Had this truck. My brother had the yellow one. 2 speed (manual high and low switch) . Brings back memories!

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Funny thing... I remember these being so much bigger!! Lol. Damn getting old sucks

@skeetermcswagger0U812

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProNoobRC Yeah I know what you mean, I used to have one of these in blue and I remember driving it and the water cause it would kind of float with those tires but I ended up killing it from being in the water...... And I just recently built a Tamyia Grasshopper that I bought about 5 years ago because that was the 1st hobby quality RC car I ever owned and just taking the parts of the box I realized that it seems so small now compared to what it was when I was a kid. Out of the 6 or 7 RC cars I have one is a radio controlled Kei trucks and the grasshopper isn't that much bigger than it.

your tires are on backwards lol and i loved my blue one i had.

@BenBlackEquinoxEngelhard

3 жыл бұрын

It's driving me absolutely CrAzY!

Love this video. Seeing it bought back memories. I used to take mine mudding(in the backyard.)

I got the blue one for Chrimstas in 1986. My sister got the yellow one. We had so much fun driving them around. I just bought a used one again to upgrade like this. Thanks for the video!

@ProNoobRC

2 жыл бұрын

Brings back so many memories! My brother got a yellow one in 86 also so I plan on building him one to give as a gift for bday in April

Wow what a blast from the past I had the blue one and loved it so many great memories flooding back. You put the front wheels on backwards and makes my OCD go bananas lol.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Oops! I missed that! But now they’re all pointing forward lol! My bad! I feel your pain on the OCD!!

@peterr6244

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProNoobRC haha yeah I should have waited till video finished because I noticed that they were facing right way by the end. Awesome little truck and thanks for the video brought back so many good memories.

Wow. I had the blue one. Thanks for the trip down memory lane

@ProNoobRC

2 жыл бұрын

No worries!! Cheers!

Man did this truck bring back memories...but 35 bucks and 10 minutes later it was back on the shelf so glad technology has moved forward haha

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Yup! Don’t miss the crap battery days!

Wow.!!!! I had one of those when I was a kid.!!!

I had this as a boy and absolutely loved it! This truck was the gateway to my first hobby grade rc, the gold pan rc10! I’m 38 now and still heavily into rc bashing and now also have two sons that join me.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Also 38 my first was the Tamiya stadium blitzer. Loved it! When they re-released it in 2000 I grabbed it and built another just to put on the shelf. That’s awesome your kids love Rc too! Far too many are Hooked on the social media and don’t pick up any sweet hobbies like this

@slydwaysdrifter2159

3 жыл бұрын

I’m really close to the same story. My first RC was the yellow version, second was the Tamiya frog buggy, Then came the RC10. Honestly the yellow truck was the toughest out of them. I beat the crap out of that thing. It never broke. Just realized this is a year old post 🤦🏼‍♂️

That's awesome of you for trying to pass the guts on.

@ProNoobRC

2 жыл бұрын

Yes we have sent out a few sets of old guts from our conversions we do on these to the guys that want to fully restore these not just update. Definitely can’t bring ourselves to just toss those parts out either lol! Cheers!

Alright dude I had this RC from radio shack as a kid, as well as the yellow truck body version, also had the Wild Horse RC and the smaller Wild mustang truck, also the dune buggy's Super Lobo and Super Lobo 2 . This brings back so many memories. !!

@ProNoobRC

Жыл бұрын

Just wait!! More awesome conversions from our childhood are coming up!!

I had one of the yellow ones when I was little. I loved that thing

I had this! A yellow one. I made about a 100 ft long rubber band chain and tied it to the bumper, then I pulled the truck back about 500 ft, and let it go, hahaha. It came ripping at the house at about 75 mph and slammed into the brick on the house, lol. And no more truck.

Sweet resurrection of an old toy (not for children) grade RC into something much better. Looks like a lot of fun. My vote is for the blue one to keep original but that’s probably because I had the blue one many years ago and you are right, there were never enough batteries around to keep them going🤣. Nice work.

Love all the comments here this was my first truck to yellow!! So cool. Miss radio Shacks lol. Bought one on eBay but haven’t done anything with it. Kinda wanna get it out now.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Such a great walk down memory lane with everybody

That was a great video. I have one of these and I've been wanting to do this for a long time. Thank you

@ProNoobRC

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Still have this little truck! Love seeing this remix! Wish I had what it takes to do this rebuild! Great work!

