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Old 03-27-2011, 04:44 AM   #21
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It is coming together nicely

It sure sucks when you have parts waiting at home and you are out of town working. Happens to me all the time
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Old 03-27-2011, 09:54 AM   #22
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Yep, godbless the oilfield. Oh well it pays the bills
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Old 03-27-2011, 03:33 PM   #23
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Looks great. I dig the "hydro steer" drag link. Are you going to make hoses for it?

I feel your pain on parts and projects waiting while you are away. I do it 6 mos at a time.
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Old 03-27-2011, 04:58 PM   #24
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Your roller looks great, as does the begining of the cage, looking forward to seeing it come together. Have you picked out a color scheme yet?
Thanks colors are gonna be a light aluminum silver with a gunmetal

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Looks great. I dig the "hydro steer" drag link. Are you going to make hoses for it?

I feel your pain on parts and projects waiting while you are away. I do it 6 mos at a time.
Thanks ya know I just might now, didn't think about it till now
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Old 03-28-2011, 12:38 AM   #25
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Started tubework today, not too bad for my first time brazing and firstime doing all my own bends.


Really like the aggressive look this thing is starting to achieve
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Old 03-28-2011, 01:49 AM   #26
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nice work if its ur first time brazing you're doing a hellava job..nice work
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Old 03-28-2011, 12:10 PM   #27
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nice work if its ur first time brazing you're doing a hellava job..nice work
Thanks the test joints were a little shake but once I got the hang of it it was all down hill

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Nice, two tone with (some kind of) silver is sweet.
Ya I'm hoping it looks as good as I think it will.
Got the roof,doors,and back bars done not sure I'm gonna do much more.want to keep it pretty simple maybe some tube from the cage under the front fenders.
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Old 03-28-2011, 05:50 PM   #28
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God I hate paint. sprayed light even coats and it still managed to run on me,oh well might have to order up another body,then again its gonna be ran so who knows
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Old 03-28-2011, 05:59 PM   #29
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sprayed light even coats and it still managed to run on me
Yeah but your supposed to let them dry in between

LOL.....brazing is looking good Stevo.
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Old 03-28-2011, 06:21 PM   #30
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maybe I shoulda called ya on this one too. Thanks Andy
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Old 03-28-2011, 10:25 PM   #31
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Got a stinger and winchplate built and did a slight mock up to see how things are looking.
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Old 03-29-2011, 06:45 PM   #32
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Took a break from tubework and started a little of the interior. I did a flat sheet of diamond plate for the bad area,I know not very original but gets rid of the headache of concealing electronics.the body is rough cut so don't pay attention to the lines
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Old 03-31-2011, 07:32 PM   #33
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I like it, send me a PM when your coming through GJ and check out the mutant rig
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Old 04-01-2011, 07:07 PM   #34
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I like it, send me a PM when your coming through GJ and check out the mutant rig
Will do man I can't wait to see that thing.


Well got most of the interior squared away



And the little PowerPlant its small but torquey and FAST hooked to the gru I snagged today

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Old 04-02-2011, 12:17 PM   #35
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You should have warned me, and I would have sent you a blem body with the other one to practice painting on.........

J/K..... The project looks like it is coming together nicely......
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Old 04-02-2011, 01:52 PM   #36
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Ya I know
Should be ordering another on soon..but then again it doesn't look THAT bad when its all together. I'll be pming you about that flattop soon
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Old 04-02-2011, 02:00 PM   #37
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Damn she looks good indeed! Very nicely done, cant wait to see her done and gettn dirty
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Old 04-07-2011, 09:39 AM   #38
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Thanks neither can I. Sooo,here's a list of shit that's gone wrong; rc4wd winch controller---didn't work out of the bag,decided against brushless and went with a mamba micro pro for size,1 min into test run----smoked. Gonna be a couple days for the new one so i decided to redo the interior with some thicker stuff made a batt/electronics box up front and bent up and brazed a dashboard



Hopefully ill be running before the weekend,lhs was able to warranty it out just gotta wait a couple days now.
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Old 04-08-2011, 08:19 AM   #39
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Wrapped up the onterior,found some sweet little shift knobs, and cod pass on having the ultimate warrior drive it.
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Old 04-09-2011, 02:27 PM   #40
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So after finding out the hard way (roaching 2 motors) the hpi gru just wasnt geared low enough so buddy of mine helped me fab up a tranny mount,and threw in the gmade trans everything seems to be working better now. Should have some vid. soon
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