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Project Roadkill

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:11 pm
by LTO_Dave
I've been gathering up parts to build a replica of an A&L RC10T Roadkill conversion from their catalog and that was shown in an old RCCA:

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Here are the parts I have so far:

- AE #6301 chassis
- A&L Roadkill body & spoiler
- A&L Lethal Weapon belt-drive tranny...thanks Daryl!
- A&L mounted truck foams on white dish wheels...thanks Daryl!
- A&L bellcrank steering
- Factory Works front & rear oval shock towers
- Factory Works battery brace
- Dynamite bearings
- RPM rear bulkhead
- RPM body mounts
- AE .56" team shocks
- AE universals

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*I'll update this thread as I find more parts and begin the build. :wink:

Re: Project Roadkill Begins!

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:11 pm
by TZona
is there an a&l catalog somewhere?

Re: Project Roadkill Begins!

Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:15 pm
by LTO_Dave
TZona wrote:is there an a&l catalog somewhere?

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11576 :wink:

Re: Project Roadkill Begins!

Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:27 am
by TZona
thanks, i tried to search a&l

Re: Project Roadkill Begins!

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 2:13 pm
by SteveK
I like their Supermod truck body a little better than the Roadkill, but I love oval trucks overall. McAllister makes some cool bodies too.

Re: Project Roadkill Begins!

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:31 pm
by slotcarrod
That's going to look sweet, but that paint job is going to be a bitch. I hope your good at painting! If not get Eau Rouge to do it! :wink:

Your going to have to dye the wheels neon/florescent yellow. I'm sure you can just boil the mounted wheels, foam and all, but I have not been able to find any neon yellow dye at all! Let me know if you find a source!

Re: Project Roadkill Begins!

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:05 pm
by LTO_Dave
slotcarrod wrote:That's going to look sweet, but that paint job is going to be a bitch. I hope your good at painting! If not get Eau Rouge to do it! :wink:

Your going to have to dye the wheels neon/florescent yellow. I'm sure you can just boil the mounted wheels, foam and all, but I have not been able to find any neon yellow dye at all! Let me know if you find a source!

I've already contacted Eau about the paint. :wink:

I'm just going to keep the wheels white. Daryl was sold out of the yellow wheels, and said the 10T foams only came on white wheels. They'll work for now, unless I find some NIP yellow 10T wheels. :mrgreen:

Re: Project Roadkill Begins!

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:11 pm
by LTO_Dave
I finally got around to finishing my A&L Roadkill oval conversion, and here's a list of the parts I used:

- AE #6301 chassis (NIP)
- A&L Roadkill body & spoiler (NIP)
- A&L Lethal Weapon belt-drive tranny & aluminum motor plate(NIP)...thanks Daryl!
- Factory Works Stealth Lite Drives adapted to fit diff gear (NIP)
- A&L mounted truck foams on white dish wheels (NIP)...thanks Daryl!
- A&L bellcrank steering
- Factory Works front & rear oval shock towers (NIP)
- Factory Works battery brace (NIP)
- Dynamite bearings (NIP)
- RPM rear bulkhead
- RPM font arms (NIP)
- RPM rear arms (NIP)
- RPM front bumper (NIP)
- RPM ball cups (NIP)
- RPM rear arm mounts (not pictured)
- Tecnacraft tie-rods
- AE .56" team shocks in rear (NIP)
- AE .71" team shocks in front
- MIP aluminum CVDs (NIP)
- Paragon antenna (NIP)
- WIMPY 12-turn motor

Shown with S&K AIRS body for now:
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Re: Project Roadkill Begins!

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:20 pm
by dldiaz
Very cool build!

-cheers

Re: Project Roadkill Begins!

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:32 pm
by SteveK
Looks awesome. Do you have the 'tunnel' for the body to pipe air into the motor?

Re: Project Roadkill Begins!

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:36 pm
by aeiou
Sweet build!

Re: Project Roadkill Begins!

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:37 pm
by LTO_Dave
SteveK wrote:Looks awesome. Do you have the 'tunnel' for the body to pipe air into the motor?
Unfortunately no. I won the body in a lot on ebay and the duct wasn't included.

Re: Project Roadkill Begins!

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:38 pm
by SteveK
Bummer. Shouldn't be too hard to make, even vacuum form your own once you have the shape down. Plenty of videos about home vacuum formers on YouTube.

Re: Project Roadkill

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 7:00 am
by Twistedaxle
Did you ever finish this project? I'd be curious to see how it turned out with the a&l body. Very nice build!

Re: Project Roadkill

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 3:03 am
by Lavigna
This is an amazing build. Did you ever get the body painted?

Also, did you add the aluminum rings on the A&L Lite outdrives? I don't think I have seen those on that type of outdrive. lol