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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Mason City, Il. USA
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A gathering of small Chevrolets
I finally finished rebuilding all these to where I am a lot happier with how they look and perform.
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
Nice!!!!!!!
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
You done good Jeffro
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
Very nice collection.
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
Thank you gentlemen, your comments mean alot to me. They really do.
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
Awesome! Looks like lots of fun
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Looks like a mini off road meet!
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1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 ![]() Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs. |
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Mason City, Il. USA
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
Now if I could round up enough people where I live, I would make a small video of all them on the trail, but nobody wants to go out to the creek bottoms at 7 am when its cold.
![]() This is the type of body I used for all the chevy builds when I built them the 1st time, except the 64 CrewCab. Chevrolet let Tamiya use the Chevy name and emblems until a falling out or something in the early 90's. So naturally this is a coveted body with the chevy emblems on them. I have 2 left, this one and another still new in the box from 94. I just haven't decided what to make out of them yet.. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Box art from the original releaseTamiya Clod Buster ![]() Thank you again guys. ![]() . |
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Pueblo West, Colorado
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
Ya, well done Jeffo! I doubt most other than Special-K understand or appreciate the talent, fine attention to detail and man hours you have into building that fleet. You have some major skills my friend! You need to move to LA and work with the movie guys.
I've been thinking about investing in one of these to build up. What do you think of those? Are they any good? I've never messed with RC stuff in my life outside of playing and modifying Stompers when I was a kid. ![]()
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Location: Mason City, Il. USA
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
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![]() ![]() When I first finished the Van, I had a genetleman from California that offered to paint murals on it, but I was worried about mailing it out there. Its one of a kind, in that size or scale, or detail. I'm one of a few that try to make them look like a trail/street truck, whereas most of the guys on my RC forums are into a different look on their trucks, sliders, full body cages, no fenders, typical hardcore rock crawlers,, toyota's, and Jeeps, landcruisers, Fj's, etc.. As for the TF2, I actually have one. It performed well and I have had no issues with it. It built very easily, (not used to following instructions on a store bought kit ![]() I know they have sold a lot of them, and for the price, its really reasonable, compared to the price of my builds because I piece them together. I need to go over to Rccrawler and read some of the threads under the TF2 section and see what they think. I'm assuming you would want a chevy body on it. I can show you pics of what it fits like or looks like, or even different pics of my TF2. Would the truck be static or would you take it out and run it ? P.S. Lovin the Polar Bear. ![]() . |
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Stockton Ca
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
Those, are awesome!! I would love to see some video of them in action.
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
Cool group picture. Nice detail work.
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
Yours, Headquakes RC's and the guy with the 3 videos of his blue crew cab is where I go when I want to satisfy my desire to watch RC videos! I love your crew cabs and the suburban.
I'd love to do this but the way gas prices are going I can almost buy and build up a real truck for as much as I would spend on an RC! I just went and looked at a 91 K30 Dually crew cab last week for a thousand dollars! TBI 454, 400 turbo, 205 with faded paint but a nice interior. The front Dana 60 is almost worth the price of the truck! My modeling is limited to plastic kits and detailing die cast models. I usually disassemble all my die cast models and detail paint the interiors, undercarrige and engine compartment. I am working on a 1/24th Tahoe right now for my daughter who is in the Orange County, Ca. Sheriffs academy. I ordered decals and will detail paint the interior and engine compartment. I am also going to try to put her graduation date and name on the mobile data terminal screen (laptop) in the cab and see about making the lightbar, head and taillights work. Last edited by justcuz; 03-04-2013 at 08:35 PM. |
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Location: Mason City, Il. USA
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
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I wish I could find enough people to help me drive them to make a video of all of them together, but the best I can do is have you do a search on Youtube for grasslandcrawler, and you will find individual vids of those plus other scratchbuilds I have done. Thank you. ![]() Quote:
It can get a little expensive, plus I keep just about everything I build,(running out of room), but I have seen that where a 1:1 truck would probably be a better deal. My problem is I have no where to take a full size 4x4 legally to have fun. Whereas these, I can take to Salt Creek, and nobody really cares, and I don't tear up things at all. I wish I had more confidence or something to do the same thing to a 1:1. Do you have a thread down here on the model your working on ? It sounds neat what you are doing for your daughter. ![]() |
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Mason City, Il. USA
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
Here is some shots of them individualy, so you can see them better.
The 80's blazer ![]() ![]() 75 Blazer ![]() ![]() The 80's 4x4 Van ![]() ![]() 1964 CrewCab ![]() ![]() The 80's Suburban ![]() ![]() The 80's CrewCab ![]() ![]() 75 Chevy pickup ![]() ![]() |
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Location: Lisle Illinois
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
I was watching your video on youtube of your extended crew cab when my wife came in and I had to convince her that it wasn't a full size truck. Excellent work, love the four wheeling.
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You do some nice woork on them. They look real. I use to love building them. I have a couple of the clod buster's my self. They were the big dogs back in the 90's when I played with them. I also built a dragster truck with a 5000RPM black magic motor that would leave black marks on the road when you took off.
They collect dust now. The C/B I would run 2 - 7.2 battery packs at a time for longer run times. This one has a 6 way radio for it. The roll bar had functional light in it. The hood raises up and it crab steer's to. I installed all metal ball bearings in it instead of the plastic ones in the kit. ![]() ![]()
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1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 ![]() Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs. |
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Well if you want to drool over them in person I can make you a deal on them. I will tell u though they aren't cheap to build when you add the real bearings. I have over $500.00 in the yellow one and that's no radio are batteries.
I have the chargers and another car are two also. If your intersted PM me and we will talk. ![]() I have a bunch of spare parts also.
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1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 ![]() Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs. |
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
i need that 80s crew cab
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Location: Alta Loma, Ca.
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
The Tahoe is on youtube. I sent it to a fellow in Louisville Kentucky for lighting.I can post some of my other stuff later after I get done with a driveway project I have going on. Look on youtube for Orange County Sheriff Tahoe.
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Re: A gathering of small Chevrolets
When you decide to start dwindling your collection, I don't think you will have a problem getting rid of anything. haha
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These pics are from last year, and its still not all of them ![]() ![]() ![]() Its a mess. ![]() . |
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