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Kyosho Assault ( Matty's )


I am very fascinated with these old buggies! This one is a Kyosho Assault. It like the others was an Ebay find. This one was actually the one that started it for me! I bought this buggy and was absolutely amazed at how neat it was. I then began digging up all the information I could find on the early Kyosho kits. I had a vintage Tamiya Sand Scorcher and thought it was neat but this buggy just blew me away. When I got it and then put fresh batteries in the radio gear and fueled it and with the first few revolutions of the motor it fired and ran! Wow! I was stoked! I was hooked on the Kyosho buggies. I had to have more! So more I got! This one soon became my oldest son Matty's. I had purchased a few more at the time and he really like it so I gave it to him.  The buggy is very neat. It shares allot of the same parts with all the early circuit 1000 buggies and is very similar to the Advance. The first visible difference is the full lexan body that covers the chassis of the car, and the wing in the rear. It also has an O.S. 10 motor on it with 3 ways to start it. It can be started via a Zip cord, an electric starter for Airplanes, or via a pull string. It has no roll cage! Only a roll bar with rear supports. All other parts are the same as the Advance. Here's the Specs.

specifications
Type : Off Road Racing Buggy ( Super Racing Buggy )
Chassis : Twin Aluminum ladder frame with aluminum
            cross members and suspension mounts         
Drive : Rear drive via cast aluminum gear box
Suspension : Fully independent cast aluminum trailing arms
      front and back with aluminum oil filled coilover shocks
Wheels : Plastic injection molded
                Front :  5 spoke 2 piece 2.0"
                Rear : 5 Slot 3 piece 1.75"
Tires : Injection Molded Rubber/Nylon
           Front : Sand Super twin rib 185-20-60
           Rear : Sand Super Spike 360-16-40
Body : Polycarbonate molded clear with separate wing
Motor : O.S. CV 10  two stroke glow engine
              started via gear driven zip cord off front of crank
              and via electric rotary starter, or pull string.
              Runs on Nitro/Alcohol/Oil mix (model airplane fuel)
              Clutch two piece nylon centrifugal
Special Features : Onboard glow ignition system with
                  using clip in removable D cell battery ( not included)
                  Composite servo mount tray and molded radio tray
Special Details : Properly scaled dimensions
               Driver figure  ( Molded into radio cover )

Here is how it looked when I bought it.

Here is while I was stripping the body and repainting it.

Here are some adds of the Kyosho Assault



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