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11-13-2020, 02:58 PM | #1 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: ohio
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| Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
Does any body make a wide 70’s Ford truck body ? I’m looking for a body around the with of a stock trx4 bronco. I’m not having any luck finding one most are around 7” wide.
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11-13-2020, 03:58 PM | #2 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Upstate NY
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
JConcepts has a couple but they may be a little narrow. Vaterra has a 68 F100 but it's made for a touring car wheelbase. The Outlaw Rampage has a pretty cool Baja body. |
11-13-2020, 04:34 PM | #3 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Austin
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
Maybe the Carisma '76 F-150? It's 324mm wheelbase, can't seem to find the width... It's a looker, though. Also, they make a drop-bed kit for it. |
11-15-2020, 06:42 AM | #4 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: ohio
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
Those are 7” wide and 19.75” long
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11-15-2020, 07:46 AM | #5 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Austin Texas
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
I'm currently looking for the Carisma ( body only) and can't find it anywhere. I haven't checked oversea yet but I'm only finding rtr kits on amazon/ ebay. This is the one that I've been posting pics of lately in the trx4 section that my buddy and I did for his defender chassis so if you need any input, OP... I'm happy to help.
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11-15-2020, 11:19 AM | #6 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Upstate NY
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
Just came across the Kyosho Mad Crusher. It's not exactly a Ford but it's kinda Ford-ish. WB is about 13.8" and it's about 8" wide at the grill so it may be a little wider at the fenders. With some Ford decals you could probably pull it off as a Ford. You can get a clear body for about $60 at ebay. Mad Crusher body |
01-19-2021, 06:43 PM | #7 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hutchinson
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
I have a Jconcepts 1979 F250 body and it is 8" wide. Bumper to bumper is 20-1/2". I would like to find a short bed version of it. The long bed gets hung up here and there in the tight twisty paths. |
01-19-2021, 07:32 PM | #8 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: The Big Island
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01-19-2021, 10:21 PM | #9 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hutchinson
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
Is it possible to bob a lexan body?? Seems like it would lose a lot of structure. |
01-20-2021, 12:16 AM | #10 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Santa Maria, CA
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
I bobbed the rear of the bed on an rc4wd tacoma body (lexan) and just e6000'd it together. Stronger than ever. To make a long bed into a short bed, you'd really need to shorten both ends (in front and behind the wheel opening) which means you'd need to bridge the cab and bed sections back together with a scrap of lexan (or something) glued on the backside. As long as the body was painted before glueing things together, the seams won't be terribly noticeable.
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01-20-2021, 05:10 AM | #11 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Jacksonville
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
Bobbed an Axial C10 body recently. Just cut a section out of the rear and attached it back together with styrene strips/epoxy and a little bondo finishing paste in the seams, worked just fine.
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01-20-2021, 06:58 AM | #12 |
Slow is the new Fast Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Winterpeg
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
JConcepts makes the widest F150 bodies for a 12.3 WB. Unfortunately they don’t make a 70’s version. They make an early 80’s and early 90’s. Nice thing about them is how well you can stuff a 4.75” tire in them Last edited by smog; 01-20-2021 at 07:04 AM. |
01-20-2021, 07:09 AM | #13 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Jacksonville
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
I like the body pin in the second photo is that a stick? I've started carrying spares for when I forget to put them on at the house.
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01-20-2021, 07:22 AM | #14 |
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01-20-2021, 07:26 PM | #15 |
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
JConcepts 79F250 I have one just didn't get to get around to it. Hoping TRX Bronco Grill fits it
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01-20-2021, 08:42 PM | #16 | |
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ??? Quote:
Proline’s 1979 F150 cab and TRX4’s Bronco grill/headlamps? Last edited by air8; 01-20-2021 at 08:47 PM. | |
01-20-2021, 11:47 PM | #17 | ||
Slow is the new Fast Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Winterpeg
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ??? Quote:
Edit: just looked at the jconcepts web page, looks the width might actually match. Not sure how comparable the body lines are however. Could take some massaging Quote:
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01-21-2021, 12:24 AM | #18 | |
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01-21-2021, 05:35 AM | #19 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hutchinson
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
My bad. I bought the Jconcepts 79 body for my SCX10 II a few weeks ago. It is right at 8" wide. Not sure of the TRX grill width. |
02-18-2021, 07:28 PM | #20 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: san diego
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| Re: Wide 70’s Ford truck body ???
Yrah jconcepts just came out with a 79 f250 crawler width body. I have the older monster truck width 79 and it was closer to 1:12 scale. Good question about the traxxas bronco grill. You would have better luck with a 3d printed grill from RCNerds on shapeways. He actually shrunk down a grill he developed for the proline f250 cab mentioned earlier. I gave him the measurements and it came from shapeways with the dimensions I supplied. Looked and fit EXCELLENT. I'm sure he would do it again for the new crawler width 79. |
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