senduro taco

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Picked up a "spare" enduro to let the kid play with and to do experiments on so I could at least have one truck ready to go anytime the mood struck for some trailing. It was a kit build with a few mods, axial taco body with an unknown to me bolt on rear cage, some generic wheels/tires. When I got it the truck was pretty hacked. The front bumper was held on with two screws and tie-wraps. The PO built a decent interior and hacked some inner fenders on it. It was a nice 50 foot'r but up close it was obvious.

Pulled the truck apart, replaced screws, made the front bumper fit and doctored up a few things. It was running but the front bumper killed me. I think it's an RC4WD bumper that stuck out a mile and was way too low. I think it was for the scx10 originally. I liked the style for the truck and it matched the taco body well but the way it sat was just wrong.

Enter a few Lowes gift cards from work.... I've wanted to get a small welder for RC stuff for a long time. Ended up with a Lincoln handy welder. Little 120v wire feed that's good for taking bumpers together. It's not going to put new brackets on a 9" for the jeep but it's little and was $100 after gift cards.

After a few measurements and some scrounging in my parts I found an old OG scx frame that would give it's butt for a new nose on the taco. I made a small mount for the panhard as well. I may end up making another one for my first enduro but I'll using thicker gauge metal. I havn't had a chance to take the truck out but I'm hppy with the look and the bench geometry. Have to wait for a 32*+ day for a real run.

[durok]

Nice work, thanks for posting - do you remember what model Lincoln Handy welder you picked up?

And post up the rig with the body on it!

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This little guy.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Lincoln-Ele...lder/999972168

Only issue was it doesn't want to feed the smaller of the two wire gauge spools.

[durok]

Originally Posted by terrible

This little guy.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Lincoln-Ele...lder/999972168

Only issue was it doesn't want to feed the smaller of the two wire gauge spools.

Thanks!

BTW, that's definitely one of the better-looking Honcho cabs I've ever seen - bumper suits it, grille and lights miles better than just a decal - cool paint and wheel color!

[antigacho]

good work with the Panhard mount on chassis definitely a weak point on this platform

[B-MOW71]

Good looking Taco!

Nice metal work too!

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Originally Posted by hobbyjumper

Super nice truck/nice fab work. Can you do me a favour and measure the ground clearance at the pumpkin?

About 30mm.

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Had a chance to take this truck out this weekend. Once again impressed with what a toy truck can do, but super impressed at the enduro! This truck has "generic" duratrax scaler CR tires but nice CI foams in them. For being cheap tires I'm very happy with them. The truck grabbed anything and pulled around really well.

I may end up chopping the front of the other enduro off and going with the raised front fame rails on it as well.

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Made a few updates







Seems pretty balanced. In hindsight I should have put the battery on the other side but after a little extra weight on top of the receiver box it's close to 50/50 L/R.

Used some stock enduro rear inner fenders and made them work with the taco body. Took quite a bit of trimming but I had them laying around.

[fuzzy40]

Are the fenders scrap pieces of lexan?

[Greatscott]

Odelay homes, es muy bueno!!!

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Originally Posted by fuzzy40

Are the fenders scrap pieces of lexan?

They are the leftover rear inner fenders from the stock enduro truck body.