need help i.d'ing this i/c car

rjwood_uk · 26-10-2007

hi guys.

this is my girlfriends brothers i/c car. he wants to sell it but he wants to know how much he can get for it. he paid £500 for it and was told that there were only 4 like it in the country and its worth nearly £900.

i myself dont believe that but i dont know anything about rc/ic cars so if anyone could help iding it and putting a value on it that would be great!

if you need more pictures let me know!

cjcj121 · 26-10-2007

I would be quite confident in stating that it is an FG modelsport 1/5 th scale touring car whom ever told your brother that there were only 4 of these in the country was in error i have 3 of FG's models myself . Richard stiles at king cobra used to be the sole importer but They are imported by quite a few companys now . That particular model is quite a few years old now , back in the day it was new it probably cost between 700 - 900 depending who imported it . closer to 900 if the front disc kit was fitted before purchase . alas the price of these has dropped dramatically over the last couple of years due to reasons unknown . Have you seen it in action they are an awesome piece of kit driven by a 23cc zenoah chainsaw engine . I have a couple of technokit cars too . that particular chassis is the sportsline one as the more competition based chassis had ally A-arms and suspension parts and the decks were made from carbon fibre .

To buy something like this brand new today would cost you between 400 - 600 depending of the particular model you wanted .

here are a few links to give you some ideas ...
http://fg-cars.com/proddetail.php?prod=1011
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/?CallFun...ufacturerID=10
http://www.rossendalemodels.co.uk/in...ct&id_prd=4716
http://www.vsmodelsport.com/products_fg.htm
http://www.kingcobra.co.uk/categories/fg/sportsline.php

hope this helps
chris

rjwood_uk · 26-10-2007

thanks alot, i shall let him know. yes i have seen it in action it is bloody fast. top speed of 80mph!!!!

il see if he want to put it up on ebay. im sure he would be happy with about £400.

hopefully it can fetch that. as i said he paid £500 and he said idealy he dosnt want to loose any money but i guess we will have to see!

dynamite25 · 31-10-2007

Just only seen this thread.

Hi rj the car is infact a Carson 1:5th Mercedes AMG DTM and not an FG as told by chris as you can see the carson sticker on the pull start.

here is a link to the car just scroll down the page http://www.kalfakis.gr/aRADIOCONTROL...fersCARSON.htm

And is being sold on that site for 999 Euros which is £697 new so he should get £400 to £450 for it.

rjwood_uk · 31-10-2007

ah so it is. thanks for that!

unfortunatly he is adimant to get £500 for it and still believes the guy who sold it to him that there are only 4 in the contry. i will have to show him this website.

i will also put it up in the for sale/wanted section but yep...youv guessed it. for £500. im hoping he will come to his sences soon so if anyone does want it when i put it up in the for sale section, make an offer which you are prepaired to pay and i will try and nock some sence into him lol.

cjcj121 · 09-11-2007

my apologies , time to invest in some new glasses