I had one of these when I was about 5.this has made my day. Couldn't rember the make of it. 😁

Had the same truck. Brings back memories.

This takes me way back. We were doing this stuff back in the early 90s installing proportional electronics in RadioShack, sears, etc. cars.

Very cool I loved mine and they was actually a very reliable RC at the time. Lots of memories.

This brings back so many memories I had the yellow one as a kid and your right man this truck seemed huge as a kid

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Right!?! Lol! I hate getting old!

I had the yellow one and my brother had the blue one as kids. I remember thinking how fast and powerful they were at the time lol.

that's cool looking I think I had a yellow one back in the day.

Mine was yellow and friends was blue. 2 20 year old kids having fun in the mud. Completely submerged in water and kept going LOVED IT

sweet memories. This is my era!!!

Hey, love the video. First time seeing your channel. I really love the idea of putting modern electronics in old toy grade rc cars. I'm getting ready to attempt it myself for the first time. I'm trying to learn all I can so I don't mutilate it. I picked up some good advice from your video. This is a really cool hobby.

I had the yellow one. Loved it

Oh wow! Classic!

Awesome vid! I have been thinking of doing this for a while now.

I had this same truck, won 20 dollars when I was 8 at a remote control obstacle course event we had at our school. 😊

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Nice!! I used to bog mine through piles of Legos!!

I had three of theses you are the man !!! I did 1991 put lights alla round ;)

totally had one of these as a kid!

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! We all must have it seems!

Had the yellow one in the basement that I picked up years ago at either a yard sale or off the side of the road. Dirty, rusty no remote but I knew that body had potential. You have inspired me to repair/upgrade it.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! You’ll love it! Brings back so many good memories!

Whoa!!!!! I got this truck for Christmas when I was 7 years old!!! So 1988

Their great trucks. We still have the three we had as kids. They did Blue, Yellow, Black. These were great trucks and never wore out. You cant find these kind of rc toys any more.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Nope all junk nowadays!

Nice I had one too! It was fun in winter too being Canadian!

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

A fellow Canadian eh! Lol! Cheers!

As soon as I seen the thumbnail for this video I had flash backs to being a kid and playing with my blue one. I do still have mine and went to dig it out of storage before making this comment. Although I could not find the radio the truck is almost perfect. Great times with this little truck, now it's going in my "man cave".

I had the yellow one as I kid. I wish I could do the same kind of upgrade back then.

@ProNoobRC

2 жыл бұрын

These bring back so many memories!! But yes battery’s we’re expensive as heck in the 80s lol

Had the blue one back in the 80s. Fucking LOVED it.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

That bought back some memories

I love projects like this, I built a RadioShack catamaran into a pretty sweet brushless boat. With liscence plates for mounting and Chinese electronics it went 3 or 4 times faster than stock.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

I loved doing that also at a young age! Lead to this awesome hobby! Thanks for watching!

@aaronh5567

3 жыл бұрын

ProNoobRC Yeah us rc noobs gotta keep quiet so nobody raids the goodwill for old toys like these

wow, something to see the yellow one. think the last time i saw mine was around 1989 no joke.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Then we found 1 of these then 3 now 5 lol. Lucked out!!

Amazing the power you can get out of those Mabuchi 280 motors.

Tandy is Radio Shack’s corporate name. These were made by Tayio in Singapore for Radio Shack. Tayio also made stuff for Tyco.. your front tires are backwards. A brushless 380 size motor would be a perfect fit for this

Oh yeah nice ! Reminds me of my first R.C truck named the “ Clodbuster “ huge monster truck to me as a kid lol.....

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

My uncle had it and I still remember it!! Loved that old rig!

@Jeffroson78

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProNoobRC I have the same exact truck!! What motor did you put in yours?? I put a Traxxas 380 in mine and it is crazy fast I see other guys putting lipo or brushless motors in them and they scream I would be afraid of stripping Out the gears but I guess if you're gentle they will hold up! Man you did a great job!! love it!!

The yellow was my first rc truck

@ProNoobRC

4 жыл бұрын

Mine too!

Ill buy it right now i had this blue one and the yellow one as a kid.

@ProNoobRC

Жыл бұрын

I have 4 ready to be built if you’d like!

Had both of them when I was maybe 10 yrs old ….. u forgot flip over the front tire 😁

Totally awesome

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Such an easy build and brings so many memories!

