broken shock tower turned franken hornet

[vintage88]

so i was bashing around with my hornet in the sand and i came down HARD on the front end and snaped the front shock tower so i pulled all the parts and put them on a new chassis. but being the pack rat i am i couldnt pitch the old chassis...lol but motivated by some parts i bought on ebay(whole car less chassis) i decided to dig out the broken chassis and see what i could do to fix it so this is now going to be a frankenhornet build havent decided exactly what all i will do to it yet but the shocks i used for the front were from a ta 02 i recently built up and had extra so i think i want to find tamiya shocks to use for the rear but i dont want stock so we will see what i figure out

[airdreams1]

but being the pack rat i am i couldnt pitch the old chassis...

I hear you i have a hard time throwing RC stuff away... I dont have a hornet, but still have some parts left frome them & some others.

[vintage88]

yeah i love these cars i now have three including this project lol my fiances always on me to sale or pitch the stuff im not yet using lol but it never happens

[shodog]

going to be kinda hard putting a body on that. how about making a shock tower similar to the CRP one on my hornet

[vintage88]

i have a lexan body cut for it already but no pics of that until its done not quit hornet but this is a franken ride so u will see when i get all my parts together but a few things have priority over the hobby for awhile(wedding planning ) so it will be a slow build

[kaiser]

crp's futaba fx10 upgrade works awesome:





it turns the front end into a true double wishbone suspension.

[vintage88]

thats really sick but im going as cheap as possible with this build and i had the aluminum already and it was cut and bent just needed drilled it was a project for a car me and my dad were building about 5 years ago lol

[vintage88]

so here is an update on this project i now have blackfoot rims and tires and front axles and front a arms from a rookie rabbit and i used the rear shocks from rookie rabbit on the front i will get pics up when i get a chance prolly tomorrow i think its sick looking but i still need an idea for rear shocks i want to keep it all tamiya as i have so far but not sure how to do this yet i might use some stock ones from a ta02 i moded and make custom mounts...