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05-25-2013, 06:54 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: steubenville ohio
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|  old steel toy truck body ?
has anyone ever used an old steel toy truck body {tonka,buddy l} on their scaler projects. there are alot of very cool old toy trucks out there. if so what did you use?.
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05-25-2013, 07:08 AM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: st.paul
Posts: 238
| Re: old steel toy truck body ?
i read someone used a tonka jeep body. I think it was in the off or scale section. it was a cool build.
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05-28-2013, 01:16 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lindsborg
Posts: 1,708
| Re: old steel toy truck body ?
the only down side is the weight and that is mostly a concern with center of gravity. I have been consider it for a while now especially since I saw the old Nylint explorer on eBay a while back.
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05-30-2013, 09:03 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: lowell
Posts: 145
| Re: old steel toy truck body ?
Been thinking about this myself, got an old Nylint Blazer.
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05-30-2013, 09:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2010 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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| Re: old steel toy truck body ?
the biggest problem is cost, those things are vintage now, and collectors want a mint for em.
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05-30-2013, 09:47 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: lowell
Posts: 145
| Re: old steel toy truck body ?
Always watching yard sales myself, but I already have the one I want to use. It has already been abused.
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05-30-2013, 10:04 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rancho Relaxo. California. USA. Earth.
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Started a 6x6 with a Tonka dump truck cab... Need to finish the thing off already.  |
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05-30-2013, 10:35 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2011 Location: Lost in Oregon
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| Re: old steel toy truck body ?
You're killing me smalls We gotta finish that bad-a truck...  |
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05-30-2013, 10:58 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rancho Relaxo. California. USA. Earth.
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I know!  soon...
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05-31-2013, 04:28 PM
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| Moderator   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: chicago
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| Re: old steel toy truck body ?
ive always thought the big duke tonka would make a pretty neat scaler.  |
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05-31-2013, 06:49 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: hemet
Posts: 296
| Re: old steel toy truck body ?
I have seen a nylint bronco used before. It came out about 1/16 scale. It was cool, but they are getting expensive.
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06-01-2013, 12:20 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Casper
Posts: 620
| Re: old steel toy truck body ?
I picked up a Tonka Wagoneer for cheap. It had been painted by a 6yo and beat up pretty bad. Mounted it to my son's HPI Mini Recon. Not perfectly scale but, it was a fun project for us.   |
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06-01-2013, 02:41 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lindsborg
Posts: 1,708
| Re: old steel toy truck body ?
I want to do a Winnie some day, I get this idea of making a cooler for carrying.....drinks n stuff.... and a few tools.
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06-01-2013, 07:20 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Raleign
Posts: 1,439
| Re: old steel toy truck body ?
I just did a CAT dump truck body on Wraith chassis for my wife for Mother's Day. It was a plastic body though. The metal body version was too heavy to be practical for that build.
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09-20-2015, 06:04 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: bethlehem
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09-22-2015, 11:53 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: saranac
Posts: 310
| Re: old steel toy truck body ?
well time to look in the basement for my old tonka trucks!
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