Keep the yellow original.cool pick up.

Nice!

Mine was a cobra masher lol... Gi Joe hot wired Bigfoot and used it to run over the cobra opposition!!! Until the remote broke and the motor went out. Disappeared after that and makes me sick just like the gi Joe Abrams tank.... God I miss those days... Everybody wasn't a crying snowflake then. Saturday morning bugs bunny and then outside playing with friends and toys. Wtf happened to the good ol days???? Nice vid memories.....

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Right!?!? So sad these days are!

Parabéns tenho um desse e vou fazer igual

I had the blue one, it was tough for a cheap rc.

Front tires are backwards. I had that same truck when I was a kid!!! RadioShack was the shit !!!

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!

I still have one of these that was the big foot model .

Had the yellow one in 85 got it for Christmas first rc

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! My brother got blue I got yellow. Impressive these trucks are still around! Built so well!

@gdix79

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProNoobRC i was really hoping they would make it faster but what they did was respectable just really wanted some brushless action

I had a blue one when I was around 10. Also, your front tires are on backwards! LOL. They also sold these through sears.

I had this truck. I remember it had a two speed controller. At high speed the batteries would last an hour at most.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

2 speed switch for transmission on the bottom yup. Such a cool little truck and built solid! They’ve lasted this long I haven’t found one that is broken yet

I had the blue one. I think it was $50 at Radio Shock in about 1987. It still worked when I gave it away 20 years later.👍

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing how well these were built! The trans was full of sand and no wear on gears at all. Back when toys were toys!

I had a yellow version of this truck when I was a kid

I had this truck and I also had a white and blue Porsche from Radio Shack that was a little bit bigger in scale than the truck. Oh the days of begging for quarters for the arcade games that were in most restaurants and then on the way home begging for AA batteries and the prized 9 V that would go into controllers!

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

We too miss the simple days!! Forever in our memories that’s why this build was so special to us as it’s a cornerstone vehicle in most of our hobby lives! They must’ve made millions of these trucks! So many people have them still!

Awesome restore .. Im going to Subscribe... love it

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! A fellow Canadian too!

@WheelchairRCEscape

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProNoobRC Hell ya brother. CHEERS!

Ficou show

I still remember using this truck to run over my neighbor's new RC car on Christmas morning.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Bahahah! Me too! I ran over my sisters toys as soon as I got it! Lol

I had the yellow one, and I ran that thing into the ground. Later on I got the semi truck version, and my brother got the blue one.

In Germany the car was called Taiyo Colt 4x4. I made the same conversion like you.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

❤

I had a yellow one, currently looking for a yellow one now for my shelf and possible son.

Great build! I love the idea of modifying old toy-grade RCs into hobby-grade ones but I would also love to turn non RC cars and trucks into hobby-grade RCs on a budget. Any advice on parts or kits that I can use for a range of 28th scale to as large as 24th scale (on a budget). I know of several options for 18th scale or larger but they won't fit into the vehicles I'm thinking of. I'm hoping to find a DIY package that includes everything but the vehicle itself. Any advice?

Neato :)

Wow I had one and remember how big the tires where now they look so small

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Right!?!?

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

When they showed up from the seller I thought I bought the wrong truck it was so small from what I remembered

Aw man thats cool i have some radio shack lambos from about that time i have two one red one white im gonna have to mod them both tho because theres no controller unfortunately. I will likely run lipo and brushless motors in them tho since im gonna have to go all out anyway donit all the way

@ProNoobRC

2 жыл бұрын

That will be awesome!! Please share results with us

I see a lot of folks talking about having a yellow one and a few blues, but here in VT I'd never seen or even knew they made a yellow one. As a kid, I had a black one, and have since found another as well as a blue one. Maybe it was a regional thing?

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

I think so cause we mostly had the yellow ones around when I was a kid.

This car came out in the 1990s I have a very similar one the offroad tiger it came out in 1993.

I have the yellow one in a tote in my closet. got it back in the 80's I think you put the front wheels on backwards.

We still have radio shack sort of here in the states.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Oh really!? Nice! We have next to nothing up here.

@brandonfloyd6321

3 жыл бұрын

Hobbytown.com sells radioshack products. All the radioshack stores i knew of closed. Went bankrupt a fews ago or almost did. I just looked and they have a website still and it said "We're back". Must got bought and coming back. Was the go to place at one time.

