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Rockcrusher · 07-02-2006, 02:33 PM

I liked the look of madhatters billy bob so much I had to try a leaf spring truck myself. I used the usual stuff.

tlt axles

cut down txt tranny

jugg springs

chassis I built.

Here are some pics of it's first outting today. It still needs alot of work to be finished. Hopfully this week I'll have time to get er done.

XSRCdesign · 07-02-2006, 02:37 PM

now that is cool

trickedoutTLT06 · 07-02-2006, 02:40 PM

that's awesome, but for a real mad hatter look you need to beat up the body a little more, to go real scale put some exhaust pipes like he did too, i love this thing!!!

Rockcrusher · 07-02-2006, 02:48 PM

Thanks guys. Ya it needs more body damage. I'll have to get the heat gun back out and bend it up some more. It does have stainless tips on the exhaust. They just don't show up in these pics. I still need to finish the shocks. I started to cut the front tires so they looked cupped and worn. I also need to make a top for the elec box I made under the hood. I'm working on a winch for it.

Rockcrusher · 07-02-2006, 03:01 PM

Few more pics.

Warn Off Road · 07-02-2006, 06:42 PM

i like that, keep the old school ground hawg tires on it! gives it more of the barn built feel!

howd u mount the fender flares? what are they off of?

Rockcrusher · 07-02-2006, 07:02 PM

The flares are off a kyoso body. There held on with double sidded tape.

Unimoger · 07-02-2006, 08:56 PM

billy bob was one of my favorites, and now so is this. I am a chevy man and this truck captures the essence of a real red kneck trail rig, love it! More PICS!

cherokee xj · 07-02-2006, 09:20 PM

if you do anything to the tires, cut them like TSL's. That looks really cool.

octigonwallrus · 07-02-2006, 10:19 PM

you do know that billybob was a ford body though?:-P
RYan out

dezfan · 07-02-2006, 10:24 PM

It was?

octigonwallrus · 07-03-2006, 06:54 PM

yeah i think it was the f-100 from parma? not sure though

Barrows · 07-09-2006, 05:31 PM

I like the redneck feel of the truck, looks like some of the good old boy's trucks around here. Maybe you could plaster the rear window with stickers or a mini gun rack. I also think cheesy mud flaps like the trucker girl one's or harley mud flaps. Just my two cents..

Rockcrusher · 07-09-2006, 05:59 PM

Thanks Barrows. I like the gun rack idea. More dents and stickers are coming soon. This project got put on hold for now but hopfully I can get back to it soon. I almost put either stacks or side pipes on it instead of dual exhaust.

mudbogginredneck · 07-09-2006, 07:18 PM

i thank duel stacks would look cool. nice rig.

mud

trickedoutTLT06 · 07-09-2006, 07:22 PM

it would look cool but not scale, If you're going to do anything to the exxhaust put straight pipes, you know what i mean..like side by side coming straight out the back like corvette exhaust

Racefan1115 · 07-09-2006, 08:03 PM

Stacks are scale, i live out in the country and i can think of two trucks off the top of my head that have stacks. those trucks are LOUD, they run strait pipes into stacks, no mufflers, you can hear them a couple miles away!!

trickedoutTLT06 · 07-09-2006, 08:10 PM

Lol, not street legal though...i dont know..it might look cool but i wouldnt do it to my own

Barrows · 07-09-2006, 08:25 PM

Street legal and scale are not the same thing, I have had many 1.1 veichals that were not street legal, but that doesn't mean that I couldn't make a scale model off them. Hell, moonbuggies or tubers or what ever you want to call them are not street legal, however guys love to make models of them. Let's not forget this is a crawling site and offroad veichals are what we are building. I vote daul pipes and deer antlers on the hood...!

Racefan1115 · 07-09-2006, 09:23 PM

The guys with all the "illegal" exausts say it ain't illegal till you get caught.

07-02-2006, 02:33 PM	#1
Rockcrusher Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Downeast Posts: 60	Billy Bob inspired chevy build I liked the look of madhatters billy bob so much I had to try a leaf spring truck myself. I used the usual stuff. tlt axles cut down txt tranny jugg springs chassis I built. Here are some pics of it's first outting today. It still needs alot of work to be finished. Hopfully this week I'll have time to get er done. Last edited by Rockcrusher; 10-29-2006 at 04:24 PM.

