Very rare Vintage Tomo LUPUS EL - 1/8 2WD Buggy NIB (Corvette C3 Body)
A legendary icon of the golden 80s! It was a superb race winning machine back in the day, often leaving the 4WD cars in the dust due to it's fantastic supspension and reliability.
The rear supspension arms each have their own built in chain drive. And the engine sits all the way in the back, resulting in frequent front wheel lift :-)
It truly is an amazing piece of engineering!
I would guess there are less than 5 of these in this condition in the whole world. So this is super rare!
It's a new product, and it's stored unassembled as shown in the picture
History:
TOMO
Tomo made several models
Sandmaster, Baja Bug, Funco, Funco Mexico, Sonic, Topless Buggy, Lupus Baja, Lupus EL ( tuning version )
The last Tomo model came after Spital had bought the company.
The LUPUS EL buggy is one of Japans bizarres RC cars, and was produced by TOMO (Tokyo Mokei) since late 1970s.
Tomo LUPUS EL had been racing in competition with Kyosho CIRCUIT20, LANDJUMP, and also SILVER FOX back in the late 1970s and the 1980s
LUPUS EL has very unique drive system. They are chain drive units in both trailing suspension, and that makes perfect ride and handling.
And the Lupus EL ( KIT) had all tuning parts out of the Tomo Factory as : four oil shocks, diff. gear, aluminum tie rods and a lightweight Lexan (new Corvette body).