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Some progress...

To recap: Back in the 80's I attempted to improve the performance of my Scorcher by "lightening" the gearbox (read chopping great lumps off it). So now I had a choice - replace the gearbox entirely or live with it. As my other SRB restoration will be more original, I deceided to keep with the spirit of this one and keep the cut gearbox. The problem was that one of the rear cage mounting lugs had broken off and I wanted to use a SRB rear cage I've got.
Solution: I have various MK I SRB gear cases in various states of disrepair, so I found one with the bumper lug intact, but had already been attacked with a hacksaw, so I didn't feel too bad about cutting it up further.
The result:



Note: It is only the left hand side (motor side) that I have cut, the right hand side is my original one.

The "new" case had been cut by a previous owner at the front for some reason:

My original chassis plate was also looking a bit like a swiss cheese following my botched teenage attemts at fitting different suspension.


I had a spare chassis plate in my spares that had been cut, but the front was in good condition, so...


Epoxy (temporary screws to hold it in position)


I carefully re-drilled the holes for the Apache front end.

Mock up:


Since the Apache suspension is black, I decided to paint the ally parts and chassis black to match (and cover up the "repairs"). I have since done this with U-Pol Acid Etch primer and Halfords Satin Black.

Mock up after painting:

Need to start saving my pennies for a Kamtec radio box (the black carbon-look one )

...and a bodyshell

Nice progress Martin starting to come together and that battery box will look sweet

Wow, nice project !
It looks awesome...keep us posted

Martin wrote:

Need to start saving my pennies for a Kamtec radio box (the black carbon-look one )

...and a bodyshell

Just ordered the radio box.

Painted and assembled the wheels and tyres last weekend. Pics to follow.

Martin wrote:

Martin wrote:

Need to start saving my pennies for a Kamtec radio box (the black carbon-look one )

...and a bodyshell

Just ordered the radio box.

Painted and assembled the wheels and tyres last weekend. Pics to follow.

sweet, looking forward to some nice progress pic's on this beastie

Pics at last!

Looks a bit more like a car with the wheels on:


With the radio box:


Rear shocks look nice, but don't have quite enough travel. May need a rethink.


Wheels with stainless hardware. Nice...

very nice,
Small question; where are the rear tires from? I have the same on my hornet. I have a doubt about the origin