toka100
Quarry Creeper
My very first vehicle was a 1980 chevy luv 4X4. Bright yellow with the huge graphics that let everyone know it was a 4X4. Just like this one
http://www.luvtruck.com/Gallery/JohnWaddles79TorringtonWY/images/79 luv 1.jpg
At 14 and I thought it was the greatest thing ever.:mrgreen: Always day dreamed of the things I wanted to do to it.
25 years later I inherited my dad's 79 luv. Since mine was long gone this was my chance to build the truck I dreamt of when I was a kid. This is how it sits now.
I still have a lot of work to do to it. A motor sway is in the long term plans. The stock motor runs ok. It does sounds like it is about to blow every piston out of the oil pan and uses oil by the gallon not the quart.
I really wanted to build a r/c version of it. I had a tf2 when they first cam out and liked it but sold it. 6 months later I picked up the luv. :roll:
Today I broke down and picked up another TF2. I have been working on a 3d printed body of the luv for some time now and am at the point where I need the chassis to make sure everything is going to fit.
I need to lower the body about 1/2 inch to get the proper stance. Tire are going to stay the same but stretched over 1.7 wheels instead. I really am thinking on trying to design a ifs for it like the real truck. I don’t plan on doing a solid front axle swap on mine. At least not yet.
I’m excited to say the least.
http://www.luvtruck.com/Gallery/JohnWaddles79TorringtonWY/images/79 luv 1.jpg
At 14 and I thought it was the greatest thing ever.:mrgreen: Always day dreamed of the things I wanted to do to it.
25 years later I inherited my dad's 79 luv. Since mine was long gone this was my chance to build the truck I dreamt of when I was a kid. This is how it sits now.
I still have a lot of work to do to it. A motor sway is in the long term plans. The stock motor runs ok. It does sounds like it is about to blow every piston out of the oil pan and uses oil by the gallon not the quart.
I really wanted to build a r/c version of it. I had a tf2 when they first cam out and liked it but sold it. 6 months later I picked up the luv. :roll:
Today I broke down and picked up another TF2. I have been working on a 3d printed body of the luv for some time now and am at the point where I need the chassis to make sure everything is going to fit.
I need to lower the body about 1/2 inch to get the proper stance. Tire are going to stay the same but stretched over 1.7 wheels instead. I really am thinking on trying to design a ifs for it like the real truck. I don’t plan on doing a solid front axle swap on mine. At least not yet.
I’m excited to say the least.
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