King Blackfoot with 3-speed truck-chassis

[rogeredgar]

Hi

If you wonder how the combination of a King Blackfoot body on a shortend 3-speed Mercedes truck chassis does, please have a look at the pictures in my showroom.

Cheers

Roger

[netsmithUK]

Saw this yesterday and it looks fantastic.

well done

Chris

[DJTheo]

Great job, could you post more pics and details?

http://www.vintagetamiyarc.com/

[Shodog]

Wow! great job on that truck. It looks as though it should have been made that way.

[PandaBear]

Looks good!

Would any other different wheels fit on the truck axles?

[rogeredgar]

I was very surprised myself to see how good this body and the chassis will fit together. The chassis of the Mercedes Truck has been shortend by 3.0 cm using hobby-market aluminium-rails. I drilled the holes according to the original frames. The 3-speed gearbox has been set more backwards to the back axle, allowing that the stearing-rod could be placed behind the front-wheels.

The body was new but damaged: the roof was broken over the windshield (therefore I could get the body free of charge). I cut out the roof-window and glued it into the roof for fixing the broken roof. Then the roof was fillered and grinded and then painted. The mirrors and handles on the back are from an old and used Tamiya Globeliner.

The Truck wheels looked better as I thought but they are not correct. But I'm still looking to find some better wheels. But this would be a little bit difficult beause the back-axle is to narrow for single wheels.

Cheers

Roger

[bholio]

Man, that truck looks nice.

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But this would be a little bit difficult beause the back-axle is to narrow for single wheels

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Would you be able to use a rear axle from an XC (Pajero MTW etc..). Those are wide enough for single tire and are probably the correct length to fit that Blackfoot body.

On the other hand, with the extra rubber in th back and a powerful motor, you could have a nice wheelie machine which doesn't look like a monster truck.

[WillyChang]

Actually, some of those 1:1 Ford F250/350 trucks actually came out of Dearborn with twin tyres at the rear, so its not too far off reality.

[bholio]

Yup..

Except the dual wheels stick out (far) from the sides of the truck. You don't pay all that extra money for the dual wheels and then not have them SHOW!

(Hope the image works)

If the image doesn't work, here's Ford's page..

http://www.ford.com/en/ourVehicles/allVehicles/fordF350.htm

Edited by - bholio on 10 Oct 2002 15:10:17

[WillyChang]

Maybe Roger should have used a Juggernaut shell instead of the Blackfoot's!! Then maybe one wouldn't have needed making a new chassis to make it shorter.

[rogeredgar]

Juggernaut was my favorite too. But I had the damaged and therefore free of charge King Blackfoot shell. But I hope that one or some of you will try to build such a combination (with Juggernaut, Clod Buster, Bullhead or?) too.

[weeb beano]

Very impressive truck. I was going to do this but decided on the path of using something bigger, so i used a Juggernauts instead. The Tamiya 3-speed big rig tranny is absolutely bomb proof, despite it's small size and being all 'plasticky'.I have had zero durability problems with it being used on a monster truck driveline.

I ended up labelling my truck the 'Neo-Bruiser'. The link below goes to my Tamiyaclub showroom...

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=2008&id=238

[mongoose1983]

Very impressive truck. I was going to do this but decided on the path of using something bigger, so i used a Juggernauts instead. The Tamiya 3-speed big rig tranny is absolutely bomb proof, despite it's small size and being all 'plasticky'.I have had zero durability problems with it being used on a monster truck driveline.

I ended up labelling my truck the 'Neo-Bruiser'. The link below goes to my Tamiyaclub showroom...

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...2008&id=238

Oh, wow, that 3-speed Juggernaut looks awesome!!

You should make a tutorial about how to install the three speed gearbox in that monster truck!

Best regards,

EB

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[terry.sc]

Well this must set a new record for thread resurrection.

You should make a tutorial about how to install the three speed gearbox in that monster truck!

Unlikely to happen as Weeb Beano hasn't been on the site since January 2003.