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05-18-2008, 08:14 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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|  "Body work" for the Gremlin King...
Just a couple replacement panels... A J.C. Whitney Fender and a junkyard hood... hood still has a couple dents in it but the old one had holes...  (actually the putty shrunk on me BAD after I sprayed it... oops... I'll fix those later) Most of the paint is all sun-burnt off the new hood...  Oh, and I finally started hammering all the wrinkles out of the left rear quarter panel... gonna take a gallon of bondo to fill it, though...  Now I just gotta start filling the Galaxy of holes in the roof...  Lemme know whatcha think... I'm also planning on "replacing" the passenger door with a blue one with a white Gremlin "X" stripe... |
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05-18-2008, 08:23 PM
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| RCC Addict   Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: spotting for jeepsohigh
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I guess i might be a little warped but i love this crawler. can i ask where the body came from? |
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05-18-2008, 08:26 PM
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| Nope..  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Whiteland, Indiana
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Awesome. The Gremlin X door would be badass. It's a "Fresh Cherries" from Wal-Mart correct? I have a 1:18 Pinto that I'd like to made brushless. Totally off topic, have you read the new Hot Rod? Apparently AMC is coming back..? |
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05-18-2008, 09:08 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: FOUR 8 OH
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05-18-2008, 09:26 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas
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I have always thought those cars were pretty B.A. good work on the body, and the paint on the hood looks pretty dang good! I can't wait to see it all done... |
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05-18-2008, 10:02 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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It looks like ASS!  I love it! |
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05-18-2008, 10:17 PM
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| Nope.. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Whiteland, Indiana
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I went RCC newb on it. I just skimmed over the words and looked at the pix... | |
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05-18-2008, 10:44 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: FOUR 8 OH
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05-18-2008, 11:57 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NZ
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05-19-2008, 12:23 AM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Honolulu, HI
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that is one sweet body. I was just talking with my co-works about that car. We said when the car first came out we thought it was an ugly car, and who you buy such a thing. But how times have changed, we all agreed that if he had Millions of dollars to spend we would add a Gremlin in our collection. Nice find.
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05-19-2008, 10:16 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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Thanks for the comments guy's! funny how everyone thought they were hideous back then, but just look at what some people are driving nowadays (YUCK! :-P) Apparently rust never sleeps... this popped up on the other fender overnight... More work to do...  |
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05-19-2008, 11:21 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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...great stuff I was waiting to see a body like this in here...Inspiring...
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05-19-2008, 04:57 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2008 Location: Louisville
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Way Cool!!! Where did the body come from?
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05-19-2008, 05:39 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: norfolk
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AHHH!! I like an original. MAN that thing would be sweet as a MUDRACER!! LIKE IT for a crawler too. Why do what every one else is doing??? Gave me some ideas!! GOOD JOB |
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05-19-2008, 06:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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Thanks guys! The body is off a Wal-mart R/C made by Fresh Cherries. They're out of production now (but if anyone sees one somewhere let me know I want another!) I really dig it. I just wanted something different from the normal Jeep/Bronco/Gwagon/FJ/Yota.... Plus it was on clearance and looked like it'd fit. I built it to look like something you might see on "Extreme 4x4" or in one of the major magazines. And it's not just a crawler. I built this thing to be an insane trail runner/mud runner/crawler/snowmobile...Here's the build thread for more info: Project Gremlin King It started life as a stock Wk and slowly morphed into the monster you see before you. She's been run hard and most of the mechanical stuff is finished so I figured starting on the bodywork was in order... But like my 1:1 projects, I'm having too much fun beating on it so it'll probably be sometime far from now when it actually sees a real paint job. |
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05-19-2008, 07:10 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: norfolk
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NOOOOOO Don't Paint it, man it would loose all of its character!!! |
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05-19-2008, 07:57 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nebraska
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I really like the "bodywork" Chris! It looks great!
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05-21-2008, 01:40 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Florida
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Great job, very realistic looking...
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05-21-2008, 02:41 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas
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Nice work, love the rust holes |
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05-21-2008, 02:10 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arizona
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I had a '72 Hornet and it rusted in the same spot. That was my first car. Oh the memories  |
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