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12-16-2005, 05:07 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo   Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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|  The Wild Oats Clone
A long time ago my friend's wife asked if I would build a crawler for her husband. Well, it took some time to build, and then it took some time to finally get it to him but he finally recieved his christmas present last week. I wanted to keep this as close to a mini-me of his Jeep as possible so I studied all my pics of the paint and bodywork to get it as close as possible. I am really happy with how it turned out and so was he and his wife. Specs: Clod axles ClodMod Racing motor mounts 10T/9T front/rear pinions Mag Mayhem motors Traxxas Rustler Rear wheels narrowed on the inside Rckjeep's old style Rock Rings Imex 2.2 All-T tires Super Rooster Hitec HS-5945MG steering servo El Diablo chassis modified for a 14" wheelbase ThunderTech Racing upper link posts Futaba 2ch radio Proline CJ body I mixed my own paint to try and match the "Panther Pink" and the flames are "Purple Pearl". Both turned out very close to correct. I put Mag Mayhem's in this cuz if any of you know Rod he LOVES horsepower and I figured he'd get bored with the lathe motors.  Hope you guys like  Last edited by Grizzly4x4; 12-16-2005 at 05:11 PM. |
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12-16-2005, 05:07 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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12-16-2005, 06:28 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Concord, NC
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Very nice rig. Didn't think I would ever say that about something pink. But that is one very cool truck. The background in your pics is making me want to move. Looks like plenty of rocks to play on.
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12-16-2005, 10:36 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: So Cal
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Man,that thing is bad ***!!!!.Awesome job on the clone.I allways liked the wild oats CJ5.
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12-16-2005, 10:43 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Vallejo
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good job!
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12-16-2005, 11:58 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Saugus
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Wow! This is excellent proof that clods can look scale!
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12-17-2005, 08:34 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NH
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verry cool man I love the paintscheme! I havent seen pink look that good! -RR |
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12-17-2005, 12:02 PM
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| MODERATOR™  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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Looks great Grizz.
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12-17-2005, 12:33 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austin Texas
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Looks killer Grizz! I'd say he'll like those mag mayhems  |
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12-18-2005, 10:46 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Back in MICHIGAN
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looks good man. the pink looks awesome
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12-18-2005, 11:03 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: up in no mans land
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Looks KICK ***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cant get much better
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12-18-2005, 12:43 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big Bear Lake
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Are those the top secret Moab pics?  I tried to take a picture of this rig in Moab earlier this year. Griz spotted me, gave a nod to Ace, then Ace came over and smashed my camera.  |
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12-18-2005, 12:57 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: R.I.P. Chip
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The Wild Oats rig has got to be one of the most photographed cj's of all time, the clod looks Very good to! Just one word... LUCKY!  |
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12-19-2005, 01:51 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Poland
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WOW ! That`s the awesome rig you gt there  And beautiful photos !  Post some more action shoots !
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12-19-2005, 07:31 AM
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| Dirt Addict   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stumblin' thru the parking lot of an invisible 7-Eleven
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Awesome job! Jay |
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12-19-2005, 09:54 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004
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finally! Great job griz |
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12-19-2005, 10:15 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: On my acre and a half of Gods Country. Prosper, TX
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Looks great Grizz. So, you are the one that owns Wild Oats? Is that the same Jeep that was featured in Peterson's about 10 years ago? |
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12-19-2005, 11:28 AM
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| Adilynsdad too!   Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville
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Pink is my favorite color.
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12-19-2005, 11:55 AM
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| PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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Thanks for all the replies guys. Pink is definatly not a mainstream color (for 4x4's  ) but on Rod's Jeep it works.Yes Fred, those are the top secret photos from Moab. Sorry about the camera. As Fred and Digler eluded to, this rig has actually been done for a long time but I did not want any pics posted in case anyone on the board knew Rod and mentioned it to him. T-man, No I do not own Wild Oats (although I have tried to get it left to me in Rod's will ) It belongs to Rod Pepper, he is a good ffriend of mine and I took the pics in his garage after giving the clone to him. It was -10 degrees that night so outside pics were out of the question.
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12-19-2005, 12:23 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big Bear Lake
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| Beautiful work, as usual Mr. Griz. |
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