Need Identification for an old Tamiya

[SomeDude]

Hello everybody, I saw this forum and was wondering if anyone would happen to know what kind of car this is below.... I got it a long time ago from my uncle, in the condition shown, and I am not sure what model it is... I know it is a Tamiya, and I think I heard it was a 1/12 scale (don't remember though). Anybody have any ideas? (the following images are thumbnails, so you can click on them for a larger image)


Angled view
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7761/rcangle4qu.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rcangle4qu.jpg)

Top-down view
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1252/rctop3ae.th.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rctop3ae.jpg)

Side view
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4208/rcside6ny.th.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rcside6ny.jpg)

Receiver
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/3887/rcrec4bo.th.jpg (http://img42.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rcrec4bo.jpg)

Servo
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5332/rcservo2iv.th.jpg (http://img42.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rcservo2iv.jpg)

Motor
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3102/rcmotor1lk.th.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rcmotor1lk.jpg)


..anybody have any ideas? I heard it was old and might be worth something (although it is far from mint cond.)

[btsai4]

Try posting here in the VINTAGE forum...

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/

[TRF Drive Hard]

Looks like an old AE pan... gots an AE motor... but i could be wrong...

[SomeDude]

Actually, tamiyaclub is the first place I tried, but they have new user registration deactivated on their forum :(

What would an AE pan/motor mean?

[TRF Drive Hard]

AE=Associated Electrics... it says it on the motor... "pan" is the term used for a chassis... in this case, the chassis is flat, aka pan chassis... most pan chassis types are direct drive, AE is well known for pan cars back then...

[highroller]

The car is basically an Associated 1/12th scale car. The front end, tires, motor pod and chassis (fiberglass) are from the 12i. While the stock chassis used a double plate arrangement (the upper stiffer plate is missing) someone modified the main chassis with the addition of the aluminum plate.
I had a 12E, still own a 12i to 12Lw. Only place I've seen a manual available is on the competitionx website.