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Restored Blackfoot

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:30 am
by markbt73
I figured I'd throw this one on here too... I had a Blackfoot when I was 14, and it got lost to the mists of time, so I found this one and a donor parts Frog on Craigslist, and fixed it up over the winter.

As I got it:

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How it looks now:

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As you can see by the tires, it is a runner. I beefed up the rear suspension arms and differential, and added Traxxas Bandit shocks in place of the original pogo sticks, but I kept the mechanical speed control for a vintage feel. I run it with an old Futaba 2-stick radio, complete with 4xAA receiver pack. It's like 1987 all over again. :D

Re: Restored Blackfoot

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:40 am
by steve
Look great, I have been working on mine . They are fun and good memory's . I sold 2 cars 1 was a rc10 and my blackfoot with thorp diff and jg shock mounts, still kick my self on that

Re: Restored Blackfoot

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:10 pm
by SMOKE-DOG
Nice! Like the color.

Re: Restored Blackfoot

Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 12:34 pm
by uniquenamehere
That looks great, nice color combo. I had a Blackfoot that I gave to my neighbor. I had a bunch of hop up on it too...even a Thorp ball diff I believe. If only I had kept it!!

Re: Restored Blackfoot

Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:11 pm
by Diggley
The Blackfoot's are always cool.. :D

Nice truck!

Re: Restored Blackfoot

Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 7:39 pm
by abailey21
I just picked one up this afternoon

Truck looks a bit beat up, but the body looked intact. I'm looking forward to getting it running soon!