Purchased 8860

[Grosse Kind]

Bought, and arrived to it with several months between.

Proved well worth the wait. Not perfect but overall quite good with minimal broken/missing parts.

As a further plus, trans is great in all three ratios.

[Beard]

That's my all-time favourite! As you can see in my profile icon :)

[grum64]

Looks great with not a speck of the dusty stuff in sight :laugh:

[nicjasno]

I re-bought one myself aswell. I got it in 1986 as a child for christmas. Was always one of my favorite models.

[DrJB]

That's a piece of history that you got, enjoy! I always wanted to have one of those, even back when it came up, settled for the red tractor and yellow forklift.

[jorgeopesi]

I had it, wonderful.

[__________________________]

Wonderful

[nerdsforprez]

It's a beautiful thing when expectations and reality align. Enjoy your new model!

[dr_spock]

Sweet.

[kieran]

I rebuilt mine from my childhood a few months back, I don't have a box for it and my instructions have a ripped cover. Great model

[LucyCol]

I have two of these, both currently unbuilt, maybe I need to change that

[Nick Barrett]

Wonderful set, enjoy! Very nice example too, great find.

[andythenorth]

Ho

• steering can bind
  
• seats detach too easily when crashed into walls
  
• the engine can be rebuilt as 6 cylinders instead of a 4 (eight is possible, but looks daft)
  
• it's possible to fit pendular suspension on the front axle
  
• it *is* possible to get a reverse gear in there, can't remember how
  
• the front grey box can be rebuilt as a 'crumple zone' (basically weaken it and it explodes when crashed into walls)
  

Childhood memories eh?

[Grosse Kind]

As an eternal child, yep Andy, memories. Slight difference being though that i got my first one of these at 31. Not exactly been the wall crashy type but had to remove the grey box by hand last night to make an alteration to the front axle, and as you described, it exploded and grey bricks went all over the shop. Found em all but yeah, kabooom!

[vliet]

I can remember building this car a lot when I was an older kid, had a lot of fun with it and jealous friends. The box was in really bad shape when I took it from the attic at my parents house, so I put the box in the garbage.

Edited March 8, 2016 by vliet

[Rockbrick]

i keep mine in the original box with the inserts still there - and in pieces - now and again i get it out, build it - play with it then take it apart and put it away again

never let it mix with other pieces...

[Beard]

I have two of these, both currently unbuilt, maybe I need to change that

Use both to create one ultimate 8860 and post photos!

Or has it been made already... I have to look.

[LucyCol]

Use both to create one ultimate 8860 and post photos!

Or has it been made already... I have to look.

Can't find an 'Ultimate 8860' but it does have an excellent review on this very forum http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=76320&st=25

I suppose this was the Ultimate Porsche of its day

[1974]

Can't find an 'Ultimate 8860' but it does have an excellent review on this very forum http://www.eurobrick...pic=76320&st=25

I suppose this was the Ultimate Porsche of its day

Porche 356 to be exact

I do believe Nick is a member here :

http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/275626

Cheers,

Ole

[Nick Barrett]

^ Indeed I am, thanks Ole. Made that a few years ago, the 8860 was perfect for it :-)

[Interceptor]

I saw 8860 in catalogues as a child but could not afford. This was the second Technic set I purchased after dark ages in 2006. Now it is part of my collection.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=429865

Magnificent model, IMO the best supercar right after 8880. Enjoy.

[Grosse Kind]

My topic titles been changed, dunno why as it wasn't quite devoid of replies as was.

Ho

steering can bind

Hi andy. Did you pin this down to anything in particular?

With my other baby i've run halfbushes on the inner of front wheel axles, changed the universal joint angularities, and removed one of the rack gear pieces which smoothed it out quite a lot.

With this one i'm 1800 miles from my spares collection for a month and made this small alteration of all standard parts and its assisted pretty well with no great detriment to original appearance once the black 4x2 plate is back on.

[Blakbird]

My topic titles been changed, dunno why as it wasn't quite devoid of replies as was.

Probably because the title gave the reader absolutely no idea what the topic was about. Not everyone wants to read every post every day, so the title is an important way for people to decide what to read.

[Grosse Kind]

Agreed: if its vague/not your style its generally best left alone.

[paul_delahaye]

I've got my original set in pieces at the moment, awaiting deep cleaning! It's been a labour of love, but it's one of only 4 sets I've still got to clean, check, replace broken/chewed parts and reassemble. I always had issues with the gearbox on mine, but I don't the amount of dust on it really helped the gears mesh smoothly!

Others are my original tractor 851 (needs quite a few replacement period parts) and 2 copies of the 8851 excavator to complete and I'm done!