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I wanna be Dave
I picked this up from the classifieds for almost a steal. Overall in like new condition except the front diff had no power at the wheels. Sorted that out as having set screws backed out. 100% stock.
It sat on the floor for a month and I decided to make some flat panels. Got them all cut out and asked my two youngest kids what the paint scheme should be. They unanimously said they wanted it to look like their school bus. #88 it is.
Seller’s pic. Looks good and stock to me.
Sweet, it’s got a 2 speed.
Old yellow dog #88.
Picked up a NOS Derwood front mount here. Thanks @onecool54@yahoo. Working on squaring it away. Tried it with 100mm shocks and some spacers under the mount, but that looked like poo. So I made a tall mount and it looked like poo, too. I finally settled on shorter shocks, sourced them, ordered them, and now I wait 3 days. Found a full set of HPI Blitz shocks for less than $20. 67-87mm up front and 70-103mm in the rear. These should work fine. Plus they’re all black. I did find a set of Chinese aluminum shocks in my junk that are 90mm and they’re currently being the mock up set.
90mm set topped out. So an 87mm should be good.
All the other front upright shock mounts have squares in the hood. I figured I’d give it a go at making holes for each shock top. Looks aight but aren’t symmetrical enough for me. So I’ll be cutting another hood out.
I ordered a set of Chinese Swampers but ordered 2.2 instead of the 1.9. Oh, well. They’ll get used somewhere else. I have a set of the RC4WD steelies that has fresh black paint. These will be going on but I haven’t made up my mind what tires yet. I may just run these for now because I think the steelies are narrower and I like that look. We’ll see when we get there.
It sat on the floor for a month and I decided to make some flat panels. Got them all cut out and asked my two youngest kids what the paint scheme should be. They unanimously said they wanted it to look like their school bus. #88 it is.
Seller’s pic. Looks good and stock to me.
Sweet, it’s got a 2 speed.
Old yellow dog #88.
Picked up a NOS Derwood front mount here. Thanks @onecool54@yahoo. Working on squaring it away. Tried it with 100mm shocks and some spacers under the mount, but that looked like poo. So I made a tall mount and it looked like poo, too. I finally settled on shorter shocks, sourced them, ordered them, and now I wait 3 days. Found a full set of HPI Blitz shocks for less than $20. 67-87mm up front and 70-103mm in the rear. These should work fine. Plus they’re all black. I did find a set of Chinese aluminum shocks in my junk that are 90mm and they’re currently being the mock up set.
90mm set topped out. So an 87mm should be good.
All the other front upright shock mounts have squares in the hood. I figured I’d give it a go at making holes for each shock top. Looks aight but aren’t symmetrical enough for me. So I’ll be cutting another hood out.
I ordered a set of Chinese Swampers but ordered 2.2 instead of the 1.9. Oh, well. They’ll get used somewhere else. I have a set of the RC4WD steelies that has fresh black paint. These will be going on but I haven’t made up my mind what tires yet. I may just run these for now because I think the steelies are narrower and I like that look. We’ll see when we get there.
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