LEGO 8860 Auto Chassis

My new LEGO set. Released in 1980 and was produced for 7 years. Very interesting set.

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Science & Technology

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• gadget
• mechanics
• lego
• 8860
• expert
• builder
• technic

[Vassilika1]

is it possible to make it RHD?

[vonsmallhausenPL]

@Vassilika1 Yes, of course.

[ninelivecat]

I got this for Christmas in 1980 along with an Atari 2600 and Space Invaders At the age of Nine I never had the patience to build the thing My friend who used to come around built loads of other cool things out of it with moving parts I guess he was more technically minded It was a cool toy though

[C64SX]

@metubenow It's correct that it has three gears, but only two in the finished model. The reason is the gearing, First gear, the one that isn't used in the regular instruction, put quite a strain on the gears when you just roll the kit by hand. But if you put an electric motor in the kit, the first and second gears will be used and third gear will be blocked so you don't overheat the motor. It's all in the instructions, IIRC.

[StanleyKu]

I always that the distributor cap was cool!

[gmasterII]

I will upload the building manual directly (pdf) if i've found one in an good state, got one somewhere but in an terrible state after 25 years in an box where kids played with, kept the fully assembled 8860 out of the box.

[gmasterII]

Have one fully assembled, didn't touch it for more than 25 years, only 1 piece missing, piece is still available atm. Piece probably lost in my mother's vacuum cleaner at that time... :P. It's an grey (roof) block at the front. The rubbers for the movable chairs are broken, still got building manual but no box. Thinking of buying an other one to make this one complete. The rest is for sale to get another person happy.

[Vassilika1]

@R1CH130

It was a joke... ;-) I have Lego Technic since 1984, also the 8860 :-)

[R1CH130]

@Vassilika1 Yeh, dead easy, just take the wheel off from the left, move the steering column to the right, refit the steering wheel, that's all there is to it :-)

I have this set still in my loft, got it new for Christmas many moons ago.

I made many many variations of this model combining several other lego sets withit to make a full roof, rear seats, doors and even a working slide and tilt sunroof!

Ahh, the memories :-)

[R1CH130]

@Vassilika1 Yeh, dead easy, just take the wheel off from the left, move the steering column to the right, refit the steering wheel, that's all there is to it :-)

I have this set still in my loft, got it new for Christmas many moons ago.

I made many many variations of this model combining several other lego sets withit to make a full roof, rear seats, doors and even a working slide and tilt sunroof!

Ahh, the memories :-)

[MaGnAFraG]

@mixsetup I already did the same! :)