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Old 02-01-2012, 12:37 PM   #21
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Got the rear fenders bent up
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Old 02-01-2012, 01:14 PM   #22
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What happens when a drill bit get old and weak.
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Old 02-01-2012, 01:18 PM   #23
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New lower link mount.
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Old 02-01-2012, 04:16 PM   #24
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good work keep it up!!!!!!
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Sweet build, it's like the egg McMuffin of budget builds, "I'm lovin' it!" Keep the pics coming. Your rebuild is inspiring me.

I was thinkin' I'd take a page from your play book and rebuild my crawler chassis with some plastic and go for the scale look. What did you use on yours? I'm thinking tight budget + the WalMart = cutting board.

Your thoughts...
Went to walmart today for shopping and saw this


This is what I get .
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Old 02-03-2012, 06:53 PM   #25
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Tomorrow I am going to catch up with my friend and weld all these parts I have been making. Woohooooo!!!!
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Old 02-04-2012, 05:53 PM   #26
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Some welding shots...








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Old 02-04-2012, 07:04 PM   #27
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More pics.


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Old 02-04-2012, 07:50 PM   #28
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Trimed the sprare tire mount.
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Old 02-05-2012, 08:29 AM   #29
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According to my bathroom scale this rig runs 7lbs rtr.
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Old 02-05-2012, 11:23 AM   #30
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Off came the spare tire mount, I wasen't really liking it and it was tweaked.
Looking for suggestions on a paint scheme, thinking about yellow tubes,w dark blue body?
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Old 02-07-2012, 07:57 AM   #31
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Chassis primered.
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Old 02-07-2012, 10:32 AM   #32
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red, and black never gets old, or you can go with an "aluminum" engine block paint cage and anti-freeze green body?





idk a rig ike this deserves eye catching paint scheme,
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Old 02-07-2012, 11:33 AM   #33
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How about this combo?
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Old 02-07-2012, 02:11 PM   #34
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Chassis is painted. Got a little overspray here and there but its going to get scratched up anyway.
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Old 02-07-2012, 02:41 PM   #35
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That chassis looks awesome man.
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Old 02-07-2012, 05:20 PM   #36
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That chassis looks awesome man.
Thanks man, working on getting the ele back in.
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Old 02-08-2012, 01:27 PM   #37
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Got the body painted, needs some touchup here and there, but I think itlooks pretty good over all. Btw ran out of blue paint.
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Old 02-08-2012, 11:19 PM   #38
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Took her for a spin this afternoon, the body is just resting on the chassis.
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Old 02-08-2012, 11:42 PM   #39
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Looks good I like the homebuilt mentality, I wish I had a welder to make my own tube bumpers
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Old 02-09-2012, 07:22 AM   #40
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Looks good I like the homebuilt mentality, I wish I had a welder to make my own tube bumpers
Hey thanks man, I spent 6 to 7 hrs at my friends house and could tell he was getting tired of working on my project,time to buy my own welder lol.
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