What brand is this vehicle? Gas 2 stroke engine.

[Starfox2005]

Hey guys I'm trying to figure out what brand of truck this is and I'm not sure I've ever seen one of these. If you know what it is that would be helpful!
The servo is stock.

 

[Chubaka]

Servo says rovan. @tuned pipe and another member own those, unless I'm mistaken.

 

[Starfox2005]

Servo says rovan. @tuned pipe and another member own those, unless I'm mistaken.

@Tunedpipe you're probably right. @Chubaka

 

[cbaker65]

It is a Rovan an is of currently still being sold & used today ,they are easy to fix ,tune & buy parts for ,nice find!..

Heres a link to their store ,Rovan buggy's & parts are pretty reasonably cheap to buy & to get into 5th scale!

https://www.rovanrc.com/vehicles

 

[Tunedfrog]

Awesome score, and yes, I agree with @cbaker65 parts are very easy to find, either RovanRC on ebay or FearlessRC.com

 

[Starfox2005]

Thanks for figuring out what it is! Although it's not mine I did convince the owner to fire it back up after he saw my Team Corally Kronos XTR 22 running down the street on 6s! He did offer to sell it to me for a good price though. What would be a good price for the condition it's in even? Thanks for the help guys!

 

[cbaker65]

Thanks for figuring out what it is! Although it's not mine I did convince the owner to fire it back up after he saw my Team Corally Kronos XTR 22 running down the street on 6s! He did offer to sell it to me for a good price though. What would be a good price for the condition it's in even? Thanks for the help guys!

The shape its in ,appears that the owner doesn't care for it ,so you might be able to talk him out of it!..

 

[Starfox2005]

What would you say it might be worth?

The shape its in ,appears that the owner doesn't care for it ,so you might be able to talk him out of it!..

 

[cbaker65]

What would you say it might be worth?

That model ,probably only cost about $499.00 to $699.00 brand new ,that
be said ,one that is old an been ran & beat on ,maybe only worth a $100.00 bucks!..
Rovan parts are cheap to buy if any parts need to be replaced!..

 

[Starfox2005]

That model ,probably only cost about $499.00 to $699.00 brand new ,that
be said ,one that is old an been ran & beat on ,maybe only worth a $100.00 bucks!..
Rovan parts are cheap to buy if any parts need to be replaced!..

Awesome I'll think about asking him!

 

[cbaker65]

Awesome I'll think about asking him!

I would definitly try if I was you ,regular petro fuel is cheaper to run than a nitro fuel
an is easier to get ,if you do succeed ,just ask me any ?'s about how to trouble shoot
any problems that you may have with it!
Just as long as the cylinder & piston isnt damaged ,there shouldnt be any reason why
it should not run but something minor an easy to fix!..

 

[Starfox2005]

@cbaker65 he did offer to sell it to me for $500 originally but now I'm not sure if I want to ask if he would sell for less than $100. Also it sounds like he might want to keep it what should I do? I guess it doesn't hurt to ask? Thanks!
Btw it's out here in Montana and I would have to transport it back to Ohio... Maybe for the right price?

 

[cbaker65]

@cbaker65 he did offer to sell it to me for $500 originally but now I'm not sure if I want to ask if he would sell for less than $100. Also it sounds like he might want to keep it what should I do? I guess it doesn't hurt to ask? Thanks!
Btw it's out here in Montana and I would have to transport it back to Ohio... Maybe for the right price?

You can buy that new for $500 to $600 ,the person bumped their head!..
$499.99

Right here!
https://www.rovanrc.com/product-rv305a-34

 

[Starfox2005]

Hey guys I'm back!
He's looking to sell this truck and so I was wondering if this would be a good model to invest in. Thoughts?

 

[cbaker65]

Hey guys I'm back!
He's looking to sell this truck and so I was wondering if this would be a good model to invest in. Thoughts?

I just bought a new Rovan gasser an I still have my original Baja from 14 years ago
that still runs great ,so there is really no problems with that brand ,it all revolves
around on how you run it & treat it!..

 

[Starfox2005]

I just bought a new Rovan gasser an I still have my original Baja from 14 years ago
that still runs great ,so there is really no problems with that brand ,it all revolves
around on how you run it & treat it!..

Sent him an offer so we'll see what happens!

 

[Starfox2005]

I would definitly try if I was you ,regular petro fuel is cheaper to run than a nitro fuel
an is easier to get ,if you do succeed ,just ask me any ?'s about how to trouble shoot
any problems that you may have with it!
Just as long as the cylinder & piston isnt damaged ,there shouldnt be any reason why
it should not run but something minor an easy to fix!..

Finally scored it! So I'll definitely be asking a lot of questions. The only downside is it's currently out in Montana and we won't be traveling there until this summer... Still excited and I'll need to get a list started of what needs replaced from the pictures of it that I should get in the near future.

 

[Tunedfrog]

I'm glad you are getting you a baja 5b, they are awesome. I have two.
The first thing and most important if there isn't one then purchase a failsafe.

 

[Starfox2005]

I'm glad you are getting you a baja 5b, they are awesome. I have two.
The first thing and most important if there isn't one then purchase a failsafe.

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Do you have a brand that you would recommend? I saw some not so great reviews for a dynamite kill switch saying that the vibrations of the RC ended up ruining the switch.

 

[Tunedfrog]

The switch I used I can't remember the manufacture but I got it from RovanRC on ebay. FearlessRC is the same company.