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01-30-2006, 08:52 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004
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Heres my latest project, I thought I would try my hand at a tuber so here are the stats. TLT axles T3 tranny Lathe motor 4" shocks Pede sliders Swamp dogs on Ofna 2.2 rims chopped clod body 3/16 brake line, brazed Im still working on it slowly but my plans are to paint the clod body primer grey and then give it the sponsor sticker treatment. For the chassis I am going to powdercoat it blue and add some diamond plate aluminum in the rear for some pannels. What do you think? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...903/tuber2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ubechassis.jpg |
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01-30-2006, 08:53 PM
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I have a bit more of it done now, I will post some pics tomorrow after work.
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01-30-2006, 09:51 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bruiser Heaven!!!!
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looks like a good start and i'm going to use that same body in my TOP SECRET project.
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01-31-2006, 09:22 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Thats a Good question
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Looks like a good start, keep working on it. and post pics. soon. PS. diamondplate will look killer |
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01-31-2006, 05:58 PM
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Update.....Put on some more tube today. I got the other side of the lower chassis together but was too tired to braze it on. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...903/tuber4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...903/tuber3.jpg |
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01-31-2006, 07:12 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Winston-Salem
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Nice work man.
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01-31-2006, 09:32 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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Not bad....
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02-01-2006, 05:23 AM
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Thanks guys, this is my first tuber. I think its going pretty good seeing as I have no prior experiance with a torch.
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02-01-2006, 05:49 PM
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02-01-2006, 06:03 PM
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| Newbie  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Grand Junction
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Looks cool.
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02-01-2006, 06:31 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Jose
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If you are running a body why would you run a stinger at the top of the grill. Why not at the bottom like most people. That looks silly to me. But the rest looks good.
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02-01-2006, 06:54 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence.
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I agree, loose the stinger. It won't look as good without a grill in the body. Make a nice tube bumper with a stinger.
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02-02-2006, 05:43 PM
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Ya, I agree. Im going to move the stinger down under the grill. Heres a shot of some progress from this evening. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...903/tuber7.jpg |
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02-02-2006, 05:47 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Bay, CA
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Triangulation! It may not matter if your joints are super strong, but run some bars across the rectangles in your frame to increase strength.
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02-03-2006, 11:21 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Albuquerque
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not bad keep the pics comin
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02-08-2006, 04:21 PM
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Thanks, here is some more.. Second pic is the servo mount/top link mount I made. It replaces the stock one and uses one of the top link mount brackets from the tlt kit. Third pic is some diamond plate that I may use on the rear of my chassis where the body doesnt cover. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...903/tuber8.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...servomount.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...amondplate.jpg |
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