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Things to know about 58001

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Written by Lars Butveit   
Monday, 12 September 2011 00:00

tamiya 58001 official picture

So, here are the facts you did not know about the 58001 Tamiya Porsche 934 RSR:

 

  • The original green colour (Cobalt Green) is no longer available for hard plastic bodies.
  • The rims are shared with the 58006 model
  • The 934 is the only model by Tamiya to use the double MSC
  • The 934 is the only model to usee the RS360 motor
  • Top speed for the 58001 in original condition is 11 miles pr hour
  • The 934 RSR body was chosen for the first RC because the Static kit 934 model had been unsuccessfull and Tamiya needed to get their money back for the expensive development.
  • The 58001 kit got celebrated after reaching 100.000 sold kits, by releasing the "Black Porsche"; an exclusive kit, with black moulded 934 body, and plack painted chassis. This Black Porsche is probably the most sought after Tamiya Kit.
  • The "Black Porsche" does not have it's own kit number.
  • The first few batches of the 58001 kit came with the static kit's white hard plastic body. Later Tamiya changed to the green plastic.
  • Also, the first few batches had white battery boxes, later they were black.
  • Most early 58001 kits (white body/battery box) were for the Japanes market, but some were also exported.
  • Tamiya also made a spare part body set with a red/dark orange plastic adapted to the Jägermeister livery.
  • The Porsche 934 RC kit was actually never labeled kit number "58001". The kit number format of the time was "RA1201"
  • The battery box for the dry batteries is shared with the 58003 kit.
  • The chassis plates are shared with the 58002 kit

Original box
thumb_934_box This is the Box Art of the 58001 Porsche 934 Tamiya RC kit
Original box internals
thumb_934_box_int Original box internals showing Tamiyas first ever blister packs
The four different body colours
thumb_934_colours The four different body colours. The black is unboubtably the rarest one, while the green is the most common one among RC models. The white one is also common, but usually in bodysets and from the static model kit.
The red bodyset
thumb_934_red The red bodyset is the rarest of the
The exclusive original Black Porsche
thumb_934_black The exclusive original Black Porsche. See the separate Blog articlere here for much more detail.
Photos by Paul King, thanks mate!
 
 
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