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HotRodJosh · 02-15-2009, 04:53 PM

Started a 1.9 scaler build.....plan to use a Vanessa's Lunchbox body, complete with psychadelic paint, shag carpet, and an MP3 player blasting out the Bee Gees...hahaha!

(EDIT*-LB body too short....going Yota

)

Here's the frame....made from 1/2" square tube, formed and split. Then crossmembers added out of C channels and brake line....the frame is pinched in the front. All Mig'd.
Trans is a Pede. Plan on doing full leaf spring suspension and either Axial or RC4WD axles....

Scale_Crawler · 02-15-2009, 04:55 PM

Wow that frame looks sweet!! Ill be watching this one!!

hairba11 · 02-15-2009, 10:26 PM

Love the van builds!! I need to get the body mounts finished on mine and get back to rockin' it.

salmonfacesalad · 02-15-2009, 10:33 PM

I was sure that this was going to be a land rover DISCOvery build. I would much rather see a van.

fasa_00 · 02-16-2009, 12:09 AM

If the van is a rockin don't come a knockin. Sounds like a good plan. Keep us up dated.

HotRodJosh · 03-05-2009, 09:14 AM

Well....the van body is out for this build. The WB is just too short. So I'll be running a Toyota with a tube back half.
Here's where I'm at now.
I made the springs, upper plates and the U-bolts.

The aluminim plates are RC4wd, which I drilled for centering pins. I don't like how RC4wd mounts there springs.....too much crap hanging down, so I'm basically doing U-bolt flips and moving the springs inboard.

bigdodge88 · 03-05-2009, 10:07 AM

Nice progress so far. By Toyota body do you mean Tundra?

Justin

HotRodJosh · 03-05-2009, 10:20 AM

Oh...it'll be the overly popular Bruiser/High-Lift 'Yota. I hope to make mine a bit different than all the others however.....I'll be spraying the body with Roth MetalFlake and House of Kolors paint. It'll ALMOST be a shame to skratch it...haha!

I'll post up a few pics of the rest of the parts later.

bigdodge88 · 03-05-2009, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by HotRodJosh

It'll ALMOST be a shame to skratch it...haha!

Thats what I'm thinking about the paint on my JK when its finished. Oh well, once its FUBAR'ed i'll just restart it.

Justin

Focus07 · 03-05-2009, 05:32 PM

Woulda been cool to see the Lunchbox stretched out you know maybe cutting up 2 of them and splicing them together. Anyway I can't wait to see the painetd body you have planned!

HotRodJosh · 03-06-2009, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Focus07

Woulda been cool to see the Lunchbox stretched out you know maybe cutting up 2 of them and splicing them together. Anyway I can't wait to see the painetd body you have planned!

Yeah....I just don't like long vans....or have the heart to cut one up...haha!

I'd still like to do a van....just gotta build a shorter frame. Maybe it'll be my next build. A van body allows alot of freedom for wild paint....maybe some unicorn murals, or a scantily clad barbarian chick riding a dragon...hahaha!!!

HotRodJosh · 03-10-2009, 08:42 AM

Update....
Suspension is mounted. I made the front shackles, all the U-bolts, and the rear springs.
Body is mocked up so I can start on the tube back half. It will be removable.

CrawlinClodKiller · 03-10-2009, 09:49 AM

What did you use to make the springs?

HotRodJosh · 03-10-2009, 10:17 AM

Springs are made from a lawnmower starter recoil spring. It's the same thickness and width as RC4wd springs....I'd bet their springs are made from lawnmowers too...haha!
Tamiya springs are a hair thicker, therefore stiffer.
What's nice about the recoil spring, is that the coil get's "tighter", so you can make different "lift" springs, depending on where ya cut it out at.

The front springs are RC4wd (I got 'em with a bunch of other stuff), so I used those as a reference but made the rears longer....more flex. I heated the ends with a small torch to "roll" the eyelets with needle nose pliers, then dipped 'em in cold water to re-temper 'em.

microgoat · 03-10-2009, 11:35 AM

If you're not using the LB body, at least give it some bowling-ball flake and a white angel hair interior!

HotRodJosh · 03-10-2009, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by microgoat

If you're not using the LB body, at least give it some bowling-ball flake and a white angel hair interior!

Hahaha!!! Yeah man, angel hair, just like the 60's bro!
I plan on some Roth Gang Green Metalflake, topcoated with HOK candy green with some other 70's paint "effects" (undecided).......groovy man.

a ex ten · 03-10-2009, 03:55 PM

pretty killer so far, i want to build basically this exact chassis with leafs and all. how did you bend the frame rails?

oh and if you use the lb body dont forget a tear drop window!

twissted · 03-10-2009, 04:03 PM

Heee Heeee ! That should droop well and not get into your fenders to bad. Nice.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HotRodJosh

Update....
Suspension is mounted. I made the front shackles, all the U-bolts, and the rear springs.
Body is mocked up so I can start on the tube back half. It will be removable.

