Great find! I have 2 of them, in the US its easier to find them. Looks like hardware is titanium, and not OG, spur is not OG, shocks should be all gold, looks like someone stripped gold off tops of them, all and all fantastic shape! If your going to run it, strip trans down and replace bearings if they are bushings.

I would not run it without putting tape on the chassis. I cannot bring myself to run my original worlds. Ended up getting a rere worlds as a runner which is crazy. They scratch soooo easy.

When I add an associated B3 I didn't go boxart I don't go out box art with those particular not do box art for it.😁

Also, I did box art on one of mine, Camel Yellow, I think I read it in the RC 10 build guide but dont remember...either way the MCI decals I got from them do not stick that well so be warned

I’ve never seen or heard of the Tamiya RC10, but think it looks awesome! Can’t wait until you paint/decal the body and driver. Definitely iconic Tamiya 🤩

It might just be, Camel Yellow. I just painted my Bronco, Camel Yellow, and it came out a lot more orange than I thought it would. I took a screen shot with both, can I send you a pic somehow? I can try sending it to your IG.

I think this is before the stealth trans.