I turned a cheap 4wd 1:16 basher into a 1:10 2WD vintage style buggy.

[Tedcase]

I Picked up this super cheap old chassis for less than $5. I had no idea what it was, but it worked fine. Just needed a new reciever/ESC. Problem is, my local track is 1:10 only, so I decided to make this for funsies and as a build challenge.

Basically I just removed the drive shaft and cut the whole thing in half and lengthened it with some aluminium strips and a 3D Printed spacer. Gave it some decent oil shocks and 2wd buggy wheels and it's good to go.

I may decide to give it a brushless motor one day, but for now its a super fun little vintage buggy I'm looking forward to taking to the track.

This is the first time I have ever done something like this, so I welcome any feedback or ideas for improvements, but mostly it was just for fun and because I really like the classic 2WD buggies and wanted to see how cheaply I could get one.

 

[CertifiedMike]

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I Picked up this super cheap old chassis for less than $5. I had no idea what it was, but it worked fine. Just needed a new reciever/ESC. Problem is, my local track is 1:10 only, so I decided to make this for funsies and as a build challenge.

Basically I just removed the drive shaft and cut the whole thing in half and lengthened it with some aluminium strips and a 3D Printed spacer. Gave it some decent oil shocks and 2wd buggy wheels and it's good to go.

I may decide to give it a brushless motor one day, but for now its a super fun little vintage buggy I'm looking forward to taking to the track.

This is the first time I have ever done something like this, so I welcome any feedback or ideas for improvements, but mostly it was just for fun and because I really like the classic 2WD buggies and wanted to see how cheaply I could get one.

Looks like a fun project! I'd like to hear about how it runs too!

 

[Doom!]

Creative and cool! I like it.

 

[Tedcase]

May patch up the paint a little, but this is it finished. Looking forward to getting it on the track.

 

[watertrucker]

Awesome build! Thanks for sharing pics

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

interesting

 

[RustyUs]

May patch up the paint a little, but this is it finished. Looking forward to getting it on the track.

Sweet. If it runs and puts a smile on your face... even sweeter!
I'm not sure on your paint, but Lexan bodies typically get painted on the inside. Am I seeing things right?

 

[Tedcase]

You are absolutely correct, they should be painted on the inside. this was abit of an experiment, I painted the inside brown and the outised the colour i wanted. the idea was that as the paint got scratched off, the brown underneath would show and it would create a sort of rust effect.

It didn't really work, but this was really just several experiments in one go, so I'm just happy it works at all.