Project Hillbilly deluxxx , short bed clod junker

[86 Iroc]

Most of you guys may have seen my other clod body build , Well I just got another one

I threw this together in a couple hours today from a bunck of stuff you guys may have seen in the for sale section . This will not be a "pretty" truck like my other clod project . This will be a truck that will tumble down a cliff with out me crying . To start off , here are a few picks of it playing in the snow . PS , it only had 3 wheel drive and was still crawling like a champ !

This is the body I started with . Not out of the box for 10 minutes and I was already cutting.





Some snow fun .



Future plans may include , but are not limited to , a full interior , back window full of racing parts stickers , crawler inspired tube chassis , rebal flag licence plate , led kit (for some late night fun) scale shot gun , and many more things of that sort .

Oh here is a pic of it with my other project .

[InFlames]

Definitely need to fix the cowl, put a grille on it and id say its good to go.

[dirtydave]

Are those losi mini crawler axles,1.9 tires and wheels??
If so they fit very nice under the clod body.

[rrev]

That looks like a lot of fun. My son thinks you need a snow blade.

[86 Iroc]

Yes its all losi MRC gear . It is PERFECT for a clod body build and ya I do need a plow ! I will look into one of those lol

[dirtydave]

Have you or anyone used rc4wd 44minis under a clod body? im looking for little more scale look.

[88gmchog]

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/100_0961.jpg

I RECOGNIZE THAT!!! lol sweet build so far bud, im telling ya use that aluminum chassis, you will love it otherwise beafff the shit out of that one. have fun ill link ya my micro build when i get pics on it

[88gmchog]

new to micro world

see it so far lol still has a ways to go im hunting the right model kit

[InFlames]

Originally Posted by 88gmchog

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...e/100_0961.jpg

I RECOGNIZE THAT!!! lol sweet build so far bud, im telling ya use that aluminum chassis, you will love it otherwise beafff the shit out of that one. have fun ill link ya my micro build when i get pics on it

What did you cut the white chassis/skid out of?

[86 Iroc]

I have not ever seen those used on a clod before . If it has , Im sure there is none in here.

I think I will try the aluminum one .

[88gmchog]

Originally Posted by InFlames

What did you cut the white chassis/skid out of?

i had got in trade. u could use acutting board though.

[InFlames]

Originally Posted by 88gmchog

i had got in trade. u could use acutting board though.

You dont know what material it is though? Its slick like delrin but looks like cutting board, if i could find a cutting board that slid like that i would be all over it.

[88gmchog]

The skids on the chassis I'd derlin, the chasasis itself is uhmp plastic. Little more flex that I like but bracing it helped a lot.

[86 Iroc]

Here are a few pics of the Chassis . Threw my slinges on to see if they work better in the snow .

[86 Iroc]

Ok so I traded 88gmchog my losi micro for this rig (minus the body) and he said go with the aluminum chassis that came along with the trade . I figured I didnt want to get too deep into this and decided to just stick with the plastic chassis . But again being me I dont listen to anyone including myself so I decided to switch chassis . The aluminum one needs a lil cosmetic work but so far it is much better then the plastic one . Here are a few pics .



I plan on cleaning it up , like getting rid of all the vise marks and sharp edges . So far so good . Stay tuned .

[88gmchog]

idk if you noticed that the skids are different widths but the ones on the plastic chassis are the ones you want to use. the wide ones cause the tires to hit the frame thats y i cut a set down to stock width.

[86 Iroc]

Originally Posted by 88gmchog

idk if you noticed that the skids are different widths but the ones on the plastic chassis are the ones you want to use. the wide ones cause the tires to hit the frame thats y i cut a set down to stock width.

Yes I noticed . I made a few of my own skids that fit the aluminum chassis so every thing clears . No rubbing at all .

[86 Iroc]

Here is an update . I transfered as much stuff as I could over to the aluminum chassis . Had to mod and make a lot of new stuff though . Here is a few pics of the chassis . It is for the most part done . Will be mating it with the body as soon as I do a little work to it . This thing has MAD flex . It has no bump or flex steer at all either which I am very surprised .



Here you can see where I had to cut out the centers of the shock mounts so the shocks dont rub . They fit right in there perfectly with no rubbing .



Now for a few flex shots I think this is pretty good for a scaler.



Now off to work on the body.

[88gmchog]

my shock mount / braces worked perty well huh? lol that thing looks great cant wait to see the body. o and i told ya so on the chassis....haha enjoy

[86 Iroc]

Originally Posted by 88gmchog

my shock mount / braces worked perty well huh? lol that thing looks great cant wait to see the body. o and i told ya so on the chassis....haha enjoy

Ya you had a great set up . Worked out great . I just love the aluminum . I sanded it down and made it all smooth and nice-er looking . Could not stand the sharp edges and vise marks.