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Last year, my wife talked me into buying a modern vehicle so there would be parts availability. I decided on a Slash kit, since it was versatile and everyone carried parts. Since then, I have replaced most of it with aftermarket parts, because the stock components are flimsy. Eventually, I converted...

Took an old T3 and converted it to a short course spec....SCT3.

Worked on a new body....

I've completed the project today...Used an old RPM bumper that I heated and flattened out. The rear was cut from G10, but I may redesign it. I've accomplished the goal of building it entirely from parts, including the body. That was a bit of a trick getting the holes to line up with the mounts. I di...

That's a really cool project. Turned out nice. Even the stance looks right. I won my very first race with one back in 1986.

Over the past week or two, I've been painting some more bodies for cars I'm putting up for sale. I'm not the world's most creative person, so colour schemes are always a stretch. Alex Very nice job on the painting! I'm a terrible painter, so I usually do one color cars and detail them with vinyl......

The BASIC car is complete! I got the electronics cleaned up and installed. Installed new bullet plugs on the ESC, and I shortened the servo wire (and found out age is catching up with me trying to see it :shock: ). ....I haven't taken it out yet, but I did bench test everything. ...Next thing is to ...

This looks to be a very technical project...Although I'm not familiar with a Coyote, based on the illustrations, it looks like Mr.Ed has the right idea about using the bumper as a guard. Seems to be several places to bolt one on.....I can't wait to see the progress on this!

Here's today's progress... I got the front tower cut, mounted and all the steering linkage hooked up. The car has about 3/4" of ground clearance when all the running gear is in. Also, I got the battery tray built and installed. I used the poor man's method of balancing the car by standing a 3/8...

Chuck - I just read your post that you linked to....Thank you so much for that! I was a little concerned about the play in mine. I'll have to see if I have one.

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Sat Mar 25, 2023 7:38 pm For your 6 gear transmission, are you doing the outdrive bearing mod?

Very nice setup you're making. Looks great!

Thank you so much! I don't know what bearing mod you're referring to. All I did was flip the top shaft so the motor spins the proper direction, and fabricated a motor plate to fit.

With other projects I've been working on, I almost forgot about the latest makeover with the tractor. After I finished the JD, I really didn't like it. It looked pretty accurate, just not my taste....so after I retired, I tried one more time for something I like. All the decals on it (and the Bush H...

I decided to remake the motor plate because one of the screw mounts was a bit too close to the diff plate. This time, I went for a more "industrial look", instead trying to mimic a stock configuration... 8.jpg After the motor mount, I cut a tower to use with short shocks, and got the rear ...

Thanks Juice and Klavy....I needed the laugh today :lol: !!! I managed to get a bit more done this evening. Since the chassis has no kickup, I used an old trick some people used back in the 80s, by shaving the stops out of the caster blocks and swapping sides. I found some RPM axle blocks (I have no...

I'm so sorry to hear about this. RIP and God bless.