JHTreyIII's '72 Chevy C10 Build

[JHTreyIII]

This is the semi-build thread for my Class 2 Chevy. Started the thread a little late so not much building documented.

Here's how she currently sits as of 2/26/12:



I've also got an alternate, evil twin body!



Started out as a typical honcho:



Mods to date (2/26/12) include:

Proline 1972 Chevrolet C10 Body
Chaotic Crawlers Lighting
DH Fabrication Sliders, Front Bumper & Rear End with D-Ring Loop
RC4WD Rear Bumper and Tire Carrier
RC4WD 1.9 OEM White Steel Wheels
Pit Bull Rock Beast Tires
3 Racing Winch
heyok Winch Controller
R2j Rear 4 Link Truss
VP Rear Links (115mm bottom, 120 mm top for better pinion angle)
Biggin69 Beef Tubes Front and Back
Highland Crawlers No Slop Locker in the rear
RCP Locker in the front
Axial HD Ring and Pinion Gears
Axial Universals
MIP Drive Shafts
Tekin 35T Pro Handwound
Pinion and Spur Geared at 20/87
HH Waterproof BRXL
Robinson Racing Hardened Steel Transmission Gears
RCScrewz Stainless Hardware
Hand Brothers CMS Kit with Panhard
Home Made Cotter Pin D-Rings
CC 10 Amp BEC wired straight to Servo, set at 7.4
Hitec 7950 Servo with 486 oz at 7.4 Volts
Hot Racing Aluminum Shock Hoops
Axial Aluminum Lockouts, Chubs and Knuckles
Proline Floor Pan

Short video of her in action:

NIRC Trey's '72 Chevy Polar Series 1 - YouTube

Thanks for checking it out!

[Die-Laughing]

Nice Rig Trey!

I'm gonna have to check out those cotter pin d-rings next time we meet.

[JHTreyIII]

Here are a couple photos out wheeling recently at a local spot:

[JHTreyIII]

Originally Posted by Die-Laughing

Nice Rig Trey!

I'm gonna have to check out those cotter pin d-rings next time we meet.

Thanks man! Yeah they turned out pretty good. And they're heavy enough they actually move when the truck is on an incline. I bet you could make some real nice ones. Mine are a little amateur but they're alright.

[JHTreyIII]

The rear four link turned out better than I expected. The R2j truss is awesome! The VP links look great (not quite as good as my Die Laughing Stainless Wraith Links) and the 120mm top/115mm bottom (overall length, not shoulder to shoulder) links set a near perfect pinion angle. The rear drive shaft is pointed at the transmission almost perfectly, almost no bend at the ball joints (vertically anyway).





And in this one you can see the D-Rings along with the truss.

[JHTreyIII]

The basher body that badhoopty gave me is pretty cool! Now i can keep the real body clean. I also ordered some rubber fender flares out of this place in Spain he suggested since he cut it for 2.2's. We'll see how they look when they get here (who knows how long that will be). Here's the link for them, kinda cool:

Scale Designs International

[JHTreyIII]

So I've had a hell of a time getting my front axel shafts to seat properly in my Highland Crawler Locker. No matter what, when I tighten them down, they're not straight and the whole axel wobbles. The rear went in just fine because of the flange on the shafts to keep them straight. They did fine on my wraith as well. My beef tubes may be a contributing factor to the slop, I'm not sure. I went ahead and orderd an RCP locker for the front. It's not a "no-slop" locker but it's a full stainless locker so at least we'll have the strength.



Also went ahead and added a set of AX10 universals to the order.

[qwkjimmy]

Very nice c10

[JHTreyIII]

Originally Posted by qwkjimmy

Very nice c10

Thanks man!

[thzero]

Originally Posted by JHTreyIII

I went ahead and orderd an RCP locker for the front. It's not a "no-slop" locker but it's a full stainless locker so at least we'll have the strength.

Is it done yet?! Tomorrow will be here tomorrow!

[johnnyh66]

Originally Posted by JHTreyIII

I went ahead and orderd an RCP locker for the front. It's not a "no-slop" locker but it's a full stainless locker so at least we'll have the strength.

Are you going to run the Highland locker or iron cross for tomorrow's comp?

[JHTreyIII]

I'm in Dallas this weekend for work, I'm missing the comp. Lame.

[Philly116]

That looks great! Love the body!

[thzero]

Originally Posted by JHTreyIII

I'm in Dallas this weekend for work, I'm missing the comp. Lame.

Oh yeah, that's right.. totally lame!

[JHTreyIII]

Originally Posted by Philly116

That looks great! Love the body!

Thanks!

[Stavin Trucks]

When do you think your fenders will come in? I would like to see how they work? Great job on your truck man! Keep it up.

[JHTreyIII]

Originally Posted by Stavin Trucks

When do you think your fenders will come in? I would like to see how they work? Great job on your truck man! Keep it up.

Thanks man! I ordered them on the 6th so we'll see. I think I read they only ship on Wednesdays and they have to come all the way from Spain. I haven't seen a ship notice or anything. I'll definitely post them up when they're here. Hopefully they'll turn out as cool as they look on the website!

[Stavin Trucks]

They do look sweet. How much is that in us dollars, what about 20 bucks? You get the round ones or Chevy square looking ones? I'm interested I have a Chevy build going myself.

[JHTreyIII]

Originally Posted by Stavin Trucks

They do look sweet. How much is that in us dollars, what about 20 bucks? You get the round ones or Chevy square looking ones? I'm interested I have a Chevy build going myself.

I paid 22.49 in euros and that's $30.32 in USD shipping included. I ordered the round ones since my wheel wells are round.

[Carlman]

I like the colour scheme on that body, nice job