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WANTED: 1/8 Scale Mercedes C9 Body

Discussion in 'Wanted' started by GPS, Mar 13, 2012.

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    Does anybody know where I can get a 1/8 scale Mercedes C9 body for use on my OFNA on-road RC car?

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    Nice choice, I wasn't able to find anything for the 1/8 scale.  I looked and found a few others that were interesting:  Viper, Mclaren f1, C6R, etc.  I did find one that you may be interested in, the Porsche 962c was the most successful platform in Group C.  Here is the link http://www.wolfhobbies.com/Bodies-1_8_Porsche_962_on_road_car_body.html  There are a lot of teams that ran this platform as well as the Works teams so there are a lot of painting options if you want to get crazy with the scale thing.

    I am a huge fan of sports car racing myself.  I grew up watching the Camel gt series when I was a kid, even saw them live at the P.I.R.  I am actually contemplating a trip next year to the 24 hours of Le mans with a friend.  I dragged 2 of my friends to Long Beach last year for the grand prix.  It was an awesome event!  ALMS, World Challenge, Indy, and lights, it was great fun.
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    Good find with the body.  I wonder if it has the wheelbase of the OFNA GTP2e?  Adam at Sleadd's had a amazing Mercedes body there for a customer with a Kyosho and even though it said 1/8 scale it was longer than the OFNA GTP2e which was a bummer.
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    The wheelbase thing might be an issue.  I think the body is designed to fit 1/8 gp.  Have you checked the wheelbase on any of the Mugen, Kyosho, or Serpent kits?  There may be some options there.  I think they are pretty short.
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    No I haven't checked those wheelbases yet, great idea.  I have a OFNA CLK GTR body already that will fit, but the body Adam had for a customers car just looked really nice.

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