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11-30-2004, 11:43 PM | #1 |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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| Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler (w/1:1 pics now)
Well after dreaming of owning a Bruiser since the HiLux first came out, I finally got a set of axles. I picked these up off Ebay am hope to get started on this project soon. This rig will be a totally scale rig. I plan to duplicate everything on my 1:1 Bronc including the James Duff radius arms, winch, lights and bumpers. The front end will be coil sprung but I have not decided if I will use the leafs in the rear. They are so stiff I may do a 4 link coil spring rear because I fully plan to drive this. Not as hard as I drive The SuperDuke but it will see plenty of rocks. This ones gonna take a while and I have several projects ahead of it but I just couldnt help but post some mockup shots. The body is borrowed from my daughters Clod but it will be a Bronco of course. The axles need to be rebuilt. Rear end view. Man I love those axles. The Masher 2000 are perfect 40"s tall in 1/8 scale. The frame is a 1/2" steel one, the second one I ever built. The shock hoops will be replaced with coil spring buckets and shorter hoops. The chassis tub will have seats, hopefully. Well see if my drivetrain idea werks out or not. The Mark Thompson wheels came from FullmodTXT, thanks again man. I love them. Hopefully I can make progress on it in the next month. Hope you guys follow along. |
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11-30-2004, 11:55 PM | #2 |
Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: west palm beach
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler
bitchen bronco nice work
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12-01-2004, 12:17 AM | #3 |
owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler
oh wow. this is gonna be one nice, nice scale rig. how have bruiser axles escaped my attention for so long? oh well. i suppose parts for them are not cheap. good luck on the build, you have a wonderful start.
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12-01-2004, 12:21 AM | #4 |
owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler
a high turn motor with a planetary 7:1 would probably mount up supurbly and give gobs of power. have one going directly into each axle. at least thats my guess on what you have in mind. now i want to try that on my tlt!
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12-01-2004, 06:42 AM | #5 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2004 Location: Hartford, Connecticut
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler
Great looking start on things, Griz! Oh boy am I glad that I sold those wheels! I would have had to spend a bunch of money to build a truck around them! Nice to see that they got a good home!
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12-01-2004, 08:51 AM | #6 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Carroll County, Maryland
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler
looks nice bro. the leaf springs arnt that stiff if take out the pin and just use a mono leaf set up, but they offer very little travel.
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12-01-2004, 09:13 AM | #7 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler
thats one hell of a bruiser wannabe! man i see the bronco in the backround lets see some pics of your 1:1 bronco!
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12-01-2004, 04:51 PM | #8 | |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: MI
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12-01-2004, 06:24 PM | #9 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Michigan
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler
Yeah I removed the bottom leaf on my spring packs, made them a ton better.
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12-01-2004, 06:52 PM | #10 | |
Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: west palm beach
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12-02-2004, 10:29 AM | #11 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2004
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler
I agree snap some pic's of the 1:1 Bronco!!! Oh yeah the RC one looks cool too!! ...Tom |
12-02-2004, 11:43 PM | #12 |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler
OK already! You guys are killin me. Here are some pics of the 1:1 Bronc, named Guido. The inspiration for this project. Pimpin with the 39.5" IROKs. The top of the fenders where they meet the windshield is 58" tall. 4" National springs and 3" body lift. Here's the 302 w/ Holley fuel injection. Everything is covered with white dust from sanding the body. The 302 will come out and be replaced with a built 351W soas I can build the 302 for the roots blower. I cut out the innner fenders and radiator support and built my own out of square tube. This gives more room for a larger radiator and helps with cooling. I mounted the batteries on the firewall for better weight distribution. Here is one of the James Duff radius arms and the 78 Bronco D44R w/Detroit Locker, 5.13:1 gears, Warn Chromo shafts, and CTM U-joins. http://img93.exs.cx/img93/7928/f0-157_5747_R.jpg Drivers side shot showing the BBK ceramic coated Mustang headers and West Texas Off-Road modified steering box. It has been modified for ram assist steering. Thanks Jinx, I appreciate it. Thanks John, Bruiser axles are the best as far as scale goes and I'm not telling on the tranny yet. Thanks FullMod, I'm glad you sold them too. I'll take good care of them. Thanks NoMercy and CFL, I'll pull apart the springs and see what one leaf feels like. Team-FSU, CWDU, the66ss, thanks guys glad you like it. Last edited by Grizzly4x4; 07-14-2008 at 10:19 AM. |
12-03-2004, 12:35 AM | #13 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Santa Clara
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler (w/1:1 pics now)
Very nice scale rig Griz. YOur 1:1 Bronco is looking sweet too. When you are done with yours, I have my stock '69 ready for you to start on On that James duff lower link, are the 3 through bolts enough to not damage the frame? It seems like you would want to sleeve the frame at least or weld that bracket on. I know many people who have knocked off or really damaged the solid brackets (on other rigs though). Just curious. It looks awesome though man. Keep the pics coming. -Sam |
12-03-2004, 12:46 AM | #14 | ||
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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12-03-2004, 09:39 AM | #15 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2004
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler (w/1:1 pics now)
You are da man!!!! I can't get enough of seeing these early Bronco's!!! If I had that sitting at my house I would be out of r/cing until I was done with it!! I saw a show on cable (2 years back I think) this guy was building an early bronco's with a bunch of trick parts. For some reason the name steel horse comes to mind. Anyway's the thing looked like it was going to be the coolest thing on the street imo!!! Thanks for sharing you 1:1 project also....Tom |
12-03-2004, 09:52 AM | #16 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Flagstaff, AZ
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At our last comp in AZ, we had a two part course set up, one hard, one easy. Fireman was doing the hard one, and was having a rough time.. "Why don't you just take the easy one?" Fireman: BECAUSE I'M A MAN!!! We've all been guilty of that a few times.... That bruiser looks sick! I wish I had the money to do a bruiser, it'd go GREAT under my Willys body :( Maybe if I save for another 6 months.... As for the 3 bolt radius arms... Leaf springs are held with two, that being said I approve of overdoing EVERYTHING | |
12-03-2004, 10:17 AM | #17 | |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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Was that Project Crazy Horse on the show Trucks? It was purple and white? That Bronc is sweet. | |
12-03-2004, 10:35 AM | #18 | |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler (w/1:1 pics now) Quote:
My 1:1 will never be the greatest rock crawler, but it is pretty good and there aint gonna be many rigs that can bust snow trails like it. Plus I can still drive it on the street. Thanks for the compliment on the Bruiser and while I dont build things to be bombproof, I do shoot for bulletproof. | |
12-03-2004, 10:38 AM | #19 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: St.louis
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| Re: Project Guido: Bruiser Crawler (w/1:1 pics now)
cool truck. CMT's = bling |
12-03-2004, 10:54 AM | #20 | |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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Thanks Geoff | |
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