F350 Bodied Clod Buster

[mongoose1983]

There you go, what a great modification of the quintessential American Monster Truck:

[berman]

That looks amazing! The F350 shell really suit's the Clod chassis!

How exactly was it extended? Were the multi links just lengthened? I see the shocks are angled.

Awesome job!

[mongoose1983]

How exactly was it extended?

It was extended 30mm. I believe my Japanese buddy (Kohki) used metal bars at the bottom of the chassis to bolt the links further, that might be the reason the shocks look angled as well. Anyway, I think you can drop him a line anytime, and he will be able to explain it better. I just decided to share the video because I really believe it is a beautiful Clod Buster Monster truck.

[bfst24]

great vid.

really like the 350 body.one of my favs.

wished i never watched it though as now its given me a few ideas.gona look on ebay now.

[berman]

It was extended 30mm. I believe my Japanese buddy (Kohki) used metal bars at the bottom of the chassis to bolt the links further,

Ahhh, yes I see it now after watching the video again, he looks to have moved the ball connectors outwards for the multilink and extended the servo rods. Very good idea.

I just decided to share the video because I really believe it is a beautiful Clod Buster Monster truck.

Absolutely, it looks gorgeous, and thank you for posting it EB !

Neil

[mymonsterbeetleisbroken]

Your friend has a really good eye for making a model look good.

The colour, with the colour coded bumpers looks great against the black chassis and chrome wheels. The wheelbase extension keeps the proportions right too, the stock chassis does look too short from the side.

[mongoose1983]

...the stock chassis does look too short from the side.

The chassis may look too short for nowadays Monster Trucks. As a matter of fact, it is very much scale to what Monster Trucks used to be back in the mid 80's.

Have a look at this vid and see for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph4Q_0RgJlg

Y'all have a great Sunday!

[mymonsterbeetleisbroken]

I'm a big fan of 80's monster trucks

I think the clod is too short compared to most 80's monster trucks, compared to USA1 Here

Bigfoot was also longer, it looks like Samson is running bigger wheels and tyres in that video (cool vid by the way ), I'm sure I've got some pictures of it somewhere where it looks longer than that.

Rollin Thunder also had a long wheelbase, you can see it well in the last pic of my showroom entry Here

[mongoose1983]

...Bigfoot was also longer, it looks like Samson is running bigger wheels and tyres in that video (cool vid by the way ), I'm sure I've got some pictures of it somewhere where it looks longer than that.

Can't blame you for being a big 80's Monster Truck fan.

Well, yes and no. The trucks you mention sure had longer wheelbase, but the Clod Buster was made after the 1985-6 Bear Foot C-30 Silverado, and that one was as short as the Tamiya model. In the pic I am showing three examples, Chevrolet S-10 Lil' Bear Foot (1985), Awesome Kong II (73wheels, 1985), and the third one (could not get one better) is the Silverado Bear Foot. Might try to find a better picture later.

The Samson 1 truck, that very often is been called the 1:1 Clod Buster was modified many times through the years, as much as any of the other Monster Trucks in the States. The interesting thing is to compare the wheelbase of the model that Tamiya wanted to scale down to the 1:1. Other thing to keep in mind if you look closely, is the fact that the Clod runs a bit too high on its wheels.

[mongoose1983]

Dang! Forgot the pics.

[dannos85]

There yuo go, what a great modification of the quintessential American Monster Truck:

Best regards,

EB

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WOW, GOT ME ALL EXCITED THAT DID. LOL

I HAVE A CLOD AND A JUGGERNAUT, BOTH IN BITS.

I MUST PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER AND PLAY.

[Power Surge]

Hottest Clodbuster Ever.

[Islander_880]

Hi Guys

Have a look

see what you think

had a 350 body on my modified clod from day one

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...7&sid=21089

its taken a lot of work to get it to this point

[mongoose1983]

Hi Guys

Have a look

see what you think

had a 350 body on my modified clod from day one

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...7&sid=21089

its taken a lot of work to get it to this point

That sure's a wild paint-scheme!

[candyman212]

Done a few of these on my clods and juggernauts, most I have extended by an inch or 2 as the trucks also have extended wheelbase. Looks more scale if the body is stretched too.

Juggernaut

Extended clod

Another jugg 2

got this one on ebay right now.

[mongoose1983]

Oh, wow, those trucks look awesome indeed!