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Post by 01blueedge on Jun 12, 2010 9:55:34 GMT -5
my model club SCMA is having a pickup truck build off so I wanted to do somthing different. I was in my hobby room yesterday trying to think of something to build when i found this kit. I don't think I have ever seen one of these lifted in real life or in scale so I decided that this would be my truck to build. I started off with the amt 61 ranchero kit and the frame and axle center sections I am using are from the monogram blazer kit. So far all I have done is started on the axles and did a mock up of it on the 47in swamper truxus. I am still trying to figure out what motor to put in it I was thinking about a 4.6 out of the mustang cobra kit that I had to build for the build off we had last year. heres the pics so far
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wickedwelder
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Post by wickedwelder on Jun 12, 2010 13:13:14 GMT -5
Looking good! Ive seen a lifted Elcamino on 35's in 1:1, but never a Ranchero. Cant wait to see some more of this one. Ive actually been thinking about doing this same build....so I will be watching this one. take it easy and keep up the good work! Gary
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Post by jeffs396 on Jun 12, 2010 14:39:31 GMT -5
This is gonna be cool!
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Post by wtsf150 on Jun 12, 2010 15:34:30 GMT -5
I'm gonna keep my eye on this one very cool concept going on here Willie
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Post by Big Ed on Jun 12, 2010 20:02:09 GMT -5
Great idea Josh. Should be very cool when finished. Keep us posted.
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Post by gray07 on Jun 12, 2010 22:25:25 GMT -5
sweet
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Post by jedimastergary on Jun 13, 2010 11:21:51 GMT -5
Looks like a cool build got me thinking of a way to finish my 1959 Elcamino I started some time ago.
My dad was going to build a 1963 Ranchero on a Jeep frame for me but never did and my friends dad had a rambler station wagon he turned into a 4x4
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Post by kolbenschmidt on Jun 13, 2010 12:14:49 GMT -5
WAY COOL!
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Post by 01blueedge on Aug 22, 2010 14:51:34 GMT -5
i got the body painted today and i have also got some work done on the suspension and frame but no pics. here a pic of the body
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Post by Chuck Most on Aug 23, 2010 13:24:09 GMT -5
Just nutty enough to work, I do believe!
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Post by kynan on Aug 25, 2010 0:00:17 GMT -5
nice work Here in Aus their was a company called Over Lander that did 4X4 conversions on Holden Ute and station wagons back in the 60 and 70 They were made in my home town and are worth big money now if you have one) the also did a few Ford Ute and station wagons but most are ford body's dropped on to the old Toyota 4x4 chassis they then move the front suspension back 3" to make it line up with the wheel well. This is a brief history here www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/Conv/Overlander/Ute.html will dig up some pictures if you would like me to Kynan
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Post by kynan on Aug 25, 2010 0:12:06 GMT -5
I just found this and thought that you might like to have look at it Ford Falcon 4WD. Ford Australia had a fairly serious try at a four wheel drive with a 4WD based on the Ford Falcon XY ute of the early 1970s. Apparently 432 were built in Brisbane for sale in Queensland and NSW. The 4WD Falcon had the 4 litre 6-cylinder engine, Spicer transfer-case and leaf springs front and rear. Tougher Australian Design Rules (ADR) caused production to be stopped. Falcon XY 4X4 The compliance plate reads FORD 4X4 UTILITY 1971 - John Thornhill. The 4WD Falcon XY ute was an official Ford project, but from time to time enthusiasts have had similar ideas. For example now and again you might see a Ford Falcon station wagon or panel van mounted an a Land Rover or Toyota LandCruiser chassis and running gear - a simple if heavy way to get a car interior with rugged off-road ability. Ford's main rival, General Motors Holden does not seem to have seriously entertained a home-grown four wheel drive but the GM Holden Overlander conversion was produced in modest numbers for a while. Other Australian 4WDs, on a larger scale, include Caldwell Vale, Oka and RFW. - 4wd.sofcom.com/4WD.html From the Mail: Some background to the Falcon 4WD. I was the sales coordinator for Ford Sales Company in Brisbane Plant when they were produced and I drove every one of the 430 (if my memory is accurate) produced. Origin - each year back then Ford used to give some money to each State Office to use to develop a new model idea. One of my Brisbane colleagues, who was a parts rep' figured that seeing Ford sold engines to Jeep for the CJ5 produced in Brisbane then it should be possible to easily fit Jeep running gear to a Falcon as the transmission adaptors etc already existed. If I recall correctly this turned out to be correct with only a few unique parts that couldn't be sourced from original existing parts. One of these was a wedge to go under the carburettor as the angles were different. Because we were late into the XY model, testing was carried out immediately prior to planned production, and here some snags arose. I saw the test "mule" after its tests and it was pretty sad. The main problems were the need for some strengtheners at the base of the A pillar and the B pillar but most important the front axle was not strong enough. The 430 bodies were produced as the had to be before XY runout and put in the back yard of the plant. Ordering and delivery of the axles then took over a year! And the utes were built as XY's almost a year into the XA model run. When they were finally produced we made them all on weekends as they required unique parts and would have disrupted the production line if made during the week, hence I drove every one from the final rectification line to the gate for shipping. The reason that only the 430 were made and no more was not so much ADR's but that the XA body was thought not as strong as the XY due to its frameless door construction and testing would have had to be done again, something that Ford did not want to know about considering the problems building the XY's and the large amount of money they lost on the exercise. I remember that a mining company rang me one day while we were finally building them and wanted to order 100! Several wagons were made from utes by dealers in the following years as the ute shared its floorpan with the wagon. The most I believe were made by Leo Wignall in Euroa Victoria and he has quite a record with Ford conversions. Think how the 4WD market may be different today if Ford had made a 4WD wagon. I believe that they would have sold a great many. - Philip Armbruster
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Post by 01blueedge on Aug 27, 2010 11:00:33 GMT -5
thanks for the info
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Post by 01blueedge on Aug 28, 2010 18:13:39 GMT -5
i got the suspension finished sorry the pics are a little blurry all i have is my cell phone to take pics with rear suspension front suspension
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Post by intimidator01 on Aug 29, 2010 10:42:22 GMT -5
This is really going to be neat! ;D
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