Ishimasa New Rat Buggy

[Ascona1]

This is a extreme rare offroad car of the 80's a Ishimasa Rat II. It was the next generation behind the first RC Offroad buggy from Ishimasa the Rat Buggy from 1971. The car was produced around 1980-1982, as i was told it was produced only 1 or 2 years. I have never heard or seen it before. I found it in a german catalog from the toy show nuernberg 1981, sold by McGregor. It is a very heavy car with full suspension, powered by a period Veco 21. My model is complete ready to run with his old futaba rc components. The car is absolute original, shortly run and in a nice condition. The only thing to do is a good cleaning job and then it is a great piece for the shelf. With the car i get his original box and the instruction.

When anyone has informations about this car, please let me know.


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[Phred]

mécaniquement très belle... et un sacré morceau d'histoire, puisque, sur son propre site, Kyosho en fait l'éloge :

"After the Dash 1, Mr. Otsuki created the first Kyosho RC buggy in 1972: the Dash 3 DUNE BUGGY. However, shortly before the Dash 3 was released, the Ishimasa Rat Buggy was on the market. Mr. Takahashi (President of Ishimasa), created a unique brand from his combined stonemasonry business in Himonya Meguro (inner Tokyo). This is thought to be the first "Japanese" RC buggy, and featured an ambitious assortment of components: front wheel strut suspension; split rear axle and a layout faithful to the full-sized VW buggy.

At a time with nothing to use as a guide, Mr. Otsuki is full of praise for Ishimasa's (his one-time rival) originality.

Soon after the Ishimasa, the Kyosho DUNE BUGGY was released. However, as it was a modified version of the Dash 3 on-road racer, it couldn't really be called a true buggy. Without front/rear suspension, a buggy body was simply mounted on a rigid chassis for a relatively unsophisticated result.

[...] The first race was held in 1972 at the Tamagawa Ground in Kawasaki. People looking for chance to race their machines got together and did just that: this was the very beginning of buggy racing. The race was basically a two-make race with the Ishimasa RAT against the Kyosho DUNE. The sophisticated RAT looked to get an early advantage versus the simply constructed DUNE, however the DUNE's durability ensured its recovery in the later half of the race."

[Ascona1]

Nice story, but this is not the first version of the Ishimasa Rat Buggy. It is a later version from 1980.

Here you can see the Dash-3 and the first Rat Buggy:


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[Tractoricou]

la premiere est superbe ! jamais vu

[simonsg]

Great cars and history thank you for your inputs...so offroad/buggy races did not initiate from France JMC will jump to the roof

[alf77]

hello
superbe modele un truc marrant,c'est l'echappement provenant d'un maraudeur mardave .
a+
alain

[Bullitwist]

"so offroad/buggy races did not initiate from France JMC will jump to the roof "


Droit de réponse :

Désolé, mais quand on ne sait pas, on n'écrit pas n'importe quoi . De plus, ce n'est pas le sujet du topic

Mais dispo pour relater les faits chronologiques réels tels que vécus, sur un autre topic .

Si le 1er Championnat du Monde TT a eu lieu en France (Grenoble 1986), ce n'est pas pour rien .

JMC

[simonsg]

"so offroad/buggy races did not initiate from France JMC will jump to the roof "


Droit de réponse :

Désolé, mais quand on ne sait pas, on n'écrit pas n'importe quoi . De plus, ce n'est pas le sujet du topic

Mais dispo pour relater les faits chronologiques réels tels que vécus, sur un autre topic .

Si le 1er Championnat du Monde TT a eu lieu en France (Grenoble 1986), ce n'est pas pour rien .

JMC

well well well you did jump ...