Kawada M300 and Couger from around 1988 and 1990

[dsms]

Found in the loft, my old Kawada M300 from 1987/88 period.
Still had a set of Glyn Peglar matched cells, Futabl S132h servo, futaba 27mhz RX a period brushed LRP motor (no idea of wind) and its period speed controller. Had also an an run Oscella bodyshell as well with period stickers.
Also found a Barracuda smart charger, but could not find any trace of a TX.
Have stuck a modern core RX in it, charged the cells and fired it up, all goes as per the old days.
Not that it will ever be used again, but gave a bit of fun to see if it still worked ok. Will be heading back to the loft in the near future to sit for even more years.

Another one I found was an old original Couger, modified to take saddle cells, using Corelly battery holders. This one had a set of matched Sanyo's still in it and an fwd only ESC and a Futaba s132h servo. Havnt determined what motor as yet. Again gave it a quick charge, dropped in the core RX and gave that a spin around the garden, ran well. Yet more old history to be put back in the loft again.

Amazing what you can find when your not looking for them. Pity they will never be used again but hey ho they were fun in their day.

[DerbyDan]

We need some pictures or we won't believe you Lol

Just been putting an original Cougar back together with modern electrics to run at this years 'Vintage Revival' meeting.

[Peakey]

Why not use them? Even just in the garden don't leave them to rot in the loft 😭

[dsms]

The Kawada, still yet to take snaps of the Couger

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The couger

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Originally Posted by Peakey

Why not use them? Even just in the garden don't leave them to rot in the loft 😭

Granson is a tad too young at moment to make any use of them.

[grovenik]

Very nice, loving the cougar reminded me of the one I had years ago 😀.

[DerbyDan]

Great stuff - thanks for sharing the photos!

P.S; Your Cougar appears to be a Cougar 'Club10' (a later variant of the MK1 released as a 'budget' option during the release of later comp-spec 2wds - Cougar2/Cougar2000 etc)

[Danf1275]

Very clean Cougar. As Dan says, mk2 Club 10, with moulded links and geared transmission.

[OptimaFan]

Nice looking Cougar indeed.Great find.

[alcyon]

The kawada M300 did not exist in 1988...wasnt it 1998?

[dsms]

Originally Posted by alcyon

The kawada M300 did not exist in 1988...wasnt it 1998?

The M300 timeline picked up from a post on Club Tamiya, posted by a Kawada collector

M300 1987 (center pod,center lock wheels with bearings in the hubs not the wheel,6 cell saddle pack,5mm rear axle,rear shock is just a spring)
M300-88 1988(offset pod.6.35mm rear axle)
M300EX 1992 (Brace across the top of the "T" bar)
M300RS 1994 (RC12 type front suspension arms,yellow plastic,oil shock)
M300RSZ 1996 (seperate diff rings,smaller front wheel mounting nuts,dish wheels)
M300RSR 1999 (carbon reinforced suspension arms,Black plastic)
M300RSW 2001 (4 cell chassis)
M300SP 2001 (6 cell chassis,entry model)
M300SE 2001 (6 cell stick pack chassis,entry model,"T" bar below main chassis)
M300SX 2002 (6 cell stick pack chassis,entry model,"T" bar below main chassis,chassis braces different shape)
M300RSW Limited 2003(4 cell chassis,new shock)
M300RSW Limited #2 2004(4 cell chassis,rolling damper tubes)
M300RSX 2005 (slightly different main chassis design from RSW Limited)

The original M300 came to public attention at the 1988 worlds.