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06-13-2006, 02:21 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Upstate NY
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|  Thrift store willys I cruise the thrift stores for bodies constantly and all I ever find is crap. Today I hit junk store pay dirt. I'm hoping things will work out as well as clodkings. The build is going to go pretty slow because the only thing I have on hand is a 1/6th nylint and some maxx's. Either way here she is.  The thing was 2 bucks by the way. Last edited by CrawlnSlow; 06-13-2006 at 02:23 PM. |
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06-13-2006, 02:25 PM
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| 1 man, 2 sons   Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Recovering@ the hobby garage MT.
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| nice find, worth every penny. have you seen rbgerrish's build up on orcrc with that same body? |
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06-13-2006, 02:29 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Upstate NY
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06-13-2006, 02:41 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: the great brown north=(WI)
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| i got one of those except i paid 29 bucks for it brand new when i was ten and still into gi-joes. mine still has the passenger side twin machine guns so eat it  |
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06-13-2006, 02:44 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Here
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| I just picked up a similar Jeep for a similar build, it is supposed to be here in the next 2 days   |
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06-13-2006, 02:45 PM
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| 1 man, 2 sons Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Recovering@ the hobby garage MT.
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06-13-2006, 02:47 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: the great brown north=(WI)
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| it's not gi joe but you get bonus points for the tire chains |
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06-13-2006, 02:50 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: the great brown north=(WI)
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 ... i was thinking of duing that to mine until i saw this thread. i also got the chenoweth? dune buggy, that could be an interesting build | |
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06-13-2006, 02:53 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Upstate NY
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| If my plans go right GiJoe will have his GiHoe shotty. I definately want this thing to go the "right way." I'm thinking moabs, clod axles (I'm tired of fighting drive lines and keeping interiors stock), barely cut fenders and a scratch built winch. Just to get a start. |
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06-13-2006, 03:16 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: between heaven and hell.
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| Great find. I have always check the local thrift store and never even came close to this nice of a find. You know you could have talked them down to a $1.00 just so you could say you only paid a buck fo it.  |
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06-13-2006, 03:22 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Upstate NY
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06-13-2006, 03:46 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: between heaven and hell.
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06-13-2006, 04:27 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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is that a challenge unimoger? | |
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06-13-2006, 04:31 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Upstate NY
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| Me thinks a willys build-off is necesary. |
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06-13-2006, 04:34 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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| haha well AMCjeep is one of my best friends ill be doing most of the heavy fab work for him |
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06-13-2006, 07:12 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: Aroostook county
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| Hurry up and get this thing done!! i cant wait to see this build....Oh yeah BTW Nice Work Unimoger! |
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06-13-2006, 08:17 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 358
| I started mocking things up with cardboard. I'm at a stand still because I can't decide between leafs or coils. I know leaf is "true" scale. I just wanted to get some opinions. |
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06-13-2006, 10:03 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: the great brown north=(WI)
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| go leaf, it is scale and will probally be easier. |
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06-13-2006, 10:05 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Virginia Beach
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| leaf it. only way to go with such a scale body. Forget the crawler aspect and do a SUA with bruiser axles. paint it all willy's green. |
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06-13-2006, 10:12 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Garland
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| do you have a link to that red willys build? i wanna see the whole thing |
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