'66 Ford F100 Wroncho Build

[Mike Flea]

Wow!, great build, and styrene work, Somewhere around RCC I swapped parts from a Ridgecrest to an scx10 chassis and used a Traxxas Dodge SC body for a wroncho, but it doesn't come close to this, nice work!

[joe122]

Thanks Mike, I did see your Dodge build. Gave thought to a cammo job as well. Went with a styrene '67 Kaiser in beautiful olive drab instead! Love those Mopars though!

[badhoopty]

dude thats a very very cool rig.

[joe122]

Thanks!
Made a couple updates. Test drive in the snow, cool! added the head light kit, found these super bright units from G.T Power that were 22mm in diameter. Fit well and are incredibly bright. Also found from RPM some cool taillight buckets from a Slash rear bumper set. Didn't want any visible signs of securing the body, so I hinged it and added that Velcro hold down over the front body mounts. So far so good, at least for the short distance it went in the snow. Had to create an impact point since the SCX10 frame stops so short of the front bumper on these body's. Has that nurf bar kinda look, may add a brush guard to it, and finish some kind of rear bumper. Interior is next.
Flopper top!

[Silverado1]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that likes old style trucks.Great job on weathering.

[chino63]

So sweet, nice job man! Looking forward to a spring thaw thrashing video.

[joe122]

Yeah, as soon as the snow is gone, its going out! Thought while the snow is melting I would see if I could replicate the dash in one of these F100's. This has to have an interior! Going to try a vinyl dash pad after its painted.

[joe122]

Added a cage to the bed, trying to give it a old Baja race truck look.

[snicklefritz]

That interior is gonna be sweet! I like the rear cage, too. I want to do that on mine too, eventually. Old fords are the coolest off roaders in my opinion. Like this:

[fr8cture]

Never was a big wroncho fan but this is a wroncho done right. Love the bed cage.

[joe122]

Originally Posted by snicklefritz

That interior is gonna be sweet! I like the rear cage, too. I want to do that on mine too, eventually. Old fords are the coolest off roaders in my opinion. Like this:

Thanks! Great picture, love the old Fords as well. I like the cage and gusset work on that one.

[joe122]

Getting a little more done on the dash. Waiting for a Wraith interior kit to see how well it fits in the wider F100 body to finish up the interior.

[joe122]

Just test fit and installed the interior, added some Locked-up RC goodness, and took a few shots outside. Serious test drive ahead!

[sam63]

Great work, I love seeing the Fords being built these days! The weathered red matches what my 66 looked like 15 years ago perfectly.

[simp]

Nice work, I like this body to you make it hard for someone not to pull the trigger on one of these. Fantastic!

[joe122]

Thanks Guys!

Well, it was a nice day for a change, took the F100 and Jeepster out for a little testing. Video isn't the best, I haven't figured how to hold the camera and the remote at the same time! Think i need a camera man!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIJkGqgBUY0

[Skirts]

Awesome!

[fullsizecrawler]

really some great work you did . nice one off truck. any comment on the performance of the truck after a few test runs

[joe122]

Thanks! I found that i needed some more dampening, the stock set of Honcho shocks I installed didn't cut it. So I added Proline Powerstroke shocks to the front, used 40w Losi oil and saw an improvement in how the truck reacted coming up to an obstacle and getting over it. Also added a 1/4" of additional ground clearance (sits 3" from skid to ground) as while I didn't want it to sit a mile high, it wasn't clearing a few rocks and stumps cleanly. After the shock swap and ride height change it was totally different - very pleased with the outcome.

[Dextroyer]

The amount of details you are putting into this build is astonishing! I have been saying that 8th scale builds would open up a whole new world to better details and this truck does it some justice! Way better than the Ford I just cobbled together. I had no idea where it belonged so I posted in the large scale forum. It can stay there since this build blows mine away!