Willys Jeep

[rockymtnhigh]

I'd love to have one of these new Losi crawlers with a flat fender body. Do you guys think a Tamiya Wild Willy body would work?

[dudeka]

im not sure but if it does i will be getting one soon ill check for ya

[dudeka]

no the wild willy is 1/10 the losi mrc is 1/18 but there are loads of other choices or just pickup a night crawler and then you can have a wild willy body

[Harley]

Originally Posted by dudeka

no the wild willy is 1/10 the losi mrc is 1/18 but there are loads of other choices or just pickup a night crawler and then you can have a wild willy body

The scale makes no difference. 1/10th scale bodies are by far the more scale choice. It more comes down to wheelbase and width.

[dudeka]

oh right yeah ill check that im a bit of a newbie

[romulus22]

its not on the stock chassis but it is on the axles

Wild Willy goes crawling

[SLODRIVE]

Originally Posted by dudeka

no the wild willy is 1/10 the losi mrc is 1/18 but there are loads of other choices or just pickup a night crawler and then you can have a wild willy body

According to that thread linked above, the Wild Willy body is about 6.25" WB...as in, smaller than an MRC's by 1 1/4". ;)

[wheelinjp]

I dont know about the wild willy but my mrc based flatfender came stock at 7.5in w/b and I have stretched it to 9 1/4in. with tlt wideners to make it more stable. everyone at the scaler comps seems to love it. here is my build thread and a few pics. Lil Joe my mrc scaler 1/10th scale jeep

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yesterday



what the body looks like when new at 7.5in w/b

[JatoTheRipper]

That is cool, wheelinjp!

I think a MRC/Wild Willy project is totally worth the work! I might have to do this.

I also want to do a MRC monster truck at some point.

I've never done any RC building from scratch, but there are so many cool projects I want to try after seeing things like this on the internet.

Now I just have to find a job so I can start blowing money again! :-( Anybody want to hire an engineer in PA?