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11-09-2009, 09:09 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austin
Posts: 53
|  F150 prerunner/chase truck build Finally got some time to work on a truck I picked up last year. It's Bender's F150. I love trophy trucks and wanted to extend the prerunner theme he had going. I am trying to preserve the orginial frame as much as I can can with few welds to the frame itself. Not sure how I am gonna tie in the sliders with the cage, everything is still a work in progress.  Started doing some tubing up front. I would like to stick a parma hemi in there with a 7T shoe horned in as well going to a transfer case. It's gonna be tight. The stanchions coming off the tube cage were just for temp mounting purposes, they will be coming off. Also made a lightbar for the roof  More cross supports, trying not to get to rediculous. Still need to get the firewall bracing in.  Started trying to figure out the rear tubing. I am going to keep the original bed, so these are mainly for looks only. I may cut the bed out on a new body later down the road. I picked up 2 more F150 bodys before they went out of production. $13 a piece and free shipping at hobbyetc =)  I bent the right side with ease. I liked the way it look. I could not for the life of me replicate the mirror image. I must have bent up about 3ft of tubing trying to get the compounds right. Finally got it close enough and said hell with it. Brazing looked like arse, solid 3/16 to solid 1/4 took all my torch could throw out, I had the regulators wide open. Once I sand blast it, it'll look like the right side.   I may go with a more scale size fuel cell. This is the McCormick pepper can that I planed to use as a starting point. It houses my esc perfectly, but it is a bit big.  The body on frame shot with front bumper and light bar mocked up. Bumper is not hard mounted yet. Sagging a little right now.  More to come later. Probably won't get much progress for a while. Going hunting thursday and have to get ready this week for all that. Plans to come are maybe some D60 axles. More accessories for the back bed. Full interior, etc. Gotta find some drivers/co-drivers. Lots of stuff still "on the list" but at least I am getting somewhere. And now with daylight savings, not much to do outside before it's dark. |
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11-09-2009, 10:42 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: usa
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| looks good  |
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11-09-2009, 12:23 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Down South Hidding From Everyone
Posts: 1,101
| i'm glad to see this truck is still alive and kicking. |
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11-09-2009, 01:13 PM
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| RCC Addict   Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Westland, MI
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| Awesome tube work!  |
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11-09-2009, 02:39 PM
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| !!!sponsers needed!!!  Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Alb, NM
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| Damn nice work I wish I had the skills and tool's to do that.  |
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11-09-2009, 06:05 PM
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| AKA TOKEN  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: "Used" Mexico
Posts: 6,985
| Probably one of Benders coolest bodies...Looks good so far! |
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11-09-2009, 11:56 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Grand Junction
Posts: 17
| Looks fast even without its wheel! |
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11-10-2009, 06:39 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rio Rancho
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| That is sweet! Man I am impressed! |
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11-10-2009, 06:41 PM
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| .   Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Rock chucking territory
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| Good to see that rig again, I asked Brad about buying it just after he sold it to you. That rig is awesome!! |
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11-10-2009, 06:56 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Driving my R/C rototiller
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Still wish I had it, but it's good to see it get a worthy makeover. Nice tube work dps50. | |
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11-10-2009, 07:57 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austin
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11-10-2009, 08:12 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Beloit,ohio
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| Looks great |
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11-10-2009, 11:14 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calgary
Posts: 1,566
| Amazing cage work Very clean lines and well built. Keep up the great work |
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11-11-2009, 05:45 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bromont
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03-13-2010, 07:13 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 502
| any updates? This looks like a great project! |
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03-15-2010, 08:17 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: in a van down by the river
Posts: 35
| any more progress? i love a good prerunner |
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04-15-2010, 09:25 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austin
Posts: 53
| None, I have been lazy. The cold weather down here was brutal relatively speaking. Didn't get any work done because the garage was so damn cold. Bought a PS3 and stayed inside where it was warm for the winter. Spring is here now so I hope to get back on this soon. |
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04-15-2010, 12:32 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: PA
Posts: 1,500
| Hope you decide to finish it because it looks freakin cool |
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