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12-07-2015, 10:09 PM
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| Sinking with the ship   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
Posts: 8,864
|  57 Chevy gasser
I picked this up from a builder on eBay based out of Hawaii for my birthday this past summer. Some weeks back I had a chance to swap in some dean's plugs and I broke the modded (narrowed) rear axle instantly... I was pretty bummed, tried to pawn it off, then I decided to work some of talents and fix the damn thing. I ordered up a new Tamiya semi rear axle from semi joes on eBay, built it up, installed new leaf springs, re did the axle wrap bars, used all old school TLT mounts, re mounted the rear shocks in proper location, new drive shaft and it was ready to rock and roll. Got it outside for a test run, and man does it put a big stupid grin on your face listening to the traxxas v8 sound kit. I tried it on 2s first, fun but no wheelies... Then 3s... Was getting little pop-a-wheelies until I heated up the tires  that's when it got crazy and basically dragged the rear bumper. End result was awesomeness minus one rear bumper that was left in the road  Here are some pics, enjoy !     |
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12-07-2015, 10:10 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Omaha, Nebraska
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| Re: 57 Chevy gasser
Saw your video on Facebook that's a pretty sweet car Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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12-08-2015, 04:49 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Commerce Township
Posts: 1,594
| Re: 57 Chevy gasser
Freaking awesome! Love how the chassis flex's, guy did a great job building this, looks like a Wraith set of frame rails were used. Old school gasser's are my favorite. Might have to make a gasser my next build!
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12-08-2015, 05:51 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: (LES) Manhattan, New York
Posts: 1,162
| Re: 57 Chevy gasser
Awesome to see the photo in large format rather than in Instagram. Great Job! Excellent imagination and creativity  |
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12-12-2015, 10:49 AM
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| Rock Stacker  Join Date: May 2015 Location: Saint Louis, MO
Posts: 58
| Re: 57 Chevy gasser
Reminds me of a Funster model I had years ago.
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