1967 Ford Courier Class-2 Build

[waggaclint]

Well I thought id start a new build thread for my 2014 Class-2 Rig that will be based on a 1967 Ford Courier Ute.

Bit of a Parts list-

- Proline 1967 Ford Courier Body (pretty rare body these days)
- HH BR-XL WP Esc on 3s
- Team Brood Apocalypse 35t
- ALTD896 Design's 3mm alloy chassis with revised rear upper link locations & skid mounted 10mm forward
- R2J Custom SS Links
- R2J Rear 4-link mount
- Hitec HS-7954SH Servo
- Proline Swamper XL Tyres
- Axial Beadlock wheels with MTH Delrin Beadlocks
- Axial Under & Overs and lockers
- Axial Alloy Rear Lockout C-hubs & Knuckles
- Homemade front 4-link mount
- RRP G-Box Internals
- MIP Drive shafts
- Traxxas Big Bore Shocks
- 3Racing CVD'S with Gunnar Pins

Started with my rig that ive been using for the last few years




New chassis & shocks



1967 Ford Courier Body



Dummy Link Lengths etc all done





Body Trimmed Mounted





More too come, still undecided on paint etc & need to get some proper links finished off.

[79SCX10]

This is going to be a awesome build, I can't wait to see more. Subscribed

[TrilloThrillo110]

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[waggaclint]

Thanks guys,

The bad thing was that unfortunately I had to trim the body up a fair bit for the bigger tyres.

I may even go for a different tyre yet, ive basically just dummied up the rig at this stage so ill completely strip it back down and rebuild all the driveline with new bearing etc and ill proably go with some SS or alloy links, I also plan to paint the chassis as well.

Also been thinking of swapping from front steering setup over to VP Chubs/Knuckles and VP VVD's as well, but ill see how it all goes as ive still got a couple of mths before the new series kicks off..

[rckjeep]

Always loved Courier builds. Regret not building one when the bodies were available. Excited to see this through

[waggaclint]

Small update, I had mate make me up some boatsides to mount my electronics and lipo on, pretty happy with the results.



Just gotta play around a bit more with my link lengths etc and give it some paint and she will be ready win a few comps hopefully

[dittohead]

The courier is my all time favorite crawler body, i just hope they re-release again someday. Ill be following this build

[waggaclint]

Bit of an update, Ive had my Brood motor all freshened up by a mate Crawl ANZ - View topic - Motor Servicing... and ive pretty well got my body sorted, still wanna tint the windows.

Ive also got a new set of Axial beadlocks to go on as well.





Ive got the 1st round of our local comp season starting next weekend so she will be all ready by then.

[79SCX10]

Nice work, always love what you build!

[easleycrawler]

Cool little rig. What's the wheelbase?

[62PYRO]

Turned out nice.
I wish they'd re-release this one.

[War Pig]

Cool rig! Very clean and simple. I too love the Courier body. Did you switch over to Pitbulls? You started with the TSL's.

[fried daddy]

Great build man ,like the color to it fits. I can remember when those body's were plentiful but not anymore,the next one I see I will buy it cause I don't think they will be back.

[2HicksRC]

this is very nice im a big fan of the 60-82 model fords. as a rc this is very nice. do you do competitions or trail bash?

[waggaclint]

Originally Posted by 79SCX10

Nice work, always love what you build!

Thanks mate glad ya like it

Originally Posted by easleycrawler

Cool little rig. What's the wheelbase?

Cheers, the wheelbase sits at 305mm

Originally Posted by 62PYRO

Turned out nice.
I wish they'd re-release this one.

Yeah im sure Proline would sell heaps of them if they did a re-release

Originally Posted by War Pig

Cool rig! Very clean and simple. I too love the Courier body. Did you switch over to Pitbulls? You started with the TSL's.

Nah I was testing it with Pitbull's ive now refitted the TSL's on some new Axial beadlocks

Originally Posted by fried daddy

Great build man ,like the color to it fits. I can remember when those body's were plentiful but not anymore,the next one I see I will buy it cause I don't think they will be back.

Yeah I tried to use an old school colour, is by Tamiya and its called PS-54 Cobalt Green.

Originally Posted by 2HicksRC

this is very nice im a big fan of the 60-82 model fords. as a rc this is very nice. do you do competitions or trail bash?

Thanks mate and yeah the old school Fords are pretty cool And I mainly just do competitions, I place 1st overall for our local series last year, so im hoping this new rig will help me maintain my title..





Finally got it all sorted ive also fitted up some new R2J SS Custom links to it as well..Hears a final pic of how it sits all ready for its 1st comp of the year this weekend



Gave it a good test run this morning and its working great im happy to say..

[R2j]

Looking good Clint! I was wondering what you where going to put those links on. Love the Couriers! I sure miss my old one.... FYI: with slight modification the ProLine Cherokee interior works pretty good in there.

[waggaclint]

Heres a few pics of my Courier in Action from a comp on the weekend.

[79SCX10]

Wow, truck looks great and the photos look awesome!

[chopfather]

Nice truck ! I'm just recently getting into crawling and I dig that courier body, didn't even know they made 'em.

[waggaclint]

Update, due to work commitments etc I ended selling the old blue Courier in this thread in 2014 and had a year or so away from crawling (good news is the old courier is still going strong and competing).

Anyway I'm back and I purchased a Scx10 Deadbolt a few mths ago so I can start coming again..

With a bit of reasearch and hunting I got lucky and located another 1967 Ford Courier Body, so it looks like a new build has stared today with a mockup of the body and started to trim etc, will be running in scale-2 so a fair bit of trimming is needed..