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sam63

Have two weeks to get this done so I thought I had better get started today.

When Proline came out with the 66 Ford body I knew it was finally time to build the scale version of my 1:1.

A little history of this truck. When I was about 8 my dad bought this from the original owner, his best friends dad. He and his buddy drove and wheeled this thing way back in the day, even rolled it. It had the entire cab replaced, not sure what the year was but must of been in the 70s. When I was about 20 I bought it and drove it for a couple years before deciding to build it into a top truck challenge rig. It took me about 6 years to complete. At the time I started it hydraulic steering was something that had just started to be seen on the trails. Back then I lived and breathed this truck. I think it was the only tube chassis, full oem cab rig around, that I had seen anyway. By the time I got into TTC in 06 tube chassis and hydraulic steering were the norm pretty much. Things have progressed so fast in offroad its unbelievable.

Here are a bunch of pics to give you the basic idea. Building around wraith axles and a 14" wheelbase the look will change a bit as you will see in my next post.