FORD Powered I know what some of you are thinking... "WTF this kid is building another truck??? why doesnt he just finish his other 18 fawking trucks he has???" Well....thats true....BUT I cant help myself :flipoff: ....I have a RC truck addiction. They say the 1st step is admiting you have problem :mrgreen: On a serious note, after the truck Ill be recieving next week from Unimoger, that will be the last truck I buy for a long time...Untill I finish this and the rest of my projects. ANyways, I got this from my buddy Jeff (braceysdad):mrgreen: I had been nagging him since he 1st posted it months and months ago... Pretty much anytime he posted and I posted back it ended with "Hey Jeff, whats going on with the Bronco". When he PM'd me that if I wanted it, it was mine, last week I was siked but at thought it sucked to see someone as funny as he is leaving the hobby. Well I got it and immediately started building it up this weekend. 1st thing to do was to lay paint on the new body he also through in for me http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco002.jpg this will explain why I wanted it so bad ;-) Kinda matches the real thing doesnt it? :) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco001.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco006.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco008.jpg After paint, I made a trip to 2 different LHS to pick up some hardware, top 4 links, moabs, lathe motor and some other random bits. 100 bucks or so later and assembly begun http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco015.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco016.jpg A while back someone on ebay was selling BRAND NEW built pede trans for a good price, I bought one just because...figured Id needed it some day. I had an extra complete diff assembly so I didnt have jerk around degreasing the other one. filled it with JB weld and slapped it back together. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco017.jpg I was shocked when I was in the one LHS, I asked the guy if he had lathe motors and he turned around and pulled one right off the shelf :shock: I couldnt believe it and fr 20 bucks I couldnt go wrong http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco018.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco019.jpg I got it pretty much rolling http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco020.jpg I still have to install a servo, my SR and lock the rear steer still and finish up detailing the body. Specs: Boyer bronco chassis aluminum threaded shocks with 35wt oil and losi yellow springs locked pede trans locked tlt axles cut HPI Bronco body JR FM reciever JR Servo Novak super rooster 55t Integy lathe with 10 tooth custom pinion ;-) MOABS with cut foams RPM wheels king black foot half shafts pede sliders with steal yokes 12" wheel base Stay tune for the finished product;-) Mike |
wow thats a sweet ride, you sure do like to build, were do you run all of your creations? do you go some were or do you have a personal course |
Mike, fawk you, you have way too much $$$$$ for a kid your age! J/K , nice score, great build as always. Jeff will be very missed around here, but hopefully if we all post pics of his great trucks, his legend will live on. :mrgreen: |
Nice truck, What rims are those? They look to shiny for pede rims. |
That is a beautiful build! Love the body color! |
Hey Mike looks great! The wheelbase is long, but the longer I look at it the cooler it looks like that. PS: I saw that you sold my bro's old jeep on ebay this morning, nice sell im glad you got most of your $$ back :) Now I see why you sold it, to have the extra $$ for more projects! Wait till you see the jeep tuber my bro is building right now :shock: |
noice!!! |
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The wheel base is 12 and 3/4 of an inch with a cog just under 3 inches later MIke |
Bada$$ rig dude! |
That is one hell of a machine.... cant wait to see some action shots. Congrats! |
Sweet build! I love to see the top cut off to show the nice tubing work. |
you don't have kids do ya? Nice work. I wish I had the time to build one so fast. I've got tons of ideas just no time to build them. It looks sweet though. |
Definitely drool-worthy. |
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dang bro, im jealouse. lets see some action picts, or at least an atric shot. haha. i need a job to be able to finish mine. i have everything ecxept the chassis. i want to build it myself, but i dont have the time too weld it myself. KEvIN |
1bad, I've changed my mind. I want it back. That looks bad. I knew it would if you ended up with it. |
Got some more work done on the Bronco, I spent most of the time finishing up the details on it, I think it has a good combo of scale looks and performance. He is the articulation photos http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco027.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco028.jpg Here is some of the body detailing photos, I tried to keep it looking like my EB http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco029.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco031.jpg Mounted up a spare drive shaft http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco034.jpg and a shovel http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco035.jpg last shot http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../bronco033.jpg I finished the rear steer lock out and I had to extend the drive shafts front and rear. Only think left to really do is hook up the servo :mrgreen: |
Man that looks SWEET!!!!!!!!!! Nice job!!!:mrgreen: |
looking reall good MIke! |
That thing is looking great....Is it heavy? |
Wow, you and Unimoger seem to amaze me everytime you build something. i hope my scale rig im building comes out half as cool! |
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I was thinking of cutting the roof out like that on mine.....but now after seeing it........ I know I wanna do it!:flipoff: |
Glad to see someone else likes fords . That rig looks sweet keep up the good work . |
I finally got to drive the Bronco today, after finishing it all up. It did well for what I had to test it on, its SLOW with the 10tooth pinion and 55t lathe :mrgreen: Problem I am experiencing is its to low...its getting hung up on everything and the back sits lower then the front which drives me nuts :evil: I took some action shots and as I went to shoot a video it through the front drive shaft 15 seconds into it:roll: ...so here are some pics instead :flipoff: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...o/100_0677.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...o/100_0687.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...o/100_0678.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...o/100_0680.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...o/100_0679.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...o/100_0681.jpg Sorry for the blurry last pic, it made it up and over at least :mrgreen: enjoy Mike |
Sweet looks really good! |
Re: FORD Powered :lmao:...you were just a kid then Mike. :flipoff: * |
Re: FORD Powered woah, nice Baller. This just popped up in my subscriptions :ror: |
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