HotRodJosh · 03-10-2009, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a ex ten

pretty killer so far, i want to build basically this exact chassis with leafs and all. how did you bend the frame rails?

Thanks...
I just put the square tubing in a vise and heated it up in the areas I wanted it bent....keep the heat on it while slowly bending it into shape. Just a dull red is fine. Once bent but still hot, take out of vice and hammer and dolly (your vice, bench, etc.) along the area you just bent (the sides), as it will have disformed a hair.
Once cool, just split it down the center for two, identical rails.

microgoat · 03-10-2009, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HotRodJosh

Hahaha!!! Yeah man, angel hair, just like the 60's bro!
I plan on some Roth Gang Green Metalflake, topcoated with HOK candy green with some other 70's paint "effects" (undecided).......groovy man.

I dare you to do a lace stripe

02-15-2009, 04:53 PM	#1
HotRodJosh Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa Posts: 420	Burn Baby Burn-Disco INFERNO (Disco is dead, Cab change) Started a 1.9 scaler build.....plan to use a Vanessa's Lunchbox body, complete with psychadelic paint, shag carpet, and an MP3 player blasting out the Bee Gees...hahaha! (EDIT-LB body too short....going Yota) Here's the frame....made from 1/2" square tube, formed and split. Then crossmembers added out of C channels and brake line....the frame is pinched in the front. All Mig'd. Trans is a Pede. Plan on doing full leaf spring suspension and either Axial or RC4WD axles.... Last edited by HotRodJosh; 03-12-2009 at 03:28 PM. Reason: Changed directions*

03-05-2009, 10:20 AM	#8
HotRodJosh Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa Posts: 420	Oh...it'll be the overly popular Bruiser/High-Lift 'Yota. I hope to make mine a bit different than all the others however.....I'll be spraying the body with Roth MetalFlake and House of Kolors paint. It'll ALMOST be a shame to skratch it...haha! I'll post up a few pics of the rest of the parts later. Last edited by HotRodJosh; 03-05-2009 at 10:22 AM.

03-10-2009, 03:55 PM	#17
a ex ten Newbie Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Socal Posts: 20	pretty killer so far, i want to build basically this exact chassis with leafs and all. how did you bend the frame rails? oh and if you use the lb body dont forget a tear drop window! Last edited by a ex ten; 03-10-2009 at 03:57 PM.

02-15-2009, 04:55 PM	#2
Scale_Crawler Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 277	Wow that frame looks sweet!! Ill be watching this one!!

02-15-2009, 10:26 PM	#3
hairba11 RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: St. Louis (High Ridge) Posts: 1,279	Love the van builds!! I need to get the body mounts finished on mine and get back to rockin' it.

02-15-2009, 10:33 PM	#4
salmonfacesalad RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,590	I was sure that this was going to be a land rover DISCOvery build. I would much rather see a van.

02-16-2009, 12:09 AM	#5
fasa_00 Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 387	If the van is a rockin don't come a knockin. Sounds like a good plan. Keep us up dated.

03-05-2009, 09:14 AM	#6
HotRodJosh Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa Posts: 420	Well....the van body is out for this build. The WB is just too short. So I'll be running a Toyota with a tube back half. Here's where I'm at now. I made the springs, upper plates and the U-bolts. The aluminim plates are RC4wd, which I drilled for centering pins. I don't like how RC4wd mounts there springs.....too much crap hanging down, so I'm basically doing U-bolt flips and moving the springs inboard.

03-05-2009, 10:07 AM	#7
bigdodge88 RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Monroe, NC Posts: 1,547	Nice progress so far. By Toyota body do you mean Tundra? Justin

03-05-2009, 05:32 PM	#10
Focus07 Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: marshalltown Posts: 81	Woulda been cool to see the Lunchbox stretched out you know maybe cutting up 2 of them and splicing them together. Anyway I can't wait to see the painetd body you have planned!

03-10-2009, 08:42 AM	#12
HotRodJosh Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa Posts: 420	Update.... Suspension is mounted. I made the front shackles, all the U-bolts, and the rear springs. Body is mocked up so I can start on the tube back half. It will be removable.

03-10-2009, 09:49 AM	#13
CrawlinClodKiller Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: West Omaha Posts: 581	What did you use to make the springs?

03-10-2009, 10:17 AM	#14
HotRodJosh Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spanaway, Wa Posts: 420	Springs are made from a lawnmower starter recoil spring. It's the same thickness and width as RC4wd springs....I'd bet their springs are made from lawnmowers too...haha! Tamiya springs are a hair thicker, therefore stiffer. What's nice about the recoil spring, is that the coil get's "tighter", so you can make different "lift" springs, depending on where ya cut it out at. The front springs are RC4wd (I got 'em with a bunch of other stuff), so I used those as a reference but made the rears longer....more flex. I heated the ends with a small torch to "roll" the eyelets with needle nose pliers, then dipped 'em in cold water to re-temper 'em.

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03-10-2009, 11:35 AM	#15
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	If you're not using the LB body, at least give it some bowling-ball flake and a white angel hair interior!

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