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Biggus' Rat Rod King
Dunno why but just loved the idea of this and I havent seen one done (although no doubt someone here has done). I acquired another King Hauler shell and other bits n bobs and today started on the body.
Started off with this.. So off with the sleeper.. Then off with the wheelarches Now for a roof chop, figured easiest way is to go with the width of masking tape to ensure I got it the same all way round.. and to be honest its worked out really well, not too much in the way of any gaps. Now I was going to mod the roof to fit the truck body which would mean cutting it in half and adding a piece but looking at it I figured that shortening the door by 5mm would be much easier which I have now done. This is a general idea of layout I plan for..
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That will look a lot like the pissed off Pete hotrod buold by blastolene customs which is now owned by Jay Leno. It's an old needle nose Pete hotrod powered by a built up Detroit.
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Yeh got photos of that on my phone, that Im taking inspiration from, amongst others.
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This is going to be a nice project can't wait to see this progress . Very cool I love hotrods and a hotrod truck way cool .
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COOL! i am trying to build one to,but dam trying to hide everything is tuff!
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that's gonna look bad ***
Alfy
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that's gonna be a challenging but awesome build cant wait to see it on a frame
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Bit done on the chassis, not running any rear suspension so was easy enough to make a bracket to bolt axle on.
Sat the shell on, which has now been stripped of paint and some filler put on. Still loads to do!
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wowzers!
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Thats looking pretty cool.
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Looking good Rich old buddy I think you got this one in the bag..
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cool!!!!!!! put an allison aircraft v-12 with some exhaust out of the side. just something i saw in my head when i looked that this bad boy. lol what ever you do as long as you finish it. it will be cool ;cole
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Neat looking build! Actually it already has a rat rod look, with cab and hood having some stripped and faded color on them, along with some body filler. Are you going paint it primer grey, flat black, or something like that? This will be a fun build to watch.
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@Scalepaintn I have been messing about with various metal tubes for exhausts, nothing has seemed right yet. Floorpan/body mount is done now and added a back piece tonight, just attacking it with more filler. Made some headlights for it from highlift spotlights. And thanks Paul
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looks real good!
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Front axle arrived today, bought it as it was a cheaper option than a Tamiya one with all the knuckles etc and am very happy with it the finish and work on it is superb. Just mounted at moment with a pair of leaf springs but i think i will be fitting some links under the chassis too.
Front wheels are standard King Hauler but inner bead cut off so that the Tamiya Buggy Champ fronts arent too stretched. I have also fitted a HPI wheelyking crawler inline reduction gearbox with a 55t motor. Standard King Hauler Body mounts have been fitted too so the body is secure to chassis now.
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dag nammit I want one, über cool build
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Really looking good
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That is insane love it.
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Thanks, really enjoying this one and seriously now looking at trying to sort a rusty/worn paint look for it.. along with shiny chrome.
Been working trying to get rid of all the joins etc I have put in. Starting to get there now, picked up a set of fenders for it and some nice shiny stacks.
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