Restored Blackfoot
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:30 am
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:

How it looks now:



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.
As I got it:
How it looks now:
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.
