Delta Super Eagle

Delta were the kings of 1/8 in the early days, and had an amazing habit of absolutely over engineering every component on their cars.

No doubt a result of their aircraft engineering background, the Campbell brothers brought a whole new level of machining to the hobby. This was perfect for a time when there was no such thing as permanent tracks and instead drivers were faced with wooden boards demarcating the track layout.

Taking a hit on the boards would become a very expensive exercise if not for the heavy engineering required in the early days of RC. Indeed, the arrival of the "tissue paper" designed Associated RC500 was the complete antithesis of the Delta ethos but was in line with the changing hobby.

Very rarely does a chassis look so good that you want to leave the body shell off the car, but to me the two wheel drive Eagle is clearly one that deserves this. The below example was acquired from a good friend in the U.S. and funny enough was prior to that held by a Singaporean collector, so this car basically did a full round when it found itself in my hands.

The chassis is a great restoration job with a chassis that shows the car was used but cleaned up very well. This is a work of art....