51WillysJeep
RCC Addict
Hey Guys, well a few weeks ago I caught word that "Pantablo" was thinking of letting this Awesome rig go up for grabs, so I PM'ed him about it before he posted in the "For Sale" section, we struck up a deal, and It was then headed my way....
Heres Pablo's original build thread of this Awesome little scaler..! "thumbsup"
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156713&highlight=range+rover
And here it is after its cross country trip :mrgreen:
Pablo did tell me there were a few "issues" that existed with this truck that might need to be fixed, but I knew once It reached my house, I could tweak whatever I found that was "wrong" in Pablo's opinion, and make this thing into a REAL capable wheelin' machine..! :twisted:
Hmm, I didn't know Spaghetti was for dinner....:mrgreen::mrgreen:
Ok, fast forward a few days, and I got most of it all straightened out.. I re-wired the chassis so just about everything you see above went away. The rear of the frame had a bad "kink" in it which was leaning the rear suspension way over to the passengers side. I had to cut the rear of the welded frame apart, re-straighten it and bolt it back together square.
Pablo originally came up with a Sweet way to mount the super RARE Range Rover body. Its screwed to the lower metal rocker panels that the front exo cage is brazed to. Problem was that the brazed "L" brackets were a bit to narrow for the bodys width ( bending it inwards at the bottom - which just didn't look right to me) so I cut the brackets off, made up some 1/4" longer mounting tabs out of aluminum and re-attatched everything back to the way it was ( Its just a little wider now at the bottom and the body now sits "right". "thumbsup" I also removed the 3 spotlights from the grill guard and mounted up some KC's for the "Old School" 4 Wheeler look..!
Lastly I changed out the reduced Flatirons that came with the truck. It just so happens that I had a set of Reduced Tomahawks on modified Brat wheels ( from the Slickrock Samurai) and they were a PERFECT addition to this rig. I cleaned up the body a bit, and added a fresh coat of black paint to the exo cage. Still have to mount the interior and then add a few more scale details . Here are some NEW winter wheelin' pics - Enjoy..! "thumbsup"
Heres Pablo's original build thread of this Awesome little scaler..! "thumbsup"
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156713&highlight=range+rover
And here it is after its cross country trip :mrgreen:
Pablo did tell me there were a few "issues" that existed with this truck that might need to be fixed, but I knew once It reached my house, I could tweak whatever I found that was "wrong" in Pablo's opinion, and make this thing into a REAL capable wheelin' machine..! :twisted:
Hmm, I didn't know Spaghetti was for dinner....:mrgreen::mrgreen:
Ok, fast forward a few days, and I got most of it all straightened out.. I re-wired the chassis so just about everything you see above went away. The rear of the frame had a bad "kink" in it which was leaning the rear suspension way over to the passengers side. I had to cut the rear of the welded frame apart, re-straighten it and bolt it back together square.
Pablo originally came up with a Sweet way to mount the super RARE Range Rover body. Its screwed to the lower metal rocker panels that the front exo cage is brazed to. Problem was that the brazed "L" brackets were a bit to narrow for the bodys width ( bending it inwards at the bottom - which just didn't look right to me) so I cut the brackets off, made up some 1/4" longer mounting tabs out of aluminum and re-attatched everything back to the way it was ( Its just a little wider now at the bottom and the body now sits "right". "thumbsup" I also removed the 3 spotlights from the grill guard and mounted up some KC's for the "Old School" 4 Wheeler look..!
Lastly I changed out the reduced Flatirons that came with the truck. It just so happens that I had a set of Reduced Tomahawks on modified Brat wheels ( from the Slickrock Samurai) and they were a PERFECT addition to this rig. I cleaned up the body a bit, and added a fresh coat of black paint to the exo cage. Still have to mount the interior and then add a few more scale details . Here are some NEW winter wheelin' pics - Enjoy..! "thumbsup"
