dankycrawler
Quarry Creeper
fantastic work... yo did a great job fitting everything into the small platform.
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Wild Willy goes crawling
- Thread starter SpeedyDad
- Start date
SpeedyDad
Pebble Pounder
That thing is cool. I love the drivers....cool, I like these Willys to, and your crawler is great. I´ve seen another interesting Willys in our german forum, a 6x6: http://www.rc-monster-trucks.de/include.php?path=forum/showthread.php&threadid=21891
greetz,
Volker
onecleanjetta
Newbie
great build!!
SpeedyDad
Pebble Pounder
Small update:
I was able to locate some windshield hinges so I repainted my spare original WW windshield frame and mounted it up. No more floating windshield.
I was able to locate some windshield hinges so I repainted my spare original WW windshield frame and mounted it up. No more floating windshield.
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caprinut
Pebble Pounder
Awesome project"thumbsup"
It turned out superb:shock:
It turned out superb:shock:
crawler_king
Rock Crawler
Wow!!!! I love the WW body, and totally love what you did with the MRC driveline.. if you should ever get into the buisness of fabbing frames for them PLEASE let me know.. I would kill to build a little willys woods truck...."thumbsup"
SpeedyDad
Pebble Pounder
Another small update. Got rid of the Losi spare tire and added a RC4wd Rock Creeper. At first, I was going to use another Flat Iron but it was WAY too big for back there with the gas can. I thought about ditching the gas can and scratchbuilding a new tailgate but that would have taken away from the Wild Willy look.
The look of the Creeper is close enough for me.
The look of the Creeper is close enough for me.
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This thing is so, so cool!!! The Wild Willy is still one of the coolest looking RCs in history, IMO. And you did a great job with this project.
I also like your CR-01 Jeep. The CR-01 is another awesome RC like only Tamiya could do! Great work on both!
I also like your CR-01 Jeep. The CR-01 is another awesome RC like only Tamiya could do! Great work on both!
SpeedyDad
Pebble Pounder
SpeedyDad
Pebble Pounder
Well, this project is now a 1.5 project. I got a nice box from RC4wd a few weeks back and finally got everything mounted up.
I had to drill the wheel centers to fit the wheel wideners but that was easy enough. Theres more than enough material to do so.
Now if RC4wd would make the 2.2 version of this wheel in hex instead of pin mount, I'd get a set for my big jeep project.
I still haven't had any time to get him out on the rocks
My racing and RC short course chassis business have kept me very busy.
I had to drill the wheel centers to fit the wheel wideners but that was easy enough. Theres more than enough material to do so.
Now if RC4wd would make the 2.2 version of this wheel in hex instead of pin mount, I'd get a set for my big jeep project.
I still haven't had any time to get him out on the rocks
My racing and RC short course chassis business have kept me very busy.
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bob1961
I wanna be Dave
great build on a great lil R/C rig....i had two original wild willy's back in the early 80's i never should have sold "picture foot entering my rear end" :lmao: ....1.5 looks a lot better then 1.9 for ol willy "thumbsup" ....now i have to get ol willy back, thx 
:mrgreen: .........bob
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:mrgreen: .........bob....
SpeedyDad
Pebble Pounder
great build on a great lil R/C rig....i had two original wild willy's back in the early 80's i never should have sold "picture foot entering my rear end" :lmao: ....1.5 looks a lot better then 1.9 for ol willy "thumbsup" ....now i have to get ol willy back, thx
I'm glad I kept my original WW. It was in the very first shipment from Japan. The instructions were in Japanese.
Here's a rear shot. It got a matching wheel and tire for the spare.
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rcfreak363
Pebble Pounder
that is awesome, i love this truck
SpeedyDad
Pebble Pounder
Finally got some wheel time with Willy.
It was fun to drive. It is a bit tail heavy though. I'll need to put a bit more weight in the front tires.
It was fun to drive. It is a bit tail heavy though. I'll need to put a bit more weight in the front tires.
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SpeedyDad
Pebble Pounder
Time for a little update
I've decided to ditch the hybrid Wild Willy 2 frame and build an entirely new chassis for this critter. It will have parallel frame rails like the original and clean up the design. Here is a sneak peak of what it will look like. This is subject to change as I work through it and find any issues.
This won't be a quick thing but I'll post updates along the way.
I've decided to ditch the hybrid Wild Willy 2 frame and build an entirely new chassis for this critter. It will have parallel frame rails like the original and clean up the design. Here is a sneak peak of what it will look like. This is subject to change as I work through it and find any issues.
This won't be a quick thing but I'll post updates along the way.
Modbug
Rock Crawler
I have a Wild Willy 2 body also, wanting to put a different chassis under it.
Any updates?
Any updates?
SpeedyDad
Pebble Pounder
Soon. I have most of the carbon fiber parts done. I need to do the rest. I was tasked to design and build a new vehicle for the ROAR Offroad Electric Nats so that has taken all my time.
fernando
RCC Addict
Two thumbs up."thumbsup""thumbsup" Just a cool Wild Willy that's for sure.
