1:6 scale 1941 Willy Coup Drag car ** 10/6 driver complete**

[reddevildemo]

Some may remember this a while back. The original plan was to keep it stock running wise and just weather it up.

Well Scale has a Hotrod build Comp going on and I could not resist.

Car as I got it.





The Work begins
I am going for the HotRod shop car look, rusted, primer panels and such.




Engine installed. Hood will be closed but removable or hinged not sure which yet.




For the rear I am using a Wheely King rear axle.


XXXT front end, width also looks good. I will limit the suspension, no shocks at all.


Traxxas Stampede tranny, locked, 12 turn Titan Motor, and Traxxas ESC.

Panther Mega Maxx Slick Monster Truck Tire for the rear and Ofna 1/8 Street Tire Treaded w/o Belt for the front.

Rear tires...holy massive, think this is going to be pretty cool.







Finished the trunk.
Before


After-Expanded the wheel-wells, added NOS, carpeted with flocking. Added the hidden battery compartment.



NOS Detail



Chassis is coming along. Tranny/motor, electronics fit up. Rear axle and links mounted.


Here is the rest of the rear axle support (still in fab state) with Mini buggy shocks.



Now the big surprise...I had Talon paint these up for me.....perfect fir for the "shop car" look I am after.



It's a roller !!





Tranny mount and cover...THANKS Talon for the awesome idea.



Rear suspension. I used 1/4" key stock bent into a "Z" with Losi Mini shocks. I limited the travel with fuel line on the shock shafts.




Well in anticipation for the ground shakin wheely I made this.

Just need to touch up joints and paint.



I made it smaller then true scale, it was too big looking otherwise. I used tail wheels from a plane for the wheels, they do turn too.

Stay tuned, getting very close to first run. More pics later with an update.

[greenjk]

Very COOL build I hope where going to see some video of the test run

[Drail]

awsome the box idea to cover the tranz gtrate. Drail

[Ruthless]

Very nice

[Tommy R]

Very nice, Darin! I still think it'd be cooler as a gasser than Pro Street, but I'm not the one building it!

[DeweyCJ5]

DAMN great build

[reddevildemo]

Thanks everyone for the comments. Been a fun build for sure.

Tommy, never know, it may turn out like that yet....still not much of a fan of those but there's just something about them.

[Tommy R]

I'm just giving you a hard time, man. Keep up the work! It's looking great so far!

[reddevildemo]

Oh ya, I knew that Bro. No problem at all.
We'll see how it handles like this, if I don't like it, GASSER it is.

[Tommy R]

Originally Posted by reddevildemo

Oh ya, I knew that Bro. No problem at all.
We'll see how it handles like this, if I don't like it, GASSER it is.

Sweeeeeet.... Either way, it'll be bad a$$!

[reddevildemo]

Thanks ! But, bad asss or not, I just hope it performs half way decent. LOL

[Grumpster1980]

Amazing! Great fabrication skills! Can't wait for a video of it running down the 1/4 mile.

[Duuuuuuuude]

Holy Sally Struthers, Batman! Thats a big bitch! Nice work.


Not a big fan of those front wheels though. It'd look pretty good with some Moon discs all the way around....

[reddevildemo]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

Holy Sally Struthers, Batman! Thats a big bitch! Nice work.


Not a big fan of those front wheels though. It'd look pretty good with some spun aluminum caps all the way around....

I agree Duuuuuuuude but I could not find anything with the correct offset. It's big, ya think I could find more that would tuck in but nooooo luck.

These do allow for the nice disc brakes to show though.

[Duuuuuuuude]

Originally Posted by reddevildemo

I agree Duuuuuuuude but I could not find anything with the correct offset. It's big, ya think I could find more that would tuck in but nooooo luck.

These do allow for the nice disc brakes to show though.

Get some aluminum, cut out some circles, give them the brushed look and stick 'em on.

[reddevildemo]

Ah, got ya now, my bad. Actually Rocked out had a great idea to use those little stick on mirrors you use for blind spots, I was going to go with MOON caps. I need to pick some up and give them the a look see.

[chip cross]

I want that, what is it going to cost me?

[Gula]

Looks good, does it have any rear axle side to side movement? Looks like there is no triangulation on the rear links.

[team3six]

That is SICK Darrin. SICK! Not sure how big the wheels are but us surveyors use these things called shiners for control points. They are shinned metal rings that look like hub caps and they have a few rings so it can be trimmed to a size.

Most states have several Surveyor supply shops and I would guess they would jts give you a few for free.

[reddevildemo]

Originally Posted by chip cross

I want that, what is it going to cost me?

Hmmm, not sure it's for sale yet but shipping will be huge.

Originally Posted by Gula

Looks good, does it have any rear axle side to side movement? Looks like there is no triangulation on the rear links.

None, the way I have the shocks mounted take care of that. They are more for looks and ride height adjust then actually dampening the ride.

Originally Posted by team3six

That is SICK Darrin. SICK! Not sure how big the wheels are but us surveyors use these things called shiners for control points. They are shinned metal rings that look like hub caps and they have a few rings so it can be trimmed to a size.

Most states have several Surveyor supply shops and I would guess they would jts give you a few for free.

Thanks for the info Norm.
I'll have to look into that. Fronts are 2.8 Jato wheels and the rear are 3.3 Tmaxx. I need to do something, I am not happy with them this way either.