Flat Bed Fred

[801RYAN]

One of our local clubs is having a build off This is my entry ..you can find our other build here Usca Build Off ..


I don’t have a bunch of new parts to show you as I will be reusing most of my old Honcho that I was in the middle of rebuilding all the drive train on anyway. The plan is a Flat bed truck with a lil bit shorter links in the rear and to keep the bed nice and flat I’m gonna run 55mm touring car shocks Plans for a Dinky RC Interior with a brake line roll cage are in my head. I’ll be doing all the tube work in my cold Garage. its been single deg for the last week or two. burrrr heres what I have so far

Flat Bed Fred Specs:

Axial Chassis, Honcho body, Flat bed.

Front axle. Overdriven, Hot racing locker, Axial alum CHubs. Knucks, Dogbones, Three linked with Hands Bro CMS kit, Axial 103mm shocks with all the fancy alum stuff.

Rear axle. HD gears, stock Locker, Axial alum Lock outs. 4 link set up with 55mm touring car shocks.

Trans. RR One piece diff, idler WB8 driveshafts

HS-7955tg Steering
985 Winch W/HeyOK controller
FXR
CC BEC
20t Holmes Hobby Crawl Master
Undecided on wheels and tires.. dang/darn/flippin budgets prolly end up reusing my worn out pit bills

my pile of parts



I started by remaking the center brace out of brake line



on to the rear tube work and sliders 3/16 solid and brake line





and a battery tray for fun

[old man 52]

That's very nice work so far, That positive battery terminal is really Close to grounding out on that shock.

[klaygrover]

Looking good. I like the battery mount

[Desert Rc]

I like the progress on this rig. Love the battery tray!

Like to know how that rear suspension works out.

[doublej]

I'm gonna have to steal that battery tray. Build is coming along nice.

[Mr. LowBudget]

Looking awesome Ryan your lines are aweesome, wish I had your patients

[jthellfire911]

Dang! this rig is looking awesome!! I wanna try and get one of those batteries too!

[simp]

Very nice. I`m liken the battery and box to, Great job man!

[801RYAN]

Ok here we go!!

Originally Posted by old man 52

That's very nice work so far, That positive battery terminal is really Close to grounding out on that shock.

lol funny thing is after i installed the battery I noticed the pos cable and thought shoot

Originally Posted by klaygrover

Looking good. I like the battery mount

Thanks bud ..just trying some small tricks to keep up with you guys

Originally Posted by Desert Rc

I like the progress on this rig. Love the battery tray!

Like to know how that rear suspension works out.

works great on a c1 rig ..this is gonna be a c2 rig for this build off and will handle like crap but will look cool as hell doing it

Originally Posted by doublej

I'm gonna have to steal that battery tray. Build is coming along nice.

bring a torch or tin snips

Originally Posted by Mr. LowBudget

Looking awesome Ryan your lines are aweesome, wish I had your patients

well it took me like 3 week to get this far. I'm slooooww and If Pinch or K2 see it I'm busted

Originally Posted by jthellfire911

Dang! this rig is looking awesome!! I wanna try and get one of those batteries too!

I'm gonna paint the bottom more of a gray color to match a real one better ..and thanks they do help Like I said above I need to try and impress docs with scale coolness

Originally Posted by simp

Very nice. I`m liken the battery and box to, Great job man!

Thanks ..it was my first ever try at sheet metal work .. it turned out alright


I got the Dinky Rc Interior but having a hard time liking it, Don't get me wrong it nice and fits well .. but I had a 3d interior in the truck before the rebuild and feel like I'm taking a step back ..

this weekend I'm going to try and form a wood "buck" for the bed and use a vac table to pull a styrene bed if that goes bad I have some RC4WD tread plate.

[801RYAN]

heres what I came up with for a bed ..

I went over to Wills house and with some wood and tread plate from RC4WD I made this ..



With some heat and a vacuum table we got this ..





Some trimming..



Some Black paint..(still wet )



I still need to drill and mount it ..The one pictured is 1 of 2 I have I'll take my time and trim the other one better. So hows that for a custom built part ?

[Desert Rc]

Wow....very cool fab trick on the flat bed. Awesome.

[KryptoniteKummins]

Battery tray and vac form are awesome!!

[801RYAN]

Thanks guys! I've got a interior that we formed..I'll get a picture up later today

[whittenburg]

love the flat bed,and the battery tray is sick!
keep up the awesome work

[redrustbucket]

x2 on the battery tray. Nice work.

[dealwithit]

Nice job on the home done bed floor, any particular thickness of lexan and what temp do you heat it to before sucking it down?

[19_mustang_96]

Very cool!

[801RYAN]

Originally Posted by whittenburg

love the flat bed,and the battery tray is sick!
keep up the awesome work

Originally Posted by redrustbucket

x2 on the battery tray. Nice work.

Thanks guys ...funny thing is with the bed on no one can see it

Originally Posted by dealwithit

Nice job on the home done bed floor, any particular thickness of lexan and what temp do you heat it to before sucking it down?

Thanks It was really cool to do.On the Bed we used .030, heated the oven to 280 and let sag about 2-3 inches then is a quick step away to the vac table ..

Originally Posted by 19_mustang_96

Very cool!

[801RYAN]

Got the front bumper done ..



Here is the Maddog D ring mount ... awesome part




and a few more





heading out to paint it Metallic Charcoal ..

[801RYAN]

Getting closer. Our club will be post a thread monday on RCC to vote for your fav build be sure to check it out and vote for me Flat Bed Fred the winner gets 10 points off his score and a pretty nice charger