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04-20-2010, 10:52 PM
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found a pic of a real 4 door louisville. i was hoping i was original. good inspiration though.
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04-21-2010, 02:49 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia new south whales
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looks awsome can't wait to see how it looks finished
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04-21-2010, 05:47 PM
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This is going to be a great build i can feel it!
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04-21-2010, 08:35 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Las Vegas
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i really like this truck, which rims are you using?
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04-21-2010, 09:08 PM
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 and most likely stock tires
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04-21-2010, 11:59 PM
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| dually rims
I made a wheel. Duallies on this rig. This is the same method I used to make the F350 wheels. First you take the rims, and remove the bead locks. Then on the rim that will be the base rim, sand then, glue the beadlock rings to the rim. Be sure to leave the screws off. Next cut the donor rim in half. I used a drill-press, and an exact o clamped in a vice, as kind of a makeshift lathe. Then cut the center out of the half that has the hex. Then clean the yuckies off, and glue haves to the sides of the base rim. Put the bead locks back on, and yer all done. I put a hub cap in mine to simulate Dayton style hubs found on the old louisville trucks.
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04-22-2010, 12:33 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Great Northwest
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Sweet rims, those look TOUGH!
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04-22-2010, 08:01 AM
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how did you get the rim on the press? i need to make a set of rims that has a smaller diameter, but i have been stumped as to how to do it...
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04-22-2010, 10:23 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cottontown
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Original as hell. I like it. |
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04-22-2010, 02:45 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Working in my dream RC workshop and remodeling my entire home.
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Holy crap is this an awesome build! I just wanted to post so I can keep updated on your progress. REALLY makes me want to build something outrageous, too.
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04-22-2010, 06:01 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Westland, MI
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04-22-2010, 06:10 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Las Vegas
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this is going to be sick!!! you should look at some oilfield trucks for ideas
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04-22-2010, 08:54 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Long Island
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Ok now thats just awesome! I need to borrow(lol) that idea for the rims on the Silverado, to make it look better. Great idea, very original can't wait to see 'em mounted up on the truck! Also if you are still going to go through with the front leafs I found a better way to mount them instead of using tag wire or picture hanging wire. 2 Pieces of styrene, cut to size, hole drilled in each, then "borrow" a screw(or two if you do to both sides..dur!) from the servo mounting, and use that and it seems to work better than the wire, as it "clamps" the leaf between the two pieces of styrene, but I'm sure you already knew of that way ;)
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04-22-2010, 09:44 PM
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Thank you all, for your awesome complements!!!!! Krazy Polak, the bit I used to hold the rim in the press chuck is from a Dremel cutting wheel. Make sure you change your belts to low on your press, so the rim cuts strait. If you don't... it will warp, and give you a hassle. Ian, I too am sick of the tag wire idea, and something had to change. so, I bought some super sharp drill bits, and made cool little fixture, and wallah... now I can cut through spring steel. I really like your idea too. you came up with a way more cleaver way than I ever thought of. |
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04-26-2010, 11:49 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV
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Excellent idea for a build. This is looking very interesting...
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04-27-2010, 09:54 PM
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I'm not the best at body work, but I think it turned out OK.
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04-27-2010, 10:54 PM
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The cracked window and dented grill look very authentic. Looks like one of the old dumb trucks we've got at work. Just gota make it leave an oil slick everywhere it goes.  |
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04-28-2010, 02:20 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Long Island
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Actually the body work is good in my opinion! To me, looks like it came that way out of the box(double cab) Love the cracked windshield too. Keep it up man, and still waiting for more updates. Did the F350 get sacrificed into this or did you have a 2nd crawler
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04-28-2010, 09:15 PM
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I did borrow the front axle from the f350  , but that's all the truck is still in-tacked  so when I find a third crawler on the cheap I'll throw her back togethersorry F350 |
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05-01-2010, 11:24 AM
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looking great man keep it up
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