Help with Tamiya Wild Willy

[Mongoose]

A friend of mine bought a house a found this in it. Can you guys help me determine if it’s the original from 1982 or the Willy 2 from the 90’s?

 

[PowerDubs]

My neighbor had one of those back in the 80's. Awesome.

I wouldn't run it- I would leave it exactly as is on a shelf for display.

 

[Bashaddict]

A friend of mine bought a house a found this in it. Can you guys help me determine if it’s the original from 1982 or the Willy 2 from the 90’s?

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wow ! what a find, go over here these guys can tell ya, https://tamiyabase.com/

 

[Mongoose]

wow ! what a find, go over here these guys can tell ya, https://tamiyabase.com/

Awesome! Thank you!
My friend said the wheels are real aluminum!

 

[Wmorgan]

That is so cool!! My first RC was a Tamiya Grasshopper.

 

[Mongoose]

That is so cool!! My first RC was a Tamiya Grasshopper.

One of my other friends has an original Grasshopper that he gave to me to clean up and get it running again so he could give it to his son. That thing was pretty fast!

 

[Wmorgan]

One of my other friends has an original Grasshopper that he gave to me to clean up and get it running again so he could give it to his son. That thing was pretty fast!

Nice! I bought one a few years ago and slapped an Arrma 550 12T brushed motor on it and it's actually a lot of fun to bash.