07-02-2006, 03:01 PM	#5
Rockcrusher Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Downeast Posts: 60	Few more pics. Last edited by Rockcrusher; 10-29-2006 at 04:24 PM.

07-09-2006, 05:31 PM	#13
Barrows Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rockland ME Posts: 108	Looking good! I like the redneck feel of the truck, looks like some of the good old boy's trucks around here. Maybe you could plaster the rear window with stickers or a mini gun rack. I also think cheesy mud flaps like the trucker girl one's or harley mud flaps. Just my two cents..

07-09-2006, 08:03 PM	#17
Racefan1115 Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2006 Location: WI, near Green Bay Posts: 159	Stacks are scale, i live out in the country and i can think of two trucks off the top of my head that have stacks. those trucks are LOUD, they run strait pipes into stacks, no mufflers, you can hear them a couple miles away!! Last edited by Racefan1115; 07-09-2006 at 08:21 PM.

07-09-2006, 08:25 PM	#19
Barrows Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rockland ME Posts: 108	Street legal....? Street legal and scale are not the same thing, I have had many 1.1 veichals that were not street legal, but that doesn't mean that I couldn't make a scale model off them. Hell, moonbuggies or tubers or what ever you want to call them are not street legal, however guys love to make models of them. Let's not forget this is a crawling site and offroad veichals are what we are building. I vote daul pipes and deer antlers on the hood...!

07-02-2006, 02:37 PM	#2
XSRCdesign I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 8,817	now that is cool

07-02-2006, 02:40 PM	#3
trickedoutTLT06 RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: Aroostook county Posts: 1,271	that's awesome, but for a real mad hatter look you need to beat up the body a little more, to go real scale put some exhaust pipes like he did too, i love this thing!!!

07-02-2006, 02:48 PM	#4
Rockcrusher Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Downeast Posts: 60	Thanks guys. Ya it needs more body damage. I'll have to get the heat gun back out and bend it up some more. It does have stainless tips on the exhaust. They just don't show up in these pics. I still need to finish the shocks. I started to cut the front tires so they looked cupped and worn. I also need to make a top for the elec box I made under the hood. I'm working on a winch for it.

07-02-2006, 06:42 PM	#6
Warn Off Road Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lake Mary Posts: 206	i like that, keep the old school ground hawg tires on it! gives it more of the barn built feel! howd u mount the fender flares? what are they off of?

07-02-2006, 07:02 PM	#7
Rockcrusher Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Downeast Posts: 60	The flares are off a kyoso body. There held on with double sidded tape.

07-02-2006, 08:56 PM	#8
Unimoger I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N Posts: 7,391	billy bob was one of my favorites, and now so is this. I am a chevy man and this truck captures the essence of a real red kneck trail rig, love it! More PICS!

07-02-2006, 09:20 PM	#9
cherokee xj Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 64	if you do anything to the tires, cut them like TSL's. That looks really cool.

07-02-2006, 10:19 PM	#10
octigonwallrus Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MEDFORD Posts: 440	you do know that billybob was a ford body though?:-P RYan out

07-02-2006, 10:24 PM	#11
dezfan I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK. Posts: 12,563	It was?

07-03-2006, 06:54 PM	#12
octigonwallrus Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MEDFORD Posts: 440	yeah i think it was the f-100 from parma? not sure though

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07-09-2006, 05:59 PM	#14
Rockcrusher Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Downeast Posts: 60	Thanks Barrows. I like the gun rack idea. More dents and stickers are coming soon. This project got put on hold for now but hopfully I can get back to it soon. I almost put either stacks or side pipes on it instead of dual exhaust.

07-09-2006, 07:18 PM	#15
mudbogginredneck Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: albemarle Posts: 21	i thank duel stacks would look cool. nice rig. mud

07-09-2006, 07:22 PM	#16
trickedoutTLT06 RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: Aroostook county Posts: 1,271	it would look cool but not scale, If you're going to do anything to the exxhaust put straight pipes, you know what i mean..like side by side coming straight out the back like corvette exhaust

07-09-2006, 08:10 PM	#18
trickedoutTLT06 RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: Aroostook county Posts: 1,271	Lol, not street legal though...i dont know..it might look cool but i wouldnt do it to my own

07-09-2006, 09:23 PM	#20
Racefan1115 Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2006 Location: WI, near Green Bay Posts: 159	The guys with all the "illegal" exausts say it ain't illegal till you get caught.

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