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[godale03]

Hey Guys,

This showed up on my doorstep last night! It is my fathers day gift from my kids for Fathers Day. I have wanted this buggy for a while now and my wife asked if it was ok to get me for fathers day. I told her she didn't need to get me a gift especially as expensive as this was, but she insisted. I can't wait to get the build started!

 

[tmaxxfreek]

Cool, its good that she supports your habit, have fun with the build!

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[godale03]

Cool, its good that she supports your habit, have fun with the build!

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It is very cool. It hasn't always been that way. I don't think she views RC anymore as "toys" and I have been helping her with her dream of owning a vineyard. I think this is payback for all the help I have been giving her.

 

[godale03]

Some more goodies just arrived today!!!

 

[Rolex]

Well? Take it out of the box!

 

[godale03]

Well? Take it out of the box!

That is the plan tonight after dinner. I would have opened the box.....but it is all just a bunch of bags with letters! Lol Soon to be a really nice buggy!

 

[godale03]

Got it all out of the box.... let the fun begin! Except for the turn buckles ....I hate builing turnbuckles!

 

[jk6672]

nice, what kv is your tekin motor?

 

[godale03]

nice, what kv is your tekin motor?

Thanks man! It is a 1900kv motor.

 

[HPIguy]

That's fantastic! I love the look of them, congrats Tom!!

 

[godale03]

That's fantastic! I love the look of them, congrats Tom!!

Thanks man! I started working on it a little tonight. I got the steering rack and mud shields on. I am really surprised at how light the chassis is on this thing. The finish on it is really nice too.

 

[godale03]

Alright... worked a bit on it tonight. I got the steering rack and front brace installed.... All three diff gears built and filled with fluid.... I got the front shock tower on and the front bulkhead built. I found out getting those dang boots over the dogbone is not very easy.. in fact I broke it trying to get it over the dog bone. I had to order it from Amain which means I won't have it unitl Thursday. Until then, I will get what I can get done, done. Here are a few pics.

 

[HPI-Killer]

Fantastic, I almost got that kit instead of my EXO, but grats man and will be watching this one go

 

[godale03]

Fantastic, I almost got that kit instead of my EXO, but grats man and will be watching this one go

Thanks bro! I broke the cv boot trying to get it over the dog bone.....had to order another.... I should be able to work around it though.

 

[Rolex]

Chain the kids to a beam in the garage and enjoy the build.

 

[godale03]

Chain the kids to a beam in the garage and enjoy the build.

The cool thing is that time to work on it was part of the gift!

 

[Stroytika]

Nice build! Keep it up and more like this!

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[Zdragon71]

Love it! Congrats on the fathers day gift.

 

[HPI-Killer]

You alway rip or bust something that doesn't have a spare to lol.

 

[godale03]

You alway rip or bust something that doesn't have a spare to lol.

Right!!! That boot is tight... I guess when the new one shows up I will grease her up and give it another try.

Thanks guys I will post some more pics later!