e128: Tamiya Mitsubishi Pajero - The Buyers Guide Series

[@datsun4x]

I dont know how i missed this video, this version (044) was my first rc in 1985. Back in those days ROAR had a Heavy Metal class where i raced mine against blackfoots, Big Bears and other trucks of the time. It eventually ended up with a 5th shock mod, hornet rear mount, lexan body, you-g fronts and a double a-arm front before i finally sold it and bought a buggy. I miss that little truck amd plan on buying the new version released this year.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Boy I remember the heavy metal classes! I was in one of the last ones with my blackfoot! I love hearing about mods like that!

[@trumpsmum9210]

Love the paint! Love the truck!

[@AMPROEngineering]

Thank you!

[@macelius]

Got the re-release body to put on a crawler, wheelbase is actually more like 1:12 scale, I think I might put it on a ECX Barrage or Losi MRC chassis.

[@AMPROEngineering]

I would love to see that.

[@rcXmartin]

I've just managed to get hold of a great example of one of these. As you say, it will make a fine addition next to my original Wild Willy and Willy's Wheeler.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Heck yeah! It will look great with that lot.

[@MacGivre]

For the oldies, I prefer front lights with warm LED. The cold one's, are too... modern ?

[@AMPROEngineering]

Agreed. I did this way before those were available.

[@thestuffz]

lucky to have such a nice street to drive your rc's on!

[@AMPROEngineering]

You haven't seen the holes in it!

[@carbonitegamorrean8368]

I wish I could find another one of these bodies, w/o buying the complete truck kit.

[@AMPROEngineering]

No one is selling it on ebay? Can you buy from Tamiya direct?

[@carbonitegamorrean8368]

I think I bought the last one on ebay 2.5 years ago, had to wait on the window. Tami is out, realy dont think they make it anymore.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Man I have not looked. Seems that that shell would make a lot of good project foundations.

[@carbonitegamorrean8368]

That's what I'm screaming.

[@hauntedhose]

I had a Pajero in 85’ when I lived in Hong Kong....along with a Subaru Brat...my brother got a Hot Shot

[@AMPROEngineering]

Oh very cool! A great bunch there.

[@RC4X4]

I always wanted one of these when I was a kid. I put one together out of parts in the middle of the 90's and then sold it on ebay in 2000. Just never really got into it. I never really got into the wheely poppin , just the wild willy. The Wild Willy never saw much use either. It's still with me and new 2000 wild willy.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah this truck does not have the appeal of others like the Pumpkin. It is ok, not great.

[@red7fifty]

You had the option to put the (4) AA Receiver Battery pack in the nose (less wheelie) or towards the back for more wheelie action.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Very true!

[@shredguitar7680]

Just picked up one of these on eBay. I paid $300 but it’s new, has been partially built, and never. I’ve always wanted this one and finally pulled the trigger. I was going to install the vintage speed controller but prob just go for electronic

[@AMPROEngineering]

Oh yeah ditch the MSC as soon as you can. This is a very bad car to drive with one. Actually, it is a bad car to drive in general.

[@shredguitar7680]

AMPRO Engineering I bought it for the vintage aspect. It’s one I wanted as a kid. I love the body, and prefer the original platform to the CW 01 chassis that came out several years ago. Good channel btw! I’m a big fan of 80’s era Tamiya. I know they suck by today’s standard but nostalgia gets me every time.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Same here. I thought it looked amazing as a kid and it still does! I love that thing, its just terrible, haha! But that doesn't make it bad!

[@weberbuiltweber1908]

Great job. what brand of paint and is it clear coated?

[@AMPROEngineering]

Thank you. The copper is Testors from a spray can and the yellow, orange and red are all Tamiya poly-carbonate paint. All clear coated but it is very dangerous to do it with this method as the solvents will react with each other if not done correctly.

[@ss9c1]

lol I need to do a photoshoot [lol] of my franken cw-01. Chassis ended up heavily modded to fit TBG's 1/16 Gravedigger body. CW-01 chassis, hopper bumper, hopper wheels/tyres, hopper rear dampers, custom hopper front dampers, 380, cheap radio gear, TBG body with fr/rr lighting.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yes, yes you do. I need to see this.

