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I remember your Scramblers from the 1 to 1 threads). You have the holy grail of Wranglers with that 392!!... that is a collectors Jeep in the making, almost too nice to wheel haha. Someday I will get around to installing Jeep speed kit and a 5.7, I have yet to uninstall the motor from the donor 300. I will only find the time once I have to ie. my v6 dies:(.

Yes I miss it as well. I'm going to post some stuff here soon. My boys just acquired two new rc's yesterday, so I dug out my Bruiser which brought me here and whadya know, first thread thread is right on topic? I'm happy to come across a familiar name! I hope you are still Jeeping? Our family of four just had an overland trip this summer throughout the Yukon, sadly only had two weeks so Alaska will have to wait till next summer). ..Mark

Wow great info, thanks spank! I just found a device that I could still log into as I haven't had my internet provider's email server for a long time!... Mark from scale 4x4rc.

Just a helpful hint; If the shock bodies have been in oil you must thoroughly degrease them first. Directly applied dish soap works while scrubbing into all the crevices with a tooth brush, repeating at least once to make certain everything is de-greased. Any remaining grease will confound your attempts at dyeing them a consistent colour. A pinch of salt in the pot of boiling water with the dye helps as well. Take care ...Mark

Hey over all length is a great indicator, the length of the body of the shock counts as well as it affects throw. when I was young and on a budget in the 80's I just dyed the CVA shocks black...Looked and worked good!! ..Take care ..Mark

Hey steam nice tip about the plastic polish! Two questions; I don't understand why the outside of the lexan shell could ever look anything other than perfectly glossy? and 2. If if, especially on a small area, you get brush marks showing all you have to do is coat it enough times to make it opaque. An evenly translucent paint job is one's prerogative using spray cans but IMO I find it looks cheesy. I find that backing up light colours with silver or dark colours with black looks much better. IT makes the finished surface look more substantial and solid. In fact, just to be weird, I actually like white to be painted on thick (at least three coats) then backed with black. It becomes just a shade darker than the brightest white - much more like real automotive paint on metal -on 1;1's. Just my 2cents. BTW I always wanted a Frog and I'm totally envious!! Take care ...Mark

Here's one more pic I can fit

Hey thanks! My Bruiser will painted be stock colors,it has; a removable sleeper cab, suspension lift and body drop to keep the same stock proportions, the doors and hood have been cut open and some of the styrene work has been started floor door jams etc., There will be inner fenders, a small block chev V-8, brake lines, radiator etc.

Hey just let me know if it isn't allowed here but I'll never have time to even skim over this build in a thread, if anybody's interested the build thread is here at click here! I have done similar work on a Porsche 959... Thanks for looking and if linking is frowned upon I'll delete this post. I know we share allot of common members!?

Hello I'm new here but here's a pic of my Bruiser....Take care ...Mark