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Yankee 596

Posted: February 24th, 2010, 10:35 am
by -TC5racer-
Hello guys I just wanted to post up my new car and see what you guys think... So from what i can tell it's in pretty good shape other than being dirty and some surface rust on linkages, screws and a TURNFORCE issue. I have also noticed that the F7 motor might be their tuned competition version of this motor because it has a machined alum block . It also has the front brake kit minus the disc's and cables(need help on those). I think it has all the option parts that Yankee offered at the time.
Well enough with the jabber here it is.

Complete chassis shot
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Front end
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Rear end
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F7 Motor and drivetrain
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Body (Beat up but will work for now)
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Well there it is guys.

So whatcha think?

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
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After a little work.
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This is one half of the front Bulkheads assembled---Before---
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---After--- :D
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Side by Side look of Bulkheads
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Shocks
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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-
I was able to get some more done this weekend.

Some of this is the same as the front, lots of cleaning, sanding and buffing.

Before
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After
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Side by Side
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Diff rebuild
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New Zenoah Clutch Assembly w/ Yankee vented clutch bell(Didn't want to fork out the cash for a "Yankee" clutch)
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Chassis with Front end (I couldn't decide what to do with it so decided to polish) That took forever!!!!!
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That's what I was able to get done this weekend. I should have all new screws in my hands by next weekend and start getting this thing back together.

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 :D

Re: Yankee 596

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