[@JG-lx5bo]

That Monterey is a neat truck, what front shocks would u recommend for me as I'm doing a build like it but it's going to have a lunchbox body and it's the lunchbox chassis so shock mounts are higher ( kind of like a low rider lunchbox

[@AMPROEngineering]

Sadly they only fit the stock ones or some vintage you-G ones that are awful. On this chassis I have no clue what would fit.

[@JG-lx5bo]

I'll think of something, thx anyway 👍👍

[@gregfonti8920]

Do you manufacture a “Part” that remedies the broken front body bracket on the front of the Pajero? Greg

[@AMPROEngineering]

Greg, I dont but I really need to. I think that would be super useful.

[@Altgottt]

Pjero means "masturbator" in spanish, so they called it montero in the us, spain and mexico

[@AMPROEngineering]

Hahahahahah! That's freaking awesome.

[@Altgottt]

Hey man! can you maybe measure the with of the chassis for me? hex to hex would be nice. and the diameter of those Brat wheels would be super nice as i'm thinking about designing my own chassis for this car since i i now have access to a professional laser-sinter 3D printer at work Thank you

[@AMPROEngineering]

Hex to hex is the same as a hornet or hopper. Wheels are 1.7" but I need to see what the OD of the tire is. I can check later.

[@acalthu]

The J is pronounced J, not H.

[@RC-ty5ym]

@@AMPROEngineering I heard that pajero means "small 🍆" You know what I mean

[@drumzilla60]

I absolutely love driving mine, even though you're right, they handle TERRIBLY.... But like the Hornet etc that's the 80s nostalgia beauty of them. In saying that I'm particular about where i drive mine, hard sand and smooth walks.... Always get people ask about it and tell me about their Tamiya RCs, so it's got some cool value in that aspect....

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah, surface quality is key. This truck just terrifies me every time I have it out...I feel like a breeze will knock it over.

[@drumzilla60]

@@AMPROEngineering get a rere shell painted box art that you won't mind thrashing

[@nikkitomas7935]

I've got a Pajero with a heavily modified LB chassis, fully articulated rear transmission, 5th shock, oil shocks all round, centre mounted battery, torque tuned motor etc etc. It took an age to build and goes a lot better but it's still unstable 🙂

[@AMPROEngineering]

Hey Nikki, yeah I hear you. They are very top heavy. A lexan shell would help immensely!

[@nikkitomas7935]

But it wouldn't look so nuce, and that's a huge part of the appeal for this little car 🙂

[@Freddie44utube]

Do the brat wheels fit a sand scorcher I really would like to fit a set on mine

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yes for the rear but I do not know how the front would clear.

[@RC-ty5ym]

Did you know that Brat is the Russian word for "brother"?

[@tamiyafrog3220]

Nice work👌

[@AMPROEngineering]

Thank you!

[@CarminesRCTipsandTricks]

Well....... That Blackfoot INTERIOR sure got my attention!!! 😵😱 I have always loved this Pajero! WHY I didn't buy one back in the day, I'll never know. IF the time ever comes when I can buy RCs again, this one is DEFINITELY on my short list! It certainly has horrible handling. BUT, it appears (on video anyway), that with the different Servo position, it seems like the "Baby CW-01" has *FAR less* Toe change when landing jumps!!! 😵😵 SAME wild Camber Shift, but very little To movement. It appears like the Toe Rods ACTUALLY line up with the Control Arms. A *Tamiya FIRST!!!* 👍👍 I mentioned it before, what a gorgeous Paint Job!! 👏👏👏👏 I MAY try to build one of those.... Maybe out of the CW-01 that I've been piecing together for the past year. Take the whole lower Chassis off, move the front Arms up to the *original* mounts (HOPEFULLY WITH the AmPro Engineering Double Wishbone setup!). And reinstall my AmPro Modified Rear Gearbox up to the original mount points (Having the Wheelbase off by about 8-10mm, by using the Hornet Axle Stays (or original Lunchbox)..... And the Montero Wheelie Body - OR the new Pro-Line (forgot the name) short Wheelbase Suzuki Lexan Body with Brat Wheels/Tires. If nothing else, it WILL be a conversation starter!!! 😎 It's a plan anyway... Carmine 🚂

[@AMPROEngineering]

Oh a conversation starter this thing is.

