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09-24-2005, 09:16 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, San Angelo
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|  Scale Clod "Cheap Trick" Well I got tired of my old rig HOSS 2 just sitting on the shelf collecting dust so I decided to do a major overhaul for a low cost thus the name "Cheap Trick". I turned HOSS 2 into a 2.2 rig and had to do a lot of modding to the chassis. Take a look. The old HOSS 2  The new Cheap Trick   Custom bumper  Hand made snorkel  And of coarse the manditory flex shot  Hope you enjoyed the show. Last edited by Texrok; 10-25-2005 at 02:22 PM. |
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09-24-2005, 09:50 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: tipha
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| what did you use to make that snorkel? lookin good! |
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09-24-2005, 10:20 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas!
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| Looks great! Have you ran it at all yet? If so, how does it preform compared to your old hoss. I can't wait to have another comp sometime so I can see all these new rigs  , that is if I can make it out to oneReminds me of Cheap Jeep from xtreme4x4 on spike. Last edited by KidWithAcrayon; 09-24-2005 at 10:22 AM. |
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09-24-2005, 10:24 AM
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| Axial Team Driver   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: OC
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| Lets see some body off shots! What wheels are you using and how wide is the stance? |
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09-24-2005, 10:58 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, San Angelo
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| Homer the snorkel is made out of an arrow shaft and some composite type material I had lying around. I just cut a rough shape and then ground it into what you see and painted it. Kid, I just got finished running it and let me say, it pretty cool. It crawls about like the FJ40. Maybe a little better. The wheels are modified stampede rims. I grind out the back side and use the stock clod wheel adaptors because they are much stronger and will not allow the hexes to spin. I'll get some body of shots soon. |
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09-24-2005, 08:48 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: anaheim
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| hay kwc you watch powerblock too? |
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09-24-2005, 08:58 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mesa, arizona
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| what did you do to the wheels for the clod adaptors just drilled? |
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09-24-2005, 09:15 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, San Angelo
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09-28-2005, 06:17 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2004 Location: DFW, Texas
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| Looks good Texrok! Can't wait to see it crawl. How bout some body off shots? |
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09-28-2005, 06:49 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo   Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Planning
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| Well I'm torn. I thought Hoss2 was great but Cheap Trick is seriously sweet too.  Nice werk Tex!! |
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09-28-2005, 08:56 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, San Angelo
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| Thank ya guys. I haven't had a free moment to get more pics due to work and baby boy. I'll get some soon. Just bear with me. I'll probably take it to the hunting lease with me this weekend and do some playing between hunts |
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10-25-2005, 02:21 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, San Angelo
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| Cman and I did a little wheelin' around Gravevine Lake last week. Here are the results.     This one looks like it should be a JEEP commercial.     Thanks for looking. Sorry Cman I didn't get any of your rig while we were out there that you didn't already post on your thread. Last edited by Texrok; 10-28-2005 at 10:31 AM. |
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10-25-2005, 02:44 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Where it's wet
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| Sweet rig. Like the snorkel I just noticed the rear motor out back. How's that workin out for ya? I'm curious how the (departure angle) looks from the side... |
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10-25-2005, 04:10 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, San Angelo
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| The departure angle is not an issue. The nice thing about Clod axles is that they don't care which way you run them. I turned the rear axle around so it would fit under the body better for a more scale look. I have 2 rigs with this set up and they both run great. |
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10-25-2005, 04:21 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Planning
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| Man thats a good lookin rig. I wasn't too sure about the front bumper at first but in your pics it really goes well with the rig. Nice job Dusty. |
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10-26-2005, 07:21 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, San Angelo
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| Thanks Grizz. Different lighting I guess. |
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10-26-2005, 09:23 AM
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| 1 man, 2 sons   Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Recovering@ the hobby garage MT.
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|  nice work jeep should be proud of you! |
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10-28-2005, 10:32 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, San Angelo
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