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11-14-2019, 09:59 PM | #1 |
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| My Clod mod from vintage
Hello This year "Option No.1" releases Clod Aluminum metal chassis conversion kit. Then I decided to convert my old vintage Clod to metal chassis. I bought old Clod in 1987, when I was age-9. Left metal chassis is which I bought this year. There are mismatch of Screw hole locations for Battery Holder. Need modification. Last edited by AYA; 11-14-2019 at 10:04 PM. |
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11-14-2019, 10:01 PM | #2 |
Newbie Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: US
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| Re: My Clod mod from vintage
Nice. I have a stock clod I built last year drove it twice and put back on the shelf. I have plans for it sooner or later but for now I enjoy looking at it Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk |
11-14-2019, 10:08 PM | #3 |
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Also there is insufficient gap to put Motor-cables through receiver plate. Therefore I cut-off a part. |
11-14-2019, 10:27 PM | #4 |
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For 4-link, I bought 4-link kit Servo mount kit from Crawford. However there was issue. Screw hole for chassis is 4mm, but 4-link kit's Pillow ball hole is 3mm. I don't know how everyone solved. I prepared 4mm to 3mm conversion screw. And, drilled hole for suspension holder. Crawford's servo holder couldn't fit well. Therefore I prepared Eagle's holder. For rear axle, I prepared servo reverser. Stock suspension, Speed controller are replaced. OK, metal conversion has been done! |
11-17-2019, 10:44 PM | #5 |
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Next step is body making. I bought Super Clod body, but I re-used Chevrolet front grille and tail gate from old Clod. Using TAMIYA LACQUER THINNER, I removed color and cleaned. Then re-painted here. For tail lamp, I bought AMPro's Tail Light Lenses and Housings. |
11-24-2019, 07:44 AM | #6 |
Newbie Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: JAPAN
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Option No.1 also has an original body post for conversion kit. Bridge part is metal, but posts are plastic. I decided to modify it to stealth mount. I bought Neodymium magnet in 1-coin shop and Stealth mount kit in Amazon. However I found the body post is a little thick. I ground and cut it to fit the mount. I don't have a driver figure, therefore I just borrowed my daughter 1/12 girl figure. It almost fit to Killerbody Bucket Seat size. |
11-26-2019, 04:36 AM | #7 |
Newbie Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: JAPAN
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Instead of stock tinted plastic window, I used RC4WD clear lexan window. For lights, BEC 6V is used for LEDs. I also modified Rollbar lights with RC4WD KC HiLiTES Light Set as follows: Stock and Mod I need to buy lenses but out of stock... |
11-26-2019, 07:00 AM | #8 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2019 Location: Boyertown Pa.
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| Re: My Clod mod from vintage
Very nice build! I have a question. If I can remember when vintage was new, does that make me old?
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11-28-2019, 01:30 AM | #9 |
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Thank you for checking my build. Not old. |
11-28-2019, 01:38 AM | #10 |
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Last item is sticker. I bought replica sticker (made in Canada?) of vintage clod. But skin color of Guy is not good. Fortunately I kept a part of original sticker more than 30years (below of photo image), I used it. I put it. |
12-14-2019, 02:02 PM | #11 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: North to Alaska - go north, the rush is on....
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You did a great job man!!! Thanks for taking the time to document and share it. |
12-14-2019, 02:32 PM | #12 |
Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PA
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Sweet build! There certainly aren't enough Clod builds these days. Did you get those decals from MCI Racing? I've found their replica decals to be junk as well. |
12-23-2019, 07:52 AM | #13 |
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12-25-2019, 01:27 AM | #14 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Honolulu, HI
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Beautiful build. Thanks for sharing Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk |
12-26-2019, 04:56 AM | #15 |
Newbie Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: stratford
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that thing is sweet. I yelled at my buddy because he just threw away enough parts to make 2 full clods and a few spares left over. |
01-07-2020, 08:10 AM | #16 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: california under the rock im crawling on
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| Re: My Clod mod from vintage my first clod was a trash can rescue i got 4 rigs from the trash on a job site the guys like oh you want those heres a controler and a few batterys lol
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