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Rear suspension setup, the deck between front and rear. Would be the main bit.
Get the SRB manuals and you can compare. ThinkTamiya USA now have most of them freely available.
Or search for super champ or ranger builds. There are also threads that discuss the differences of the SRB models.
Just google and you will find or search the forum.

rb1763 wrote:

Thanks for your help, I'd like to keep the super champ as close to original as possible, what are the differences between the super champ and ranger chassis?

These are the TB pages on the two cars: Ranger , Super Champ , basically all other SRBs ("Special Racing Buggy") starting with the Rough Rider have dampers each side at the rear, a clear radio/battery box in the middle, pipe clamps holding the rear cage to the roll loop, and a whippy spring wire antenna.

The Sand Scorcher has different wheels/tyres, a front body post extension, and a different body.

The Ranger again has different wheels & tyres, different body, a taller front body mount extension, and a lower rear roll loop with a body fitting on top.

The Super Champ was last in the line & was supposedly improved by taking away the clear mechanism box & replacing it with a small GRP upper deck, and it also got a mono shock rear end with assorted fittings/brackets etc for that. It reverted to the Rough Rider front body mount, Rough RIder/Sand Scorcher roll loop (but lost the pipe clamps - the tie wraps are correct), got a different body, reverted to the Sand Scorcher wheels & front tyres, and got new rear tyres, and a different type of mechanical speed control.

There are other detail changes, and to complicate matters there are "mark 1" and "mark 2" versions of the SRB chassis that appeared in both Rough Rider and Sand Scorcher kits, and the Ranger also has a "mark 1" and "mark 2" body, depending on how long the front arches are and how deeply the front wheels are dished ...

This is my Super Champ resto thread, I did spend some time looking but no-one here seems to have done a boxart/correct chassis Ranger restoration as of yet. This is the Sand Scorcher I did most recently, I know it's a different car but most of the chassis is the same (as the Ranger).

Thanks for your help, I will post pictures of both the builds once I have completed them.

rb1763 wrote:

Thanks for your help, I will post pictures of both the builds once I have completed them.

TBH I think we're as interested in the process as the result, and would like to see all the stages

I also should have mentioned the 1st 3 SRBs have torsion bar springs on the back end (extending under the radio box), they're not there on the Super Champ.

Jonny wrote:

rb1763 wrote:

Thanks for your help, I will post pictures of both the builds once I have completed them.

TBH I think we're as interested in the process as the result, and would like to see all the stages

Yep, we are all interested by this type of resto. There are so many versions...

I was wondering if the re re superchamp body was exactly the same as the one I have

It's the same, except the stamp inside the body.

tamiyabase.com/...48#changes

rb1763 wrote:

I was wondering if the re re superchamp body was exactly the same as the one I have

Re-re _Super Champ_, lars

rb1763, the Super Champ was renamed the "Fighting Buggy" ( here and here ) but though a lot changed on the chassis & rear suspension, as far as I know all the body parts are the same, apart from a different date stamp on the inside & the usual faux decals.

Jonny wrote:

Re-re _Super Champ_, lars

Note to myself; start to read, learn the difference...