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02-07-2008, 05:48 AM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rocklin, CA
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|  Ugly Betty Truggy
Was out in the garage trying to figure out what I wanted to build. Remembered I had thought about making a truggy out of my Betty body. Hadn't seen one yet and thought it would look pretty cool. So I got a wild hair up my ass and became a tweeker for the night. I started on it Wedns. afternoon And just kept going through the night and before I knew it it was 4am! Pretty much got it finished. This is going to be a rock racer/sand basher/scaler. I stole all my parts off my other scaler to put this together. I also through in a 19T motor I had. This thing hauls ass! Going to take it out on the rocks tomorrow, or today, and see how the susp. geometery worked out. Well, on to the pics. Let me know what you think.                 |
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02-07-2008, 08:40 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: winston-salem
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looks damn good...........did you cut the lugs off of the front tires? if so how do they work out for you?
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02-07-2008, 11:19 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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SICK! I love it! I'm in the design phase of making something very, very similar out of a mint Bolink Dodge Power Wagon body. The only major difference is mine will have tube-and-sheetmetal fenders front fenders and aluminum bed-side panels. (but no floor or tailgate, just the bedsides, and those will be bobbed and dovetailed.)
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02-07-2008, 12:57 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rocklin, CA
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02-07-2008, 01:55 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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I knew I was saving that Betty body for something. Looks good  |
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02-07-2008, 07:24 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rocklin, CA
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Thanks for the comps. Quote:
Now I just need to trim the new one I have sitting here and figure out a color. | |
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02-07-2008, 07:44 PM
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02-08-2008, 07:20 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pocatello
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Looks great. Man I love those tires. |
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02-21-2008, 08:34 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rocklin, CA
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Well, its been a couple weeks now. I kind of change direction on this rig once I found out it crawled better than my comp rig.  This has now turned into my new comp rig. I'm still going to try and keep it as scale as I can. After running it for the past few weeks I've found the weak points in the chassis and beefed them up. Got the chassis and the new body painted up. Waiting on my 10T colbalt puller. On to the pics.    |
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02-21-2008, 08:38 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lehi
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looks good...kind of mad that it didnt work the way I wanted...LOL I wanted that thing! HAHA nice job!
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02-22-2008, 04:31 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ohio
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The chassis and body look good.
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02-22-2008, 07:38 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: colchester
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holy crap man that is awesome. excellent touch with the fuel cell mounting. gives it a great look
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03-02-2008, 01:54 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rocklin, CA
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Went out to folsom today and shot a few pics.       Last edited by derwood21; 03-02-2008 at 01:58 AM. |
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03-02-2008, 02:01 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Pacific
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Great job on the whole rig. I love the rear of the truck,look's awesome.  |
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03-02-2008, 02:37 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portland OR / SLC
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i wish i had a welder like you.. skills too i geuss =P great job man youve really created somethin to be proud of do those rc4wd tires( cant remember the name off hand, look like bfg crawlers tho ) crawl any better on the rocks with the cut pattern you did?
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03-02-2008, 09:22 AM
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on that buggy thing, are those 2.2 or the 1.9 rock crushers?
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03-02-2008, 08:23 PM
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that buggy thing is sweet | |
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03-02-2008, 09:01 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northern PA where the rocks grow wild
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great job, the fuel cell is tits, without it it would still be nice, but with it, it looks perfect. i like the cut lugs on the red rocks also.
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03-02-2008, 10:12 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rocklin, CA
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Thanks. That dam buggy chassis took forever to make. Did it all on a manual mill. | |
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03-02-2008, 10:13 PM
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