Project Tonka Toy

[shadowtrucker95]

well, I have this old Tonka dump truck, originaly i was gonna sell it, to to a collector in town, but he said it has no value because it had the plastic chassis, well, if it did, it doesn't any more, so since then it's been setting outside in the weather, so I thought I would finally do something with it, after some examning i discoverd that it should fit on my SCX-10 with some slite modification.


Here is where it's been, I got the idea at this exact moment


I cut the axles off, then removed the axle mounts with the Dremel, after i broke 3 grinding wheels on the last cut, one of which hit me in the arm, i decided to stop cutting for a while and grind them down smooth(ish), i cleaned all the spider webs and wasp nest, (it had been sitting in the snow for three days which is why i didnt worry about them until now), then drilled out wholes to put LEDs in later on for lights.

[nitro_star]

hmmmmm, interesting. will be keeping an eye on this.

[shadowtrucker95]

Not really in a hurry for an answer, but does anybody still make this shade of yellow? If they don't i'll just make do.

[hende]

ya i had some that was close I think it was called sun burst yellow maybe but i do know it was sold at wallmart and it was the only yellow that was in the wall mart brand paint hope that helps fi its not close enouf its only a buck but im sure its almost a 100 % match

[shadowtrucker95]

Originally Posted by hende

ya i had some that was close I think it was called sun burst yellow maybe but i do know it was sold at wallmart and it was the only yellow that was in the wall mart brand paint hope that helps fi its not close enouf its only a buck but im sure its almost a 100 % match

keep in mind that this is the paint that been on it since 1999, and has been sitting out side since last year.

[nitro_star]

Originally Posted by shadowtrucker95

Not really in a hurry for an answer, but does anybody still make this shade of yellow? If they don't i'll just make do.

maybe take it into a paint place that does colour matching,even if you buy a cheap lil tonka to get the original colour???

[shadowtrucker95]

Originally Posted by nitro_star

maybe take it into a paint place that does colour matching,even if you buy a cheap lil tonka to get the original colour???

I've been thinking of just using School Bus Chrome, or just go to TSC and buy some yellow that looks good.

anyway, after more examination i found that the shock towers is the main place where it's hitting, so i removed the shock towers and it seems to fit...almost. well it's kinda obvious what needs to be done now, i think im gonna mount the body solid the the chassis, then cut out the area under the bed to put the battery, move all the other electronics under the cab, the top of the shocks to the chassis of the Tonka truck.





and two things I need some a opinions on:

go with 2.2s or keep the 1.9?

keep the 3 link or get leafs?

[aircooled67]

go huuuuuuuuge on tires. something big, but still industrial looking.

[aircooled67]

that body would be nice on the tamiya chassis. keep an eye out for tonka toyotas, sweet metal body.

[TexasSP]

Maybe it's just me but I think the RC4WD 2.2 Rock Crushers just scream dump truck.

http://www.rc4wdstore.com/2/product_...roducts_id=453

[shadowtrucker95]

Originally Posted by TexasSP

Maybe it's just me but I think the RC4WD 2.2 Rock Crushers just scream dump truck.

http://www.rc4wdstore.com/2/product_...roducts_id=453

maybe they don't sream at me, but i will keep those in mind. and does anybody know a of a tranny that will work as good as the stock axial one, because it seems to be causing 90% of my clearance problems when mounting the body.

[shadowtrucker95]

went to Walmart today, got some Sunburst Yellow paint, some Flat black to "refresh" the plastic, and some primer and masking tape, may get it painted soon, also got some 3 in 1 oil to smooth up the hinge on the dump bed.

[TexasSP]

I think the RC4WD R2 Tranny is lower profile.

http://www.rc4wdstore.com/2/product_...roducts_id=280

There are dimensions listed on the page.

[shadowtrucker95]

Originally Posted by TexasSP

I think the RC4WD R2 Tranny is lower profile.

http://www.rc4wdstore.com/2/product_...roducts_id=280

There are dimensions listed on the page.

I had that one in mind. seems to be used a bit.

[CRAWL UGLY]

Originally Posted by shadowtrucker95

I had that one in mind. seems to be used a bit.

Thats what I used in my scx10 when I had body clearance issues with my Chevy SS hard body.

Plus with a few slight dremel modifications you can get the tranny to sit in the stock skid plate only downfall with it imo is not real good in muddy or wet situations

[shadowtrucker95]

You know those 2 extra light buckets that come with the Pro-Line light bar? I found a use for them.




sorry for the bad pics, I've been shooting all my pics with my cell phone. I'm going of the crazy image that some body ever comes up with a 4wd conversion and lift kit for mining dump trucks. so i figured it needed more lights.

[spike]

i gotta watch this build looks promising

[solomon7]

Looking forward to seeing this progress. If ya want to know what NOT to do, follow this build http://www.orcrc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3133 Can you say FAIL? . Picture a fat kid playing on one of these.
Yah, it was worse than that lol.

[shadowtrucker95]

Originally Posted by solomon7

Looking forward to seeing this progress. If ya want to know what NOT to do, follow this build http://www.orcrc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3133 Can you say FAIL? . Picture a fat kid playing on one of these.
Yah, it was worse than that lol.

ways that build fails:
1. that tonka truck pobably would have had some value if it was cleaned up.

2. its a tonka truck, you can't make a flatbed tow truck out of it!

[NeoK5Driver]

My favorite part of that is even if you accept the fact that he slaughtered a tonka truck and made it into a car carrier, when a car is on there the ramps hit the wheels