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primus2010 · 12-17-2010, 12:55 PM

I've been lurking around for a while checking out the buggy builds and decided to start my own variation of "Fat Girl". Started off with the Hobby grade Arc welder....

Just for mock-up of course, I then disassembled it and MIG'd it all back together

Shortly after I didn't care for the low stance of the front shock hoops so I cut it up and made them bigger, as well as added a light bar/roof rack to bring the over all height up to comp standards

Still undecided on paint right now, original thought was a bit of a desert/military theme with Almond and OD green panels

Then I molested a JK body and decided it needed a one piece fiberglass look

And a quick shot of the GCM transfer case.....this is where I'm at now, just waiting for my GD-600 Trans to come in so I can start making brackets for it to mount up in the rear

Jslick · 12-17-2010, 08:01 PM

Great job, can't wait to watch this come to life. Well done so far.

primus2010 · 12-19-2010, 05:43 PM

Trying to figure out the best possible location for the trans, with the GCM there isn't much room to off-set your drive shafts, so it's back to the drawing board. I'm going to try to flip the t-case to the drivers side and see if I can get the clearance I need, but I have a feeling the trans will be relocated elsewhere.

primus2010 · 12-19-2010, 08:02 PM

honcho1.9 · 12-19-2010, 08:39 PM

thats lookin nice man, i think you got yourself a very capable rig in the works

buggy · 12-19-2010, 09:30 PM

looks slick, those light bars are starting to grow on me.

primus2010 · 12-19-2010, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by honcho1.9

thats lookin nice man, i think you got yourself a very capable rig in the works

Thanks! I'm hoping it will be able to take what I throw at it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by buggy

looks slick, those light bars are starting to grow on me.

The light bars were never in the plan to begin with, until I stopped and realized that the cab area was less than 5 inches in total height, so I threw those on to cover the rules

primus2010 · 12-22-2010, 02:16 PM

Making progress, made some tabs for the front shocks, and a T-Bar style rear suspension mount, its crappy right now, won't have access to a MIG til after Christmas so temp Arc welds for now to see how everything lines up. Wheelbase came out to 13 1/4", which is about where I wanted it, possibly going to change out the shocks, using the stock Crawler Kings for now, but still has 1.75" inches of travel.

12-17-2010, 12:55 PM	#1
primus2010 Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Redmond Posts: 66	"Chubby Senorita" I've been lurking around for a while checking out the buggy builds and decided to start my own variation of "Fat Girl". Started off with the Hobby grade Arc welder.... Just for mock-up of course, I then disassembled it and MIG'd it all back together Shortly after I didn't care for the low stance of the front shock hoops so I cut it up and made them bigger, as well as added a light bar/roof rack to bring the over all height up to comp standards Still undecided on paint right now, original thought was a bit of a desert/military theme with Almond and OD green panels Then I molested a JK body and decided it needed a one piece fiberglass look And a quick shot of the GCM transfer case.....this is where I'm at now, just waiting for my GD-600 Trans to come in so I can start making brackets for it to mount up in the rear

12-17-2010, 08:01 PM	#2
Jslick I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2010 Location: Stowe Posts: 3,987	Great job, can't wait to watch this come to life. Well done so far.

12-19-2010, 05:43 PM	#3
primus2010 Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Redmond Posts: 66	Trying to figure out the best possible location for the trans, with the GCM there isn't much room to off-set your drive shafts, so it's back to the drawing board. I'm going to try to flip the t-case to the drivers side and see if I can get the clearance I need, but I have a feeling the trans will be relocated elsewhere.

12-19-2010, 08:02 PM	#4
primus2010 Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Redmond Posts: 66

12-19-2010, 08:39 PM	#5
honcho1.9 Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: sulphur Posts: 256	thats lookin nice man, i think you got yourself a very capable rig in the works

12-19-2010, 09:30 PM	#6
buggy RCC Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: NHFF world headquarters, working on the "rock mauling hill shooting NHFF pig squealing death rocket" Posts: 1,134	looks slick, those light bars are starting to grow on me.

12-22-2010, 02:16 PM	#8
primus2010 Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Redmond Posts: 66	Making progress, made some tabs for the front shocks, and a T-Bar style rear suspension mount, its crappy right now, won't have access to a MIG til after Christmas so temp Arc welds for now to see how everything lines up. Wheelbase came out to 13 1/4", which is about where I wanted it, possibly going to change out the shocks, using the stock Crawler Kings for now, but still has 1.75" inches of travel.

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