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Thread: Looking for anything amps...
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12-16-2007, 06:09 PM #1
Looking for anything amps...
I am mainly looking for outboard motors or outdrives and a few of the hulls from amps.
Please respond to my e-mail collett00@comcast.net
Thanks,
Derrick
Like this or preety much anything scale.
21' Douglas Skater
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12-17-2007, 11:56 AM #2
did you see the one that just sold on ebay? I think it went for $400+. Cant understand why no one makes these things anymore, or maybe I just am not looking in the right place, but it seems so much cooler to have an actual outboard on a tunnel IMHO.
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12-17-2007, 11:57 AM #3
ebay amps that just sold:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=017
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12-17-2007, 08:04 PM #4
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12-17-2007, 10:38 PM #5
Amps motors
Yes they are cool but more than anything else they are novelty engines. Very first RC motor I had was an Amps, never made it to the water, it blew up on the stand. When the powerhead blew, the jolt broke the gears in the lower unit.
Amps outboards were always too heavy and the prop, being directly under the powerhead, was to close to the sponsons on standard racing tunnels. That is why Amps tunnel boats did not have inset transoms. Their boats always looked good because the company got permission to measure and scale down lifesize tunnels such as Seebolds and Van der Veldens.1970 15' Allison/135 Chrysler stacker
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12-17-2007, 10:56 PM #6
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12-28-2007, 06:27 PM #7
chrysler stacker
hey mark, i didn't know about the full size allisons. pretty cool. being a mopar nut, and growing up around "stackers", you having one with chryco stackers just makes me smile. one of my neighbors and his son (brooke and ronnie russell), back in miami, set the miami to new york record with a 16' allison runabout/walk thru windshield v hull back in the '60s. another one of those fond memories of growing up in miami. btw, welcome to s&f!
AIRWALK
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12-29-2007, 01:14 AM #8
Chrysler
Yeah man, had my eye out for one of those and finally found one. Fired it up the other day, what a noise and fire comes out of the stacks when idling! Any of you other guys coming to the RC tunnel race in March? Would be a good place to find leads on AMP motors.
1970 15' Allison/135 Chrysler stacker
RC Mod-VP Boats
IMPBA District 13
NAMBA District 3
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12-29-2007, 07:17 AM #9
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12-29-2007, 07:43 PM #10
tunnel races
derrick, go to www:worldtunnelchamps.com. end of march, in charleston, s.c. entries already full-250 boats in 6 weeks!!!! i think there is a few spots in mod vp, to fill heats.
AIRWALK
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12-29-2007, 08:26 PM #11
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man I have been drawing an out board mid and lower for a gas engine,just cant beleave no one has not done a scale looking ob for tunnel boats!
this would be an awesome class!
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yea they said they had like 5 of those units left but cant seem to get them to make a sale!
what ever happend to the one they had in LA. I tryed to get one of those also and no luck!
but i also heard good thing i didnt get it because it was a pos and a crook that was selling them.
do ya know what happend to Bandit Boats in Can
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01-01-2008, 09:25 PM #15
The blackhawk was rated very bad but, The motor In the first pic works great. Check out the last few post on this link and you will have a source If you want scale. There are also g-morty/lawless cable outdrives.
http://www.intlwaters.com/index.php?...=150&start=150
http://ovalexpressracing.com/hardware.html21' Douglas Skater