The Green Goblin- My First Southern Buggy
 

This isnt the first Southern buggy Ive owned, but this is the first one I will be building from the ground up :twisted: It will be a very slow build, but I am going to do my best at getting this one done up the right way since I have been really getting good with the MIG "thumbsup"

I plan to use 1/8 tubing instead of 3/16. I feel that this is a must with these type builds especially for someone like me who has never gone this deep into a tube mess :mrgreen:

SO to get started, ive spent the last 2 days watching video after video of Tim Cameron whup this things ass.
I think im going to do a video like this when mines done :mrgreen:
Tim Cameron 's Smith Motorsports Buggy aka Green Goblin - YouTube

Morris Mountain Tim Cameron gets huge air. - YouTube

I will probably end up changing the drawing some. As you can tell ive not even got the motor cage drawn yet. I know I got to do a little work to the front end a bit and some to the top rear of the cage. I have the overall look down so far though. Scaled it down somewhat to some 2.2 boggers. Using a wraith skid, so it will be wide.

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...pscf7037e3.jpg
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Im hoping this will turn out well. Ive impressed myself so far with my welding skills. Ive had alot of great help from my brother, who took 4 years of welding at GA tech. Hope you guys like the build, it will be a slow one for sure. Prob wont have its own set of axles for a while.

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I like it so far, do it to it. "thumbsup"

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Double up the meds bud your A.D.D. is killer. :mrgreen:

FINISH SOMETHING!!!

:ror:

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Dude youre just as bad as me :flipoff: There are a few of your rigs in GA right now.

My Other rigs are done except for a rear axle shaft in my Chevy. This will be my 3rd rig on the shelf, and not sold.

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I can't wait to see this come together! Def. keeping my eyes on this! Best of luck to you!!!

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Thanks man! Hopefully this and my TN Ferarri can get along together on the work bench :twisted:

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/2-2-s...ml#post3930080

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Oh I didn't say I was any better at finishing stuff. :lmao:

Besides the Wyld Stallyn what else is out there? You got me curious now.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 1/8 rod or tubing is not good. 3/16 rod or tube and even 1/4 inch depending on how scale you want it. If you're basing it off a wraith axle, it will be closer to 1/8 scale, and 1/4 tube will work, scaling out to 2.25 inches. The norm though is 3/16 tube or brakeline. The 1/16th here or there isn't going to make a big difference unless you use the 1/8th. Maybe for a 1.9...but not for a 2.2. Pm replied...and feel free to pick my brain. I can surely tell you how to avoid mistakes!

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Perhaps that old blue unimog, but I don't know who owns it now.

Colby, exactly who in Georgia has a tube EB?

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Good rig to build. I'd personally go with 3/16" tubing as well. It's a little tougher to work with yes, but will look more scale, especially if you're making this rig about 1/8 scale.

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Thanks for the Tip buddy, I wanted it to be a little smaller to look a touch more scale and make it a little easier to work with. Ive used 1/8 on my chevy and my buddies cherokee and loved using it. I may try 1/4 though. I will definetly picking your brain. Thanks! "thumbsup"

Well, Sterling in SC owns the Stallyn, Rojo has the WEE rocker, CrawlininGA has Tuna Tunnel, and chicklet has a tube bronco from him, and one of my buddies has my old version of the vector fab green jeep. :mrgreen:

Gotcha, guess I will have to change it up. I have a peice of 3/16 downstairs, so Im going to try to bend the main 2 chassis rails with it and see how it goes. "thumbsup"

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Difuser has the blue mog.

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This thread needs a title change. This is like your 6th southern buggy. But I'll check back in and see what you build up. "thumbsup"

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Getting in early here..

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hopefuly ill get sum ideas for my attempt...

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Thanks guys!

This will be the first southern buggy I have done all the grunt work on :twisted:

Ive got something else I am working on for this build as well.. Im going to keep that a secret until I get atleast a quarter of the way done.

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Are you going to braze or used a MIG welder?

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I will be MIG welding it together. There are going to be a ton of welds on this thing, so I will have to clean every joint up with the dremel.

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I beleive Ive gotten the hard part done for the most part. I know with building anything a good platform is what is needed for a good outcome and I think I probably got this thing as straight as an arrow. The bends arent perfect but when I have all the tiny supports in its going to help true it up alot more. Also my welds arent perfect, but anyone can look good when a dremel gets ahold of it. "thumbsup"

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Started to think I bit off more than I could chew, but everything is straight for the most part. Maybe got a couple of the supports not 100% square but once its painted and hauling ass you wont see it :twisted:

Got alot of boogies, and alot of welds that need cleanup but I think I like where I am at. I probably need 3 more peices of 3/16 to finish it off. Im really anxious to get the cab peices on, but i am dreading the shock mounts.

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