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Ford GT = Gorgeous Tamiya [READER’S RIDE]

Ford GT = Gorgeous Tamiya [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! Don Almeido pays scale tribute to Ford’s Le Mans conquering GT with his special Red Card issue Tamiya F103GT with its carbon lower chassis. To that he added a 19T Corally brushless motor on an aluminum motor mount, with a HobbyWing speed control. To that […]
Custom 3D-Printed Hot Rod [READER’S RIDE]

Custom 3D-Printed Hot Rod [READER’S RIDE]

Jason Suter designed in CAD and used rapid prototyping to develop his custom Hot Rod, which is inspired by the classic ’32 Ford Deuce Coupe style. The body is 3D-printed in SLS nylon while the chassis is laser-cut out of aluminum. Most of his driveline and running gear is aluminum, sourced from the RC crawler […]

Asphalt-Burning Bronco Slash GT [READER’S RIDE]

Asphalt-Burning Bronco Slash GT [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! 3D-printed scale accessories for crawlers are pretty common these days, but Daniel Porter wanted something a little different. He bought himself a printer and started by revamping drag car wings and diffusers he had previously built in styrene and aluminum, but he also wanted […]
Jada Fast & Furious RX7 and GT-R Drift Cars – New pix and details

Jada Fast & Furious RX7 and GT-R Drift Cars – New pix and details

A few weeks back we showed you a sneak peek at Jada’s upcoming upscale Fast & Furious-themed Drift Cars. At the time we had only a couple photos to share, but Jada has just released a bunch of new pix including full 360-views so we can see them from every angle. We also got a […]

Slash-based Dodge Ram gets Viper treatment [READER’S RIDE]

Slash-based Dodge Ram gets Viper treatment [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! Daniel tells us he’s done several relatively stock Slash builds, including a wicked Yenko Nova drag Slash we showed not too long ago. For his latest he wanted to go with an aftermarket mid-motor 2WD chassis setup. He did some research and decided on […]

Weather-Worn Drag Slash [READER’S RIDE]

Weather-Worn Drag Slash [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! There’s just something about the mix of junk-yard beater truck looks mixed with serious ¼-mile hardware that appealed to us about Keith Brewer’s Slash. The body is Pro-Line’s 1966 Ford Stepside which Keith mounted low over a 2wd Slash chassis. He replaced the suspension […]
Tamiya Mazda 787B Gets an A+ [READER’S RIDE]

Tamiya Mazda 787B Gets an A+ [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear!   Don Almeido tells us he owns four RC Mazda 787B Group C chassis cars, but this tribute to the Le Mans winner with rare Tamiya factory hop-ups is his favorite. It even has original Tamiya factory electronics—receiver, ESC, and GT motor. It has […]

Here’s a 1/4-Scale Bentley With Conley V8 Power [VIDEO]

Here’s a 1/4-Scale Bentley With Conley V8 Power [VIDEO]

Picture a car with a massive blower poking through the hood. Now let your imagination wander down to the grille. What do you see? A chrome-plated pony? The letters G-T-O? Maybe a bowtie? You probably don’t see the winged “B” of a Bentley–unless you’re Andrew Ballard, that is. There’s still plenty to do on Andrew’s […]
Hot Rod Streeeetch-job ’32 Ford [READERS RIDE]

Hot Rod Streeeetch-job ’32 Ford [READERS RIDE]

Scott Lempert tells us the inspiration for this build came from a 1/8-scale Monogram engine kit that was given to him by a friend. The ‘50s-era 312 Y-block motor had the option for a wild direct crank-driven Potvin supercharger, but fitting it in a hot rod would mean an extended frame chassis, so Scott scratch-built […]

Classic Altered Chevy Drag Car [READER’S RIDE]

Classic Altered Chevy Drag Car [READER’S RIDE]

Here’s a piece of custom-built drag racing history from Scott Lempert. Right before Funny Cars came on the scene in the 1960s several altered-wheelbase FX (factory-experimental) cars toured the match-race circuit. One such, built by race header king Doug Thorley, was the “Chevy 2 Much” — so named because it was based on a 1963 […]
HPI RS4 Porsche Land Shark [READER’S RIDE]

HPI RS4 Porsche Land Shark [READER’S RIDE]

With its list of upgrades, Don Almeido’s RS4—based on the Sport 3 Flux Falken Porsche kit—is ready to take a bite out of stock touring cars. First up were HPI’s carbon fiber front and rear shock towers and center drive shaft cover. The shaft itself was replaced with an Exotek Racing aluminum unit, along with […]
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