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11-09-2008, 05:51 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: cape crud... will you be my friend
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|  another other betty tj's rig
i have been getting more and more into crawling. trying to be a good dad i got my sons into crawling with me. i gave my stepson tyler my ax10rtr, and had hoped to make it a bit more like a trail rig for him. i showed him a couple of bodies that i could get in a trade here at rccrawlers... and he decides he likes the powerwagon. it's cool, i know its the stock ax10 betty and all, but to me it's just a cool old truck. here are a few snaps of the paintwork i did for him. i copied an idea i saw on here that he liked. be easy its only my second paint. his color choices.      thanks for looking. |
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11-10-2008, 11:38 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mesa
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I like like but I've always been a fan of green
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11-10-2008, 12:33 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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Good job, Dad! What a lucky kid, too. Looks great, hope you both have tons of fun together. I miss running with my kid, he decided girls are more fun than rc'ing.  T.D. |
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11-10-2008, 03:04 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: 540 Mabuchi Motorola?
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ive never liked the betty body. am i the only one? nice rig and colour though |
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11-10-2008, 09:42 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: louisville, Ky
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rig looks good, its good to see father and son sharing the same past time Quote:
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11-30-2008, 09:12 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: cape crud... will you be my friend
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| trail chassis time
*** update *** ever since i painted my son's betty for him he has been asking more about getting a pull point so i can winch his truck if he's stuck. he also said he wished his truck road more like a trail truck than a buggy. i copied this idea from someone here. i saw it in the forums and figured i would give it a try. its ghetto fab at it's finest, and gets the job done for sure. first i took his shocks apart and set them up droop with internal pen springs then i cut two 15 inch long sections of 1/2 inch c-channel aluminum and bolted them up to the stock plates with four computer case screws , and left the stock braces in place.i moved the shocks outbound a bit more and spaced them off the rails with some 3/16" brakeline spacers i made.    he wanted a rear pull point as well so i took a stock rod end from the parts bin and bolted it facing down.... see it top right hand of pic.   ---- no more annoying fender biting  -----  |
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11-30-2008, 09:23 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Somewhere in the middle
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looking good! nice paint |
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12-01-2008, 03:00 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fondy, WI
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guess i'm not the only one who likes the betty body. looks good! my 2 y.o. was steering my ax10 tonite, i cant wait til she gets a little older! way to share the hobby w/ ur kid, i wish my dad did stuff like that when i was younger.
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12-01-2008, 06:37 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: cape crud... will you be my friend
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a word to the wise about " can't wait till she gets a little older " that's what i used to think when my boys were that age... then i blinked and now i got two pre-teens. enjoy every minute you got with her, time flies when your having fun. not to knock my old man, but him and i didn't hang out much like this either, my dad was a trucker so i try to be what i missed.
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12-01-2008, 07:46 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pestoskey
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Kudo's to you! Great rig, nice mods. The poor dodge powerwagon never gets respect. Being a mentor and friend is hard when you also need to be a father. you, however, are a DAD. Big difference.
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