Hello,
I'm looking to start a RC car rental business and was wondering what car I should use. The cars have to be durable and on road style. The cars are going to look like NASCAR cars. I've seen some guys doing this already and it looks like some are using the old Bolink cars. Please give me some advice.:confused:

speed merchant has a great car for this. check them out! i know 360 raceway in NY is using them for this same purpose. I drove them and they handled surprisingly great!

Bud's 1/18th BRP's. INDESRUCTABLE and he has a rental version with a double body shell.

That's how to do it---Take just about anything. Paint your body. Before mounting it, put a clear body over it. Years ago we built some bolinks for a carnival. They took a beating and kept on rolling!

Better have some sort of disclaimer about, you are responsible for anything you break? You could be handed back a bag of pieces.

I would use some sort of pan car... because they are simple and somewhat easy to fix. I was trying to find a cheap pan car and the only thing I was not seeing cheap


But for about $180 a car you can have a RTR Tamiya going. They may fit some of the 1:12 nascar bodies.

I am telling you guys, dollar for dollar the BRP's cannot be beat. Dang near indescructable. They take all the same electronics and very easy to repair, IF you break something.

Better have some sort of disclaimer about, you are responsible for anything you break? You could be handed back a bag of pieces.

O brother a disclaimer! You think a 9 year old kid will know what he is signing?
No way. Just purchase a good line of rentals like the BRP rental platform. No broken parts and a excellant return on your investment. You don't need to double body these cars, just paint & rent em. Oh yea collect the money.

A few years ago, a guy had the Rental Cars at the County Fair here locally (I think he's there every year)

He has a portable banked track, and the radios are mounted in a plywood box (Not sure the type of system, but he can turn them OFF, so I assume he controls the master power to the radios.)

The cars used old WIDE "BoLink" bodies, and they did have a clear body over a painted and decalled body.

The CAR Chassis appeared to be a HOME MADE deal - it was made of what appeared to be 1/4 inch ply wood, and they looked like they used old BOLINK Rear pods and front suspension.

He was running these with 6 cell stick packs and stock brushed motors, they were geared very low and would run about 20 minutes on a battery charge (YES - they were very slow too)

With all that said - he charged $2.00 for a 2 or 3 minute run, and upto 6 cars were on the track at one time....and there was a LINE of kids waiting to drive them.

These cars were slow enough, I don't think you COULD break them...but the way they were put together....that wasn't an issue.

We have several customers that have portable type tracks that are used at county fairs around the country. They are using our 1/10th scale wide body stock car bodies. These once upon a time were owned by Bolink and are now owned by us. (Windtunnel). The chassis that I have seen is a homemade type. They are putting a clear body over a painted body.

http://www.windtunnelracingproducts.com/index.php?cPath=42_27_33

Hope that helps a little.

I dont think a 9 year old can drive to a place to rent an RC car let alone have the cash to rent it. I think a parent will be involved in this dont ya think?

Hello,
I'm looking to start a RC car rental business and was wondering what car I should use. The cars have to be durable and on road style. The cars are going to look like NASCAR cars. I've seen some guys doing this already and it looks like some are using the old Bolink cars. Please give me some advice.:confused:

I’ve seen a few portable RC tracks at fairs and Cup races over the years. Lots of fun and seem like they would be good money makers with low overhead. In addition to the fabricated wood chassis mentioned, I’ve seen both the RC12L and the original style wide RC10Ls used. Most were typically equipped with double bodies, double T-plates (no shocks), original style RC10 front suspensions, big dense foam front and rear bumpers, no bearings-all bushings, geared down silver can motors and quick change six cell stick packs. Tires were solid rubber or capped foam, and some appeared to use sections of bicycle inner tubes or electrical shrink wrap for caps.
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I dont think a 9 year old can drive to a place to rent an RC car let alone have the cash to rent it. I think a parent will be involved in this dont ya think?

LOL, Well it depends on what state you live in, I guess! Some may drive up on Dad's tractor.

Thats ture. Forgot about tractors. LOL

:thumbsup:I race them in Helen Ga on vacation. they were Bolink Wides Pancars with Double Bodys Looked Good with the Nascar stickers and Paint.Geared so low the just Bearly went around the Track. It was cool to see all the People Laugh and have a good time Racing , He had a nice setup. He did birthday parties. Food and alot of people there. He also had racing video Games. Cool place.

Go to Maximus web page he rents cars every day.thy do not brake

i would do a slash

Tamiya Mini Coopers are pretty durable and easy to drive since they are FWD. The kits already come with a motor & electronic speed control, just add some cheap radio gear. Sure, they're not Nascar, but the "cute" factor very is high.:thumbsup: