Ricambi? Ever heard of it?

[Trip]

I found this in an old R/C Car Action, dated March 1999... I have never heard of them. I was wondering if anyone has... Here is a pic from the magazine.



Here's the cover of the magazine.

 

[frumpy]

I seen one of those SVM cars for sale at RCU,the only time I've ener seen one:blush:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemId=521372

 

[Trip]

I thought it was kind of unique with the exhaust exiting out the right hand side (passenger side if you will) I only noticed it because it was next to a review of a Midnight Pumpkin.

 

[SELWA]

You would be surprised of how many makes there are out there. It's was nice to have had the chance to own several different models.

 

[pipeous]

svm crono. distributor was in quebec. I had a crono expert 2 1/8 buggy for a while

 

[looker2756]

These cars are made in Italy. I have never gotten anyone to reply to me. From what I hear there is no one who knows english there ? Sounds strange to me, but ... I met one of the guys at an I-hobby show a couple years ago, & have yet to be able to contact anyone about them. By the site, I'm not sure they support the 1/5 scale models any more. The add shown, I would say, was from the Canadian dealer.

www.radiosistemi.it

 

[Trip]

These cars are made in Italy. I have never gotten anyone to reply to me. From what I hear there is no one who knows english there ? Sounds strange to me, but ... I met one of the guys at an I-hobby show a couple years ago, & have yet to be able to contact anyone about them. By the site, I'm not sure they support the 1/5 scale models any more. The add shown, I would say, was from the Canadian dealer.

www.radiosistemi.it

You very well may be right... This is from an old magazine clip...

 

[looker2756]

Just found this too. I read in places how they are discontinued. The MK5 was like a sport model & there was an MK6. The 6 was like an FG comp. model.



SVM Crono's current production 1/5th-scale car, the MK5. Available as a complete ready-to-run kit, the MK5 includes absolutely everything you'd need to race besides fuel, and is competitive on the track out of the box. You'd expect to pay a ton for this, but the price is better than anything else we've seen. A new generation of the car, the MK6, is just around the corner.

 

[Bigger the Better]

There was a boat load of these on ebay about 4 months ago. The model was discontinued from what I read. They went from $300-$600 at auction with all alloy G230-G260's and pipe and brakes. The were a great looking ride but must not have sold enough to keep the line going. The only reason they didn't sell for more is future parts support.

 

[looker2756]

I seen a few of those too. I, so considered buying one. Parts support was a key, but I watched one go for like 240$ on Ebay. I can make new parts if I get one that cheap. It had 150$ shipping though.... Hummmm.