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09-28-2012, 11:13 AM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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|  'Dawg's MT 8.5
Big. Ugly. Fast! Built from parts I already had laying around, except for the C.I. trans upgrade. The stainless steel chassis was given to me by a crawler buddy, which worked out well for me. There are some CKRC and Integy alloy upgrades, Axial trans, aluminum skid and light buckets plus an old Clod body with some mods. The plan was to sand her out and give it a hotrod flat black primer paintjob, but I couldn't resist taking a few pics of the weathered and beaten look. A Novak 8.5 Bl system on 2S lights up the tires, and the cop lights give it some style  . Obviously there's more work to do, but so far it's been a fun build.
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09-28-2012, 11:48 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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| Re: 'Dawg's MT
A few more shots...
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09-28-2012, 11:53 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: San Jose, CA
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I like it! Kind of Mad Max'ish.
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09-28-2012, 01:26 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Caldwell ID.
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Very cool, ugly is beautiful!
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09-29-2012, 05:22 PM
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09-30-2012, 09:13 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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Thanks guys, always nice to get some feedback. I put 3 5000 2S packs through her today and mechanically it held up just fine. I was not gentle either. The old Clod body took some hits, took out the grill, lower valance and tailgate...this thing has some brutal horsepower  .
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09-30-2012, 09:22 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Caldwell ID.
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Lets see some carnage pics.
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09-30-2012, 09:48 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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. Next time I'll snap a few pics.
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10-05-2012, 03:27 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2012 Location: south of chicago
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Real nice build. I like the way it looks. Evil looking.
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10-05-2012, 06:30 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Western ND, Bakken central
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this thing is SWEET! Love the look  what upper link mount is that? I can already tell that mine are not gonna cut it
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10-06-2012, 12:00 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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Thanks for the kind words, guys . It was really just a "parts laying around" build, and the beater look of the body revealed itself after some sanding. The upper links are some Integy units I bought a few years back when the WK first came out. Being mostly a scale/trail rig guy, I almost forgot how fun it is to have a truck that really rips! The 8.5 feels almost like nitro, very addicting.
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