well when i got the durango prototype chassis one of the first things i noticed was that the front end was tweaked pretty good. the nose plate was bent back and so were the front chassis posts. the front and rear posts were also threaded with a metric 3mm thread pattern. being in the states and having everything in a standard thread pattern i also wanted to change the posts over to a standard thread. well finding someone to make these little posts for me really started looking bad. i was getting quotes of $50 and more. it gets worse.. that was per post!

well i found a guy that was able to make them for me a good deal cheaper than that. here are how the new posts look. i am very excited with how they came out and how the car will look once i get it together. stay tuned!

ok the rc10t i picked up for my wife is an early version with the skinny front wheels. now i could just go with the wide fronts that are communally used today but i wanted to keep the vintage skinny front look. now look at this. i also want to be able to use a modern compound tire so the truck will be worth driving on the track. now seeing that the stock skinny front wheels are a 3 piece wheel that is suppose to work like a bead lock rim i come across another problem. the modern tires are so soft they would never stay on the rim without gluing them. now i do not want to glue than. the old skinny wheels are too hard to come by to do that.  so now i am needing skinny front wheels and tires of a modern style and compound.

me and my bright   ideas huh? am i really asking for too much? never!

i found the jconcepts site to have something that may just work for me. they make a rc10t4 to 1/8 scale buggy conversion. in this conversion you get skinny front wheels and tires. i took the chance and bought rims and tires in the hopes that the offsets would work out for me. well i have got them in and every measurement is exact. the with, diameter, backspacing, is all the same. what is different is that they are a modern looking wheel that is one piece and lets not forget how much lighter they are than the 3 piece stockers. as for the tires. other than the fact that the jconcepts skinny front tires are softer and require foam inserts unlike the original rc10t tires they appear nearly so identical they could have came from the same mold except for the lettering on the sidewalls.

well here are the pics so you can see for yourself.

the wife has always been a truck kind of gal so i picked this one up for her. as you can tell it will be a project but it will be ready to race with style once i get it cleaned up. more updated pics will be coming soon so keep your eyes open!

when working with rc cars you never have enough space to organize everything. well that is something i want to try to take care of before i start having storage space issues or one of those where did i put that part problems. so i have added more storage bins with pull out drawers. i have labeled some of the drawers so far and have a lot still to label and fill for that matter, but storage space i will not lack. i plan to fit as many of these units as i can in this area. so as you can see i’m not finished yet.

well i finally got around to getting some pics up of my prototype durango b4 chassis. i also took a couple side by side shots of the durango chassis next to a associated b4 chassis so that you can see the differences. i also show the damage to the front posts pf the durango chassis. i am currently working on having all the posts remade. after that gets finished i will be sending all of the parts off to be anodized before final assembly using a nib factory team b4. and as luck has it the ft b4 kit i picked up has the new style shocks so i wont have any problems with the seals. well enough rambling and on with the pics!

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