'79 Nissan Tuber

[ColquittCustom405]

I scored this body at my local thrift store this week. Plans are to cut the bed off & tube the rest. Here some specs:

-Functional Winch
-Three linked rear
-Led Headlights/Bajas *
-Remove Doors *

And then the basic crawler setup TLT axles,Lathe motor blah,blah,blah
This one is going to take awhile, but will be worth the wait.Keep checkin in on this one it should be good.


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[FrankyRizzo]

I scour swap meets and thrift stores and I can never find anything cool.

[Unimoger]

wow, great scale find, should be a cool build up. Are you planning on a 11.5" scale WB? exo cage and tube work?

[1BadJeepBruiser]

Thats an awesome find. Thats definitely going to make a very awesome scale crawler. Ill be sure to keep an eye on this thread :mrgreen:


MIke

[ColquittCustom405]

wow, great scale find, should be a cool build up. Are you planning on a 11.5" scale WB? exo cage and tube work?

Yeah thats it. I'm also going to do a lay down Pede tranny too. Should be pretty trick when I'm done.

[Fordx4]

sounds sick dude keep me informed

[Turbo_Diesel]

hey dude thatsure is alot cleaner than when i saw it at the shop thursday!!! it was a little grodey
bet its come out super sweet!!! btw your tuber looked really good too!! cant wait to see it sunday!!!


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[FFRCJosh]

It's lookin cool so far. What servo are you using for the winch

[crawl]

I love cheap finds there more like treasure's to me great find i will be following this thread!:lol:

[ColquittCustom405]

Here are some pictures of what I've completed so far. Please note this chassis is "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" and far from finished. The rear end will be dovetailed. Also, I am fabricating a tranny right now.I'm leaning away from the Traxxas tran and want to try something a bit more original. Look for the build up thread later this week, Can you guess what????? (It will be a good one). Enjoy.



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[mikhail]

Looks good so far. Are you going to completely remove the doors or cut those cool notches in them like I've seen in the magazines?

[madhatter]

Sweet score I wish I could find cool bodies like that!

Funny though buy the time you done cutting it almost seems like a waste of money buying cool bodies.:-P

[ColquittCustom405]

Sweet score I wish I could find cool bodies like that!

Funny though buy the time you done cutting it almost seems like a waste of money buying cool bodies.:-P

I seriously think the 2 bucks I spent on it won't hurt if it gets hacked.;-)

[Wild trial]

Looks cool so far man. I'm gonna follow this build.

[madhatter]

YOU PAID 2 BUCKS FOR THAT!?
Man if I had your money I'd burn mine!:mrgreen:

























LOL gotta love thrift stores!
Anyone can leave it stock , but it takes a real man to cut it up!:-P

[jeepguy]

nice start//you gonna use a nylint tranny?? ;-)

[ColquittCustom405]

nice start//you gonna use a nylint tranny?? ;-)

Ahhh great minds think alike! Not a 1:18......1:6;-)

[ColquittCustom405]

Here is some more progress, again I am not finshed but slowly getting there.The battery in the picture was used for support only. More to come stay tuned. Same rock thread, Same rock website!


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[crawl]

Great start keep up the good work! can't wait to see the finished truck:-P

[1BadJeepBruiser]

Exo and frame look sweet dude, cant wait to see some more progress :mrgreen:

Mike

[ColquittCustom405]

Here are some updated pictures. I am still in the process of cleaning up the chassis, so if something looks bad I'M NOT FINISHED! Also I have inculded a picture of the tranny I have been working on, and a plastic box that I will be using as a feild box on the rear of the cab Enjoy! *Fork was used as a balance* (no function)



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Nylint Tranny (Rear axle off 1:6)


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[Rctrucktrialer]

Nice find.
And sweet tube work ;) The mockup looks great !
Keep up the good work

[Unimoger]

looking really scale, I love that body and very nice tube work. ;-)

[Going Up!]

That thing is going to look sweet when it is finished...:mrgreen: I love it!!! I like the rear tire mount, very scale looking...

[Fordx4]

very nice man!.........its coming together real good.....and a very unique tranny choice

[frankenstunk]

Looking good.

Will it have high and low capability??

[slugzracing]

I like the fork :lol:

[ColquittCustom405]

Looking good.

Will it have high and low capability??

I'm not sure. I have rigged it to shift with a servo from high to low. BBBBut I also want to have to winch work off a channel too. So right now I want my cake but doubt I'll be able to eat it too( 3 channel), know wadda mean? How's the skid plate working out for ya 'stunk?

[jeepguy]

lookin good//glad to see i'm not the only one runnin a nylint axle/tranny.

what size motor will that be runnin? my 1:18 nylint motor is a little too gutless.
it will crawl over rocks, but i want more power!!

[ColquittCustom405]

lookin good//glad to see i'm not the only one runnin a nylint axle/tranny.

what size motor will that be runnin? my 1:18 nylint motor is a little too gutless.
it will crawl over rocks, but i want more power!!

Yeah I saw your post way back, This one is a 1:6 rear axle. I'm gonna use a 55t motor,15t pinon and a 87 Spur gear.

[robvbro81]

Update, Update, Update............................................ ....................We are you with this project!:mrgreen:

[ColquittCustom405]

Don't worry, I'm moving at a snails pace right now. I'm trying to get a Bruiser:flipoff:

[madhatter]

any updates?

[or,crawler]

Didn't he sell it?

[Unimoger]

Didn't he sell it?

it was on the 4-sale forum, but I am not sure it sold yet.