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05-23-2008, 12:34 AM
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| Trying to have Fun Again   Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In your fridge stealing a beer
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|  BB-51 Poison Spyder
Well now that the Scale Nat's is done it is time to build another rig for next year. I won this chassis from Unimoger that he donated for the Zach Auction. I have been trying to figure what to build with it. I was going to use it for the sweet scale soft top that I won at the 1st Scale Nats from Mocrawler. But decided Unimoger's new chassis is more for that build. Well I got the idea from 51WILLYSJEEP so I pm'ed him and asked permission to make my own copy from what he built. I will be brazing mine up instead of drilling and taping. So her is my start with the BB-51 Chassis I will be getting brakeline tomorrow and start the tube work. My axles are on pre-order right now for the new rc4wd plastic t-rex 60's.   |
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05-23-2008, 11:16 PM
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Picked up some brake line on the way home and tried to get some work done. Well this the first time brazed nuts to the end of the tubes. I had a few slow downs trying to do this. Wasting some tube and had some bends wrong and had to re bend. I'm going to to get a wire feed welder so I can tack before I Braze it together tomorrow plus I need some more standard type nuts to be able to braze to them. Here is what I got done tonight. Yes just one side piece but had a little learning curve also during that time.  |
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05-24-2008, 01:07 PM
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Well worked on it some more this morning while the wife and kid were asleep.   |
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05-24-2008, 10:08 PM
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Put a movie on for the little one and went to the garage and did some more work. Cab area almost done Just a few more Tubes to be added and the back half of it.   |
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05-25-2008, 09:13 PM
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Well started today taking the main hoops off the chassis and cutting them down 3/4" then brazed them back on. Then worked on the back half of the tube work.  Last edited by Red Rockcrawler; 05-25-2008 at 09:21 PM. |
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05-25-2008, 10:51 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: alpharetta
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looking good so far...  |
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05-26-2008, 08:56 PM
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Wife and the little one went to the in laws. So after I got the yard work done I did some more work. I'm going to redo the stinger after I see how the hood fits on it. The cab is pretty well complete just need to add some side bars.  |
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05-28-2008, 09:56 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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DAMN Corey  you should have built that sooner, looking really good. |
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05-28-2008, 06:28 PM
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Thanks Ben I told you that I was going to do one when I was in montana. I just didn't have time before montana to build it. It will come next year.
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05-30-2008, 10:49 PM
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I came home with a new toy thanks to one of the guys at my work I paid $25 for this.  |
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05-31-2008, 10:13 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas
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dang man, sure wish I could find a welder for 25 bucks... awesome use of a bb-51... I never woulda thought of doin that... |
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05-31-2008, 08:14 PM
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Seats are on the way and all the electronics are on the way. I want to use a small tranny don't know if I want to go axial. I'm also waiting on the axles.
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07-07-2008, 08:10 PM
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The axles showed up today. So time for me to get back to work on this.  I'm looking at changing the king pin screw to button heads and the diff cover screws also to button heads. They stick to far out.  |
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07-08-2008, 05:10 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Los Angeles
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it s like the plastic axles look more scale than the aluminium ones, maybe cos it sless shuny. Great buil BTW. Gilles |
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07-08-2008, 06:18 AM
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like the work cannot wait to see it done
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07-08-2008, 10:10 AM
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That thing will be sweet when finished
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07-08-2008, 11:20 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: columbus
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those are the new plastic axels let us know how you like them.
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07-08-2008, 11:21 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Nor cal
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Looks good |
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07-08-2008, 11:26 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Looks like your off to a good start.
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07-08-2008, 11:00 PM
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I changed all of the 3mm screws that are on it with stainless button heads king pin screws look better now. I'm looking for 2.5 mm button heads   |
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