[@CarminesRCTipsandTricks]

Alberto, do you think that your Double Wishbone setup would fit into the original UPPER Mounts?? I may try to reinvent a whole new machine - since my CW-01 Chassis is nothing but spare parts...

[@hellion1770]

M'y first rc car.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Really?! Thats awesome!

[@marsgoufwang7869]

太好了又更新了，帕杰罗很喜欢

[@AMPROEngineering]

我很高兴你喜欢！

[@ShenRC]

😊👍That's a nice one!

[@AMPROEngineering]

Thank you!

[@STEVOD313]

Great job 👍👍👊👊📹📹

[@AMPROEngineering]

Thanks Steve

[@bakko9302]

I have one of the original chassis. Lacking the body and all the body parts though..sigh.. :/

[@AMPROEngineering]

Body is easy to get now since they parked it on the CW01 as the montero. Everything from there is available. The chassis is the hard part! Haha!

[@silviamills5218]

11:00 doesn't take jump We are very different you and I.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Not after 20 hours of paint work

[@rcracer8085]

Do you still buy new rc's? What was the last rc you bought?

[@AMPROEngineering]

New as in current model with a recent design date? Hmmmm.....well as of 2 hours ago, my last "NEW" rc was the Willy's Wheeler on the new chassis (I forget the number) but I just bought the brand new Traxxas 79 Bronco.

[@Droidy77]

TamiyaBlog reported a rerelease! With unpainted body, CVA dampers and Rock Block tires.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah I saw that. It looks like the just put small tires on the CWO1 and did not use the bare CW01 chassis. I think they did this since the CW01 has external access to the battery where this requires you to remove the shell.

[@spazthefoolish]

It would be rad if someone replaced the wheel on the wheelie bar with some flint.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Oh my friend did that 30 years ago hahaha!

[@TagGeorge]

The reason you think you saw it badged as Pajero in the USA is because a group of people on 4x4wire.com purchased the nameplates and installed them. I never switched my badges but considered it.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Oh have no idea. I know I have seen brochures where they are called the Pajero. I know this was common for Japanese manufactures to do.

[@AntsRC]

The original tyres are different than the brat tyres.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Can you provide information about this? The ones on this are original and looking at Tamiya documentation, the text, tread, diameter, width and part numbers are the same as the brat, including the wheels.

[@AntsRC]

@@AMPROEngineering look at 3:20 ?? kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZfTZ32DoZWFa6M What do you think??

[@fredtedstedman]

In UK SHOGUN

[@AMPROEngineering]

Oh yeah I saw that. Seems they had a lot of names.

[@wadecaton4017]

The "j" in pajero is not pronounced as an "h" . Pajero, not pahero. You are the first and only person I've ever heard someone pronounce pajero this way. I've even worked at a Mitsubishi dealership where we actually had engineers from Japan help train us on the Evo cars. Even they did not pronounce it pahero. We had Pajero 2 door and Montero 4 door models. The Pajero rights were sold to Suzuki and rebadged Samurai and 4door models rebedged Sidekick. Suzuki in the U.S. were like Saturn is to G.M. Nice, in-depth video. But I just thought I'd let you know about the name.

[@AMPROEngineering]

Yeah I have heard that many times. Pajero is also spanish for Bird and when used in that context, the J is pronounced as an H. I guess when immersed in Spanish culture like I am here, we immediately say the H version. I guess it is the same as a friend of mine named Jaime....

[@Lebberg]

Pajero is pronounced /pɑ'xɛ.ɹoʊ/ ; the j is like the "ch" in loch.... at least where im from ... n-europe ... anyways.... I think this body ages xtremely well ... love it

[@MacGivre]

I'm not ok with you. Tamiya is japanese. So it's the japanese pronunciation that is the good one : fr.forvo.com/search/pajero/ja/

[@AMPROEngineering]

Haha, there are so many ways to pronounce it depending where you come from.