Project 90s Overkill: 4ws “show truck”

[DavidVonDoom]

Hey y’all, so I thought I’d try to share this project as I go.

My plan was originally to make a 90s parts vendor show truck. I remember when parts companies would build show vehicles based on their products. Hell, that’s how Bigfoot began!

So I grabbed this BF Goodrich edition tf2. It was my first and honestly I didn’t know better, I made my decision solely on the rims!

Anyhoo, I was able to grab a spare front axle and decided today to see if rear steer would be a viable option and so far, it seems like it is!

I had to try the Marlin wheels/tires out. Not bad at all! The 1.9 on the scx10.3 seemed a bit much, but I want to try to do a lift and maybe it’ll balance out

Talk about close!

Now to try to figure out the servo mount. The receiver box was right in the way so I moved it back, which aught to give me a more scale look anyway. Maybe.

Now, I need some mental help. (Don’t we all).

I’m running into 2 issues as I see it. Both have to do with the shocks. Since the rear axle is just a backwards front, the shock mounts are now up top (I’d rather it be on bottom like before) and since the plan is to run another front servo mount, I lose the top mount altogether.


I’m thinking about getting something to stand the shocks vertical, but I haven’t looked into it yet. That may very well solve both my issues


Also, gonna throw this out there: i could use a front servo mount if anyone has one they aren’t using. Having a hard time finding one online...


I’ll post more when I make progress!!!

 

[mk3jetta]

Cool idea, needs 10" of lift and enough Kc lites to confuse pilots on where to land haha

 

[Phildirt]

Yep. But the lift needs to be caveman simple like they were in the late 80s/early 90s. Just gigantic blocks, forget springs lol. The only constraint I see right off is drive shaft length, I have been having trouble with that myself (looking for something 140ish-180ish that doesn't cost as much as a real one lol). And double shocks at a minimum. Don't forget the dual steering stabilizers, and the shock boots need to be some sort of neon color.