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Yankee 596
Posted: February 24th, 2010, 10:35 am
by -TC5racer-
Re: Yankee 596
Posted: February 24th, 2010, 10:39 am
by Mike Casey
the aluminum diff is a upgrade too. The belt drive is custom i think. That is definately a tuned motor!!! SCORE! That was a $900 option! Very, very , rare. There will be a serial number on it too. It took me YEARS to find one. Thats a carbon fiber reed that comes with them too. Motor alone is totally worth the score. Nice!!
Re: Yankee 596
Posted: February 24th, 2010, 10:54 am
by -TC5racer-
I did see a # scribed in and i think it was 28 but i will look again
Re: Yankee 596
Posted: February 24th, 2010, 10:55 am
by Mike Casey
thats it. it will be on both crank case halves.
Re: Yankee 596
Posted: February 24th, 2010, 12:00 pm
by frankkind
nice car,put some 1/4 wheels on it and buy a renault spider body at yankeeshop.
this fits exactly
see picture
Re: Yankee 596
Posted: February 27th, 2010, 3:44 pm
by -TC5racer-
I made some headway on the front end today.
This is what the Bulkheads looked like before I started
After a little work.
This is one half of the front Bulkheads assembled---Before---
---After---
Side by Side look of Bulkheads
Shocks
That's what I was able to get done today while the crazy 2 year old was sleeping.
Re: Yankee 596
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 9:20 am
by -TC5racer-
Thanks guys and I should be able to get some more done this weekend. I just ordered a whole clutch assembly and should be here by Friday so hopefully it will be up and running in the next couple of weeks.
Re: Yankee 596
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 7:25 pm
by -TC5racer-
Re: Yankee 596
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 9:00 am
by K
TC5racer:
You have a very nice car there and it's looking better the more you shine 'er up. IMHO Frank is right on with his recommendation to put a Renault Alpine body on it.
Kevin
Re: Yankee 596
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 10:27 am
by -TC5racer-
Thanks guys
And that Renualt set-up does look pretty nice. I will have to price it up but until i hear back from Bruno about the TFservo and what that is going to cost me I'm going to wait.
Thanks Again
Re: Yankee 596
Posted: March 18th, 2012, 1:19 pm
by wilhar12
Hi there
I aquired a car like this several yrs ago and iam looking into rebuilding it.Ive trawled the internet but not had much look in finding parts.I have a near complete one plus spare engine and chassis plus a few original yankee spares. Can anyone help please

Manythanks Kev
Re: Yankee 596
Posted: April 14th, 2012, 5:37 am
by whozenext
Hello,
OMG, what happened to this car, you have a lot of work on it but it will be worth it.
As FunkyMonk said go to here first:
http://www.yankee-rc.com
You can also ask Wingsat alias Bruno Alliot Boss of YANKEE:
yankeeshop©gmail.com
Here it's the 1/5 section, tones of advices and pictures:
http://www.yankee-rc.com/e107_plugins/f ... orum.php?6
Hope your rebuild will be good, can't wait to see the pictures.
Cheers.
Whoz.
Re: Yankee 596
Posted: April 17th, 2012, 2:25 am
by wilhar12
Thanks all for the help,ive joined the yankee site now and will check it out .The car at present is in a very bad way .I got it from a friend several yrs ago and didnt really no much about it .Had a major clear out of my garage and came across it again collecting dust etc, so going to and now learning a bit more about it and to rebuild it.Will keep u all up to date as i progress.Manythanks.Kev

Re: Yankee 596
Posted: April 17th, 2012, 5:22 am
by BOOSTED-ELKY
Looks Great! Good Work!