Model: (Click to see more) 58043: The Grasshopper
Status: Restored
Date: 13-Sep-2012
Comments: 13
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This is my original Grasshopper I.
You can read something about its life in my showroom. The car has been a gift from a friend of mine and was in very poor conditions with very damaged chassis, cracked body, brown paint to simulate mud everywhere and so on. Slowly I cleaned and stripped the body, changed the chassis and all ruined parts, bought new wheels and tires, added a driver with arms and cockpit, new Grasshopper II larger front arms, aluminum front dampers and HP Suspension Kit at rear end. The car is full ball raced. I filled the roof hole and cut and tight the front bumper, screwed under the chassis. Front side bumper mounts has been cut away, now the look is cleaner.
As you can see the decals are the original, not re release but the 'Weber' decal on the roof is still on the body box because I think the roof is better without it.
No more to say about, I think. Any comments is welcome.











New life for this shelf queen. Larger front end with aluminum oil dampers. Great design. 20 mm longer than original with HP Suspension Set. Mini bumper. Side bumper mounts removed away. Frank Evans with arms. Padla tracks. HP Suspension Kit. Alu dampers make the difference. Rearview mirrors? Cleaner look without the original bumper.

If you liked those pictures, you should see these...
Grasshopper I: Seven life 01

Comments

ModMax

13-Sep-2012

I love the wide stance of the front end.

TA-Mark

13-Sep-2012

Great looking Hopper!

kontemax

13-Sep-2012

Many thanks! Max

MAD-BEE

13-Sep-2012

Loving this hopper!! Looks great but is that front suspension an inprovement over the standard coil shocks?? The Hopper will never be Mr smooth mind you but sure looks like a nice mod!

mongoose1983

13-Sep-2012

Love it. The front shocks look great, must really be a different feeling to drive it with that mod!

kontemax

13-Sep-2012

Yes, the front suspension in an improvement. Front arms are larger an aluminum oil shocks are an hop up I've done to the car.

the-way

13-Sep-2012

Truly a great job!!

GingerSpice

13-Sep-2012

What a tidy Hopper, great job

kontemax

13-Sep-2012

Many thanks people!

berman

14-Sep-2012

Minty fresh orginal grasshopper with some nice subtle mods. Sweet!

BadWagon

20-Mar-2013

I f'n love it... inspiration for my next rebuild.

20-Aug-2020

Nice! What is the length of those front and rear shocks?

kontemax

20-Aug-2020

Hornet shocks at the rear end, custom length on front shocks.


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