Keep the blue one

Keep the yellow factory. Much harder to find in good shape. My first digital proportional rc!

Tandy made computers for radio shack too. Almost think it was a store brand.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed I think they were one and the same also

Lol oh my God I actually had this!!!

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Such a great first truck many of us had! Amazing they held up so long!

If I had to take a shot everytime I read "I HAD" lol

@miltondearmon8182

2 жыл бұрын

Or if you see I had give me a like

@ProNoobRC

2 жыл бұрын

Lol!! Agreed!

I had the blue one my brother had the yellow one

I had the yellow one. Its was back then when monster trucks just became bigger.. when big foot came out. So they took that 78 -79 ford truck body... I had bunch those radio shack trucks as a kid.. and nikko and Tyco.. and shensei rc cars and trucks.. I still have couple still stock and still runs. I have 2 4wd black buggies from radio shack.. I have shensei 57 chevy bel air car that I should do this to because electronics are gone/ dont work anymore

My lil brother and I had the blue one and the yellow one I think in 88

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! And heck! They still work!

Love to find a place that can do that to mine.

@ProNoobRC

5 ай бұрын

I’d love to offer but we are so backlogged because of my cancer we are digging out orders up to a year now unfortunately. I can send you the electrical parts for cheap as I just gutted another newer rc for its guts.

@mazdafiero112

5 ай бұрын

@@ProNoobRC I'm so sorry to hear that! I have that to put into mine. It's just the know how, plus I'm color blind.

@ProNoobRC

5 ай бұрын

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I had the blue 1 and think I still might have it put up somewhere, played with that thing HARD as a kid lol. But somewhere along the line years ago I picked up a 2nd 1 that never ran, it was red with the same style body but had a white cap for the back like a Bronco and MUCH larger tires. Did they make another version of this truck. And no it does not appear to be modified.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

I am not sure! But now I am intrigued! I’ll go do some googling and figure it out cheers!

@davidbeck3846

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProNoobRC I always wanted to get it running but thought it a lost cause. I never realized up until I started watching youtube recently that modifying RC vehicles was really an option. Time to go through the spare room....

Had the black one

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Was it a Datsun?

I have the exact same truck but it was yellow. I painted it metal flake sapphire blue. Wanted it to look like "BIGFOOT". Would like to get a list of all the components you retrofitted if possible.

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

I used the esc radio combo from an axial rtr 1/18 yeti!

Now do the Baja Bandit from Tyco!

Please provide parts list... i want to restomod as I still have my yellow 4x4 truck. This is great!!!

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

We used the rx/esc and radio from an axial yeti jr. was cheaper to buy the car and take electronics out.

I collect rc cars I have this one its a shelf queen I got the black and ornge one works still

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

The Datsun one? Flare side box?

@matthewneufer1758

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProNoobRC yes flair side its raido shack black orange wheels and a flame on the side its got the motor out the hood and it rumbles its a truck maybe a hot machine

Gears aren’t gonna last long driving like that on 2s. There is a lot of play in the two speed gear box on these making them more susceptible to stripping. Also the 4 c batteries are what give the truck a lower center of gravity and better traction off road.

I still have a blue one and Thats all I have ever seen is blue ones, I’ve never seen a yellow one

I have the yellow one somehwere

I have one of these. It needs new tires (dry rot) any idea where I can find some?

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

We have a donor we would sell you if need.

Nice work. I have one of these from when I was a kid. I would like to restore it but the tyres are all flat/misshapen. Do you know what tyres I could replace them with or alternatively how to take the whole rim off?

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

You have to dismantle truck and the rims come off from the inside of hubs. Kinda weird but Because they did it that way these trucks still all have their original wheels and tires

@matthewrandell9349

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProNoobRC thanks for the tip. I'll give it a go. I'll keep looking for some good replacement rims then. I thought about attempting to mould some but that looks like too big a rabbit hole 🤪

@ProNoobRC

3 жыл бұрын

Let us see if we have any extra tires in the Tyco/radio shack boxes or something that will work we can send out to you

Could you tell me what would be the easiest and best kit to buy to restore that same yellow model !! I'm new to that kind of stuff but I'd like to try !!

@ProNoobRC

2 жыл бұрын

Let me find you best option and get back to you

How about a Radio Shack Eradicator with new system? 😁

@ProNoobRC

2 жыл бұрын

We can do anything! Send it over! Lol