hunter306

Check out the new (old) Bruiser!

CustomTamiyas4Life

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Is that yours?

hunter306

Yes, I just got in the mail today!

I've been looking for quite sometime and I finally found a deal that I could afford on a decent condition one.

First priority is to tear it down, clean it up and regrease and oil everything. It's the F-350's older brother in my collection =)

Lunchboxer

You make me SICK!!! That thing looks NEW!! Awesome find, man!!! Keep us posted!!

Be sure to ballbearing the whole thing!! (maybe even tear into the tranny...) The old Bruiser came w/ the tranny pre-built from the factory.. I doubt they put any bearing in there...

CustomTamiyas4Life

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Affordable!!!???Never thought I'd hear that with a bruiser lol! Good find

green25

Holy Crap!!!
That thing looks new! How much did you pick that baby up for?
It looks super nice, congrats on getting it!!
BTW, Is this gonna be a shelf queen, or a casual driver?

hunter306

Double post... [:@]

hunter306

Here are the tires, I cleaned them up and they are now soaking in some rubber restorer. (AKA. Amorall)

Hope to soften them up a little. (They are actually intact, no cracking or dryrot)

skidooguymxz550

just get new tires. those aren't really rare.


but nice find on the whole truck. are you going to leave it stock or have fun with it?

hunter306

Here's a picture of the chassis. It's a little dirty and need some scrubbing... But here you go.

I'm going to keep these tires, they are in almost new condition just a little dry. I think they'll clean up real nice.

hunter306

Here is the control I'll be using.

It's the Airtronics VG400 - 72mhz FM (shhhh.... it's not quite a surface radio!)
Not my choice, but it came like new with the setup. The plastic film still covers all the shiny plastic!

This runs 4 channels, but includes a Airtronics 7 channel reciever.
Also includes 2 rechargeable battery packs, one for the reciever and one for the transmitter.

ElToroLoco.

oh my god that is awesome! I remember seeing one at my hobby shop a while ago for like $1900 NIB. How nuch did you get this one for?

Lunchboxer

You are gonna crash someone's airplane with that thing.... (joke)

hunter306

I got it for 650 dollars. Found myself quite a deal with the radio and the truck...

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I just got done testing the three speed transmission, seems to engage nice and smooth. No issues.
Driveshafts are a little worn at the U joints, but that's to be expected.

Here is a picture of how RC was done in 1985. The NERVE center of the bruiser.

hunter306

I feel guilty, but I only run in my neighborhood, so I doubt I'll have any trouble. I haven't seen another RC car for miles around here!

If I go out, I'll just have to swap in the spektrum dx6.

Lunchboxer

I assume that you are going to put an ESC in it?!

aircruiser

WOW!!!


Nice find!!

I miss scale trucks.

We can now only count on Tamiya to give us them.

hunter306

Yep, I'm replacing the Mechanical Speed Control with a ESC.

Don't worry... I'm not getting rid of the MSC. (For all those who consider it blasphemy to remove such a part from the vintage model).

hunter306

Well, I cleaned up the outsides of the the 2 axels and all of the 4 wheel hubs this evening.

I also got the 4 tires soaked and softened in some Amorall (they are shiny right now, but once they dry overnite, they'll be natural finish again).

Here is this evenings final progress pic.

aircruiser

WOW!!!!

That's almost to clean!! [8D]

Nice work hunter!

hunter306

Here is the finished product after I stripped it down to parts, cleaned everything, and regreased it.

Turned out pretty good. I'm still working on getting the electronics hooked up.

Lunchboxer

Nice! I think the skid is where my TLT's skid got the inspiration from.....

secretsg

Looks nice. Never noticed the Hog Heaven before. Definitely add some character to the truck. Have you had a chance to drive it around? How does it handle?

paintstikker

Oh, now Im jealous!!!I want one of those.....[sm=cry_smile.gif] Heck, Id leave the MSC in there for orignality.

Hey lunchboxer, your TLT is a little too clean! I like the cleanliness, but couldnt stand the cleanliness at the same time.[:@]

Lunchboxer

LOL, I was running in the dirt and stuff this past weekend.... those pics are from a long time ago!!