Tamiya Super Champ (1982, 2014)
The Super Champ was an update to the SRB (Special Racing Buggy) chassis and was the last of Tamiya’s ‘heavy metal’ buggies. After the Super Champ, plastic would reign supreme as the structural material of choice for Tamiya’s off-road buggies.
The Super Champ had the SRB front suspension from the Rough Rider and Sand Scorcher, but it had a new rear suspension, dubbed the Free Floating Progressive Dampening System, or FFPDS.
Box art illustrates the suspension similarties and differences between the Super Champ and the SRB’s.
Box contents show Tamiya’s typical packaging style of the day. Lots of neatly arranged blister packs proudly displaying all that metal.
Inner boxes have additional parts, decals and manual.
Chassis close-ups illustrate the assembled suspension pieces.
Vintage Tamiya Super Champ video here.
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Originally posted 2015-04-15 11:13:09.
Where can I buy a body for my vintage super champ
Since they haven’t been made in many years, your best source for parts like this is ebay. Unless, you happen to stumble upon some new old stock buried in an old hobby shop somewhere.
Does anyone make a reproduction decal set for a Super Champ? I am restoring one and would like to repaint it and replace the decals.
Try here:
http://tamiyaclub.com/parts_shop_repro.asp
All the repro decals you need…including the Superchamp.
There is a NIB super champ body parts set on ebay right now.
hi
any body know where i can get a hold of a rear bumper for my super champ
You can always try ebay.
The Champ have always been my favourite, have a few of them, with the diff set they even become more fun to drive. 🙂 Have been trying to find a big resolution picture of the box, but not found any. Thought of making a poster of it to decorate my hobby room, you don’t happen to know where to find that? Tried to lay my hands on an original box, but failed so far.