Tamiya Bruiser conversion

[VMIOffroad]

Hello all, I am new to the forum, and thought you might be able to help. I was cleaning out an old storage unit the other day and found some toys from when I was a kid. In the boxes of stuff I found my old RC gear and vehicles including the following Tamiya rigs, Superchamp, Willys, Blackfoot, S10 stadium truck, Grasshopper, and a complete Toyota Bruiser (automatic hubs) and Bruiser frame/suspension/transmission with manual locking hubs. I thought it would be a fun winter project with my son to use the Bruiser frame and build a scale version of my real Crawler a 1998 Jeep XJ. I would like to four link the front and rear for flex, not sure if I am going to keep the tranny or not, I want it to look real so I am thinking about using the existing axle assemblies and fabbing up or buying suspension mounts to convert the suspension. The current leaf spring setup has very little suspension travel and flex. Any input and ideas are welcome, thanks in advance for the help.

 

[cartronicshn]

Awesome find"thumbsup", i would recommend a different tranny as the stock one it's nearly impossible to get parts for, i put some juggernauts leafs on my hilux and it improved a lot, here is the link to my og build"thumbsup"
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/1-9-scale-rigs/256049-og-hilux-build.html

 

[VMIOffroad]

Thanks for hitting back, I agree it was an awesome find, what transmission do you suggest, it appears that both the trannys are in working (not seized up condition) I found a how to on making it full time 4wd thought that might be worth a try (looks like it is just a matter of swapping some gears around) I am really thinking more of a scale rig but flexy like the real thing sitting out in the shop.

 

[skinner]

Man nice find!! Should've posted some pics!!