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Posts: 5150 (06/13/09 03:07 PM) Home Racing Guru! |
thanks to Ritchie, i finally got the truck bodies i was looking for. Now there has to be a decision made - what to do with the wheels. 1) tuck them under the body to get it as low as possible 2) widen the wheel wells and get it as low as possible 3) mount the truck high i´m currently leaning to 1 - but the wheel width will be more narrow and the truck with its high center of gravity will barrel roll easier than with widend wheel wells, but i like the look better. what do you think? |
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Posts: 387 (06/13/09 04:12 PM) 1/43 Jedi Master
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I don't think you'll have much of a problem with the roll over with 1 if you keep it low. I vote for 1. You're the ground clearance dude, so drop
and roll!
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Posts: 8875 (06/13/09 04:14 PM) Home Racing Guru! |
1!
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Posts: 726 (06/13/09 04:18 PM) |
1
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Posts: 4233 (06/13/09 06:03 PM) Home Racing Guru! |
How about option 4 - send the truck body to me and I'll finish it!
If not, then #1
Freedom Isn't Free!
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Posts: 1713 (06/13/09 08:02 PM) HRW Lead Bartender! |
Okay it might just be me always going against the flow, but I vote for #2 based on looks, not racing I suppose.
#2 looks like something you might see common in 1:1 built up as a hot rod. #3 only if you plan on going 4x4 and #1 just seems a little odd. My, #2 cents 
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Posts: 6182 (06/13/09 08:05 PM) Home Racing Guru! |
How about cutting the fenders from the body, the adding filler pieces to bring the fendes out wider? Then you can have the look of optin 1 with more width.
Cool body, by the way. |
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Posts: 13 (06/13/09 09:01 PM) |
hey pfuetze
awesome truck i vote for 1 where can i get 1 of those? |
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pfuetze |
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Posts: 5151 (06/14/09 01:55 AM) Home Racing Guru! |
thanks for your options!
Joe, i think i´ll go with No.1 at this point. But lucky man as i am, i got 3 of these bodies from Raunchy, so maybe we will see a No.2 as well sometime in the future. 
Mike, good idea, but i don´t know if i want to do all this work  The result would be of course something unique, so maybe it will happen with the 3rd
body 
transam6870, i got this truck body from a trade with another forum member. I think it´s from a dollar general set - finally an artin clone. I search for it for some time now. They were available some years ago. cheers, Peter |
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Posts: 394 (06/14/09 05:51 AM) 1/43 Jedi Master
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They come up on the Bay occasionallly. There were two or three different body styles, one with a hood scoop, one without and one with injector stacks I think.
Check Georg's collection, he has them all.
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