George_Costanza
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Just picked up this “Double Dare” (really USA-1 w/ DD body/engine) off the interwebs for $150 shipped 3 day air from Hawaii. The auction actually ended and I purchased it outside of eBay.
The seller didn’t know anything about it because he/she bought it at a garage sale. Lucky for me because it is fully Thorp’fied w/ all their Dirt Burners parts for a USA-1, except turnbuckles (but it has Technacraft type). Has full Thorp Universal Sliding Type Axles for USA-1 w/ Blue Wheel Hubs (Fr & Re), Thorp Ball Diffs (Fr & Re), Thorp Counter & Idler Gears (Fr & Re), & Technacraft Turnbuckles. All of these parts looked to never have been used. I say this because each gear looks brand new and since those Thorp blue anodized wheel hubs only have 2 studs for each wheel, some anodizing is usually rubbed off after use. These look brand new. To use the Thorp USA-1 parts on a DD requires USA-1 suspension parts, which this has. As well as metal USA-1 shock towers and Duratrax Gold Shocks (popular ‘90s USA-1 upgrade). All the plastic parts are new looking and shiny minus 5ish scratches on the front gear case & bumper.
The body also has rare greeny yellow Thorp Dirt Burner decal, Technacraft decal and paint/body is in near perfect box art condition. The bumpers/engine (& chassis braces) have some chrome discoloration/mild chips and for what new parts sell for, they will stay that way.
The seller didn’t know anything about it because he/she bought it at a garage sale. Lucky for me because it is fully Thorp’fied w/ all their Dirt Burners parts for a USA-1, except turnbuckles (but it has Technacraft type). Has full Thorp Universal Sliding Type Axles for USA-1 w/ Blue Wheel Hubs (Fr & Re), Thorp Ball Diffs (Fr & Re), Thorp Counter & Idler Gears (Fr & Re), & Technacraft Turnbuckles. All of these parts looked to never have been used. I say this because each gear looks brand new and since those Thorp blue anodized wheel hubs only have 2 studs for each wheel, some anodizing is usually rubbed off after use. These look brand new. To use the Thorp USA-1 parts on a DD requires USA-1 suspension parts, which this has. As well as metal USA-1 shock towers and Duratrax Gold Shocks (popular ‘90s USA-1 upgrade). All the plastic parts are new looking and shiny minus 5ish scratches on the front gear case & bumper.
The body also has rare greeny yellow Thorp Dirt Burner decal, Technacraft decal and paint/body is in near perfect box art condition. The bumpers/engine (& chassis braces) have some chrome discoloration/mild chips and for what new parts sell for, they will stay that way.
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