Going Bankrupt Restoring A Vintage Tamiya Terra Conqueror RC Buggy To Shelf Queen Levels

Losing all my money attempting to restore a vintage 1992 1/10th RC buggy.
In this video, we take a look at a 1992 vintage RC buggy from Tamiya that I have purchased from France this week. We look at the implications of restoring this RC back to a shelf queen and the parts I already have to try and stop myself from going bankrupt on this project. This RC has never been rereleased but luckily some of the parts have been reissued on other kits.

[mattiasrc]

I think that will be a nice project, it´s an awesome looking buggy.

[TheTobyT]

Woop! Thanks for the shoutout Gavin, and thank you for all work you do to give us such great content 🙂 I quite like the Terra Conqueror so I hope Tamiya rereleases it!

[Heathcliff_hensel]

I think restoring vintage rc is very gratifying. Even though it can be annoying sometimes finding parts. But when it is all done it feels good.

[JeffersonHumber]

I’ve restored a TC recently, lovely car and so unique. Will be watching this series closely.

[davidmincher]

Rc planes still rule! . Rc cars are very good. Seriously respect to all in the RC community.

[RCX]

I always did like those. Can't wait to see what you do with it. I need to purge again and recycle the kits I have just built. Can't keep them all.

[barrycheesemore]

Wow, I haven't seen one of those in many, many years! What a great find, definitely something different. I can't wait to see it fully restored and on your shelves as part of your collection. Oh come on, we all know you won't sell it.... ;)

[ATARIBOY]

When restoring rc the profit comes from what you can get for the leftover spares and what you had in your bit box at the start.

I recently sold a boomerang I bought for £89 then spent £50 on it, but then sold it for £120 when I realised I’d still need to layout another £50-70 to return it to 100%. It would only make £140 max.

[alangt]

It’s probably the nicest of the df-01 besides having the hop-ups. Easy enough to fix up and working on the df-01 is easy too.

[RCACTIONAUSTRALIA]

The DF01 is a great Chassis. Should give it a run pre resto 😎

[mitsuman]

I’m playing along at home by buying my own R/C projects that I probably won’t sell, let alone profit from. It’s the same thing I’ve always done, except now I call it “fix and flip”. 😂

[robhatezit]

I would be so happy if you built a 90s tamiya bush devil 😈

[smashingpumpkin]

I had that transmitter for my Mad Bull in the 90s. I remember the sticks were pretty sharp on the fingers 🤏🏼

[mikeupton]

Haven't even started the video yet.

Me burnward
ok now I'll watch

[Raymondas]

Ah man. I’d love to have one of those. The df01 range are my favourite. I’m missing this model and a Top Force at the moment.

[garymarshall]

And yes I am the happy owner 😜 just bought another one

[jdm_watch_fan]

I really like your videos, thumbs up for this project! I also wanted to ask you if you ever going to make a video about Tamiyas DT-02 Chassis (because lately you did one on the DT-01). I know, it is a beginners chassis, but for example the Desert Gator or Sand Viper version are pretty well equipped. I would appreciate your honest opinion on it!

I just got back into the hobby with a M05ra Swift Sport and I bought a bundle of three cars around christmas (not expecting much), two I sold right off, but the other one is a Desert Gator as good as new. I have not driven it jet, but looking forward to, even though every scratch will hurt a bit.

[stewartlewis]

How do you make a small fortune restoring vintage RC cars? Start with a large one.

[CharlesGarnierRC]

Let me know if you need some parts !!!

[garymarshall]

Seen this for sale in France on the bay