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Buffy
03/25/2012, 07:10 AM
I bought a 99 VX up in New York this week and got to see it in person for the first time yesterday. From a distance it isn't that bad, however the closer you get the rustier it gets. We have dubbed it the VehiBARNACLE. Severly rusty frame and body. There are holes in the floors, pretty much all over. Current plan is to get it running (hopefully) for the May race and then do a frame swap by the July race. Joe Darlington and I will be cutting down a 2000 Trooper frame and moving the VX body over to it. So here are some pictures:

Mini meet at Joes. Can you spot the race truck?...

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/912579/fullsize/100_2282.jpg

Meet the BARNACLE. Apparently we had a ghostly visitor today, note the orb in the right hand corner. These were in several pictures I took.......

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/912571/fullsize/100_2274.jpg

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/912572/fullsize/100_2275.jpg

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/912576/fullsize/100_2279.jpg

Here are the parts we will be using to build custom lower links, added the fog lights to give some scale to the joints....

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/912574/fullsize/100_2277.jpg

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/912573/fullsize/100_2276.jpg

I will be parting out the interior so look for a parts thread in the next few minutes.....
Ldub
03/25/2012, 09:12 AM
Here are the parts we will be using to build custom lower links, added the fog lights to give some scale to the joints....

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/912574/fullsize/100_2277.jpg

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/912573/fullsize/100_2276.jpg



DANG son....M R Bigguns...:eekgray:

That's what I call BEEFY...:drool:
Buffy
03/25/2012, 09:59 AM
Go big or go home I always say! :thumbup:
onebadtrooper
03/25/2012, 01:36 PM
where did you get the ends? I'd like to build the same for mine.

_chris..
Scott Larson
03/25/2012, 02:26 PM
Now THOSE are Heim Joints!!
Buffy
03/25/2012, 03:42 PM
I think we got the heim joints from Independent 4X.
Triathlete
03/25/2012, 06:31 PM
Tube frame! :D
Buffy
03/26/2012, 04:50 AM
Tube frame! :D

Actually once the body goes, I am breaking out the tube bender and getting crazy! :bwgy: