Falcon V (BEFORE) SOLD
For once fleecebay didn’t get the better of me and I won an absolute bargain here. It was a bit of a chance as the car wasn’t photographed properly and it was hard to tell the exact condition.
To cut a long story short, its in really good condition and came with loads of additional items: One complete Falcon buggy(no damage, nothing missing and hardly used, tyres not even glued), full period electrics fitted(inc box), Falcon box and manual, period Acoms fast and trickle chargers(both boxed), 7.2 battery(boxed), remaining stickers/sheet, thread-lock(boxed), half a large bottle of Tamiya oil, lots of grease and a bag full of screws, nuts, alan-keys and other bits and bobs.
Only 2 negative points are; 1) Though they look good, the tyres have perished a bit and cracks show when under duress. Perfect for display but as for running, they simply wont hold up to it. 2) Previous owner painted body silver instead of the box-art colours; it does seem to be coming off easy though. Doesn’t matter all the same as I managed to get a spare runner body in box-art colours off fleecebay for £8 delivered.
As the first Falcon I bought is destined as a shelf-queen this will be a gentle runner with modern electrics; 101ESC, Sport Tuned motor etc. Also a tatty box-art body will be fitted too, maybe with a few custom touches here and there.
Cheers and comments welcome as usual…
Comments
hot rod
very sweet buy there mate and with all the boxes too!!! as we discussed on my falcon entry it was not on my initial 'bucket list' of tamiya cars to own but glad now i do and sure you pleased. If the yellow cage is a bit scuffed on this and you want to replace it let me know mate i have one somewhere. Regards justin
davidr2007
Good find. I do love the look of this car. The box art looks best you are right about that. thank you.
Dirt-540
@hot rod: Thanks about the roll cage, this has hardly got a mark on it though. I actually have 2 spare very tatty rollcages knocking about.
Dirt-540
@ davidr2007: Yes box-art works well on these, though i do have an alternative custom paint job idea I'm keeping under wraps just incase i get chance to own a 3rd Falcon in the future
swedishwiking
And it has my favourite radiogear.. Great find!
Dirt-540
@swedishwiking: The previous Falcon I bought came with the same radio gear ACOMS TECHNIPLUS Mk3, doesn't seem to be BEC, I guess its an old one.
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