Pictorial Review: 8847 Dragster

[Lost_In_Noise]

8847 Dragster was released in 1983, contains 250 parts and features steering and a working 4-cylinder engine powered by a rear differential.

The set uses the 4267 tires, which are the same as the 8848, 8849, 8850, 8853, 8854, 8862 and 8868.

The manual contains 24 pages, in which 8 of them are for the main model. The first page of the manual contains a guide to building Expert Builder sets. It's my first time seeing one of these.

Because of the length of the model, each page in the instructions is rotated 90 degrees.

Interesting parts; 3 24T gears, a gear rack, 4 spur gears and 16T gears, two 8Ts, a differential and a chain with 23 links.

On with the build, hinged bricks help form the lines of the dragster. This is step 3 of 16.

The differential and steering arms is next.

The engine is a 2-cylinder with 8 valves. The crankshaft consists of 24T gears and "Axle and pin connector"s as usual. It is the only engine I can think of with a white compartment though.

Crankshaft

Driven directly by rear differential.

Six yellow "Brick, Round Corner 2 x 2 Macaroni" suggests the exhausts on the side of the engine.

The steering rack is pointed the opposite way as per usual.

The engine block has its own sub-instruction containing 64 parts.

Mounted on chassis. You can see how the rear differential drives it.

Steering rack placed at step 12, along with the chain for the driveshaft.

Steering wheel and rear wing support.

Rear wing and wheels placed.

Finished.

Comparison with 8205 and 2129

Questions? Comments? Feel free to ask, and vote on the poll.

Big pics @ BrickShelf

Edited August 24, 2012 by Lost_In_Noise

[legotrader]

great set, brings back memories for me :)

[SheepEater]

One of the few sets I 'bricklinked' to get (ie: order each part individually)

And one of the very few sets for which I don't have the original box.

Love the blue/white scheme.

[Tamas Juhasz]

One of the few sets I 'bricklinked' to get (ie: order each part individually)

And one of the very few sets for which I don't have the original box.

Love the blue/white scheme.

It's exactly the same in my case, I also ordered individually the parts, but not from BL.

This is one of my favourite old sets, I think it's unique because of the dragster being and the color scheme together. The first page of the instruction is also interesting, and the long shaped box: http://www.bricklink.com/myImg/73575.jpg

[RohanBeckett]

neato box.. I'd never seen it before - I don't think it was widely released in Australia

Does the box lid open, like many of the other boxes from that era?

RB

[Lost_In_Noise]

neato box.. I'd never seen it before - I don't think it was widely released in Australia

Does the box lid open, like many of the other boxes from that era?

RB

According to a pic I found @ eBay, it does:

My item shipped in a ziplock bag though.

Edited August 25, 2012 by Lost_In_Noise