1/8 Pro Street Willys

[Rick]

I'm starting to detail the TDR IFS. The rotors and A arms are fairly smooth out of the box so a little sanding along with a couple of coats of high build primer was all that was required before shooting them with chrome. The RP coils are to fragile to sand so I left them as is. If you look closely, you'll see the pads mounted in the caliper.

[Don Garrett]

Not too shabby, it's good to see you building again.

[Daytonatim]

BOY.....those "A" arms cleaned up nice

Good job Rick

[Rick]

We're makeing some adjustments to the TDR IFS in order to make it fit comfortably under the MF Willys so I'm going to work on the rear clip and get it finished.

I spent about an hour with some 150 grit and a couple of small files and smoothed the rear clip. The RP finish out of the printer was not bad so it only took a couple of passes with the sandpaper to smooth it and the high build primer finished it off. I also smoothed the rear end housing.

I left the calipers as is and painted them Guards Red. The rear four bars were smoothed and chromed.

While going through my parts box I located a rack and pinion, I think from a Vette. I think I can make it work on the TDR IFS.

[Don Garrett]

Nice!!!!!!!! That rear clip sure would've taken a lot longer to scratch build than the hour you spent doing clean-up. Maybe I'll take up needle point.

[sydeem]

Can't wait for this to be in production. Are the brake disks, calipers, etc. the same size as those for the 9" rear end? AJ made a comment months back about the problem of fitting those brakes into the deuce kit 16" wheels. I had to fudge them in. I thought maybe the front end he was working up might have smaller disks.

Would the wheels you make fit better than the various kit wheels floating around?

[ajwheels]

Syd..........a while back I made a change to the brake parts to resolve the fit issue when using the Deuce wheel.........however, in having parts made, and playing with them a bit, I am not real happy...........they kinda work, but could be better..........and so, when this chassis is made available, the Deuce wheels will work.....I intend to revise the 9-inch rear end as well.............always some way to improve these pieces..............keeps it entertaining..........

Tony

[sydeem]

The TDR chassis has been introduced in another thread, but I'll re-publish a couple of photos here. This same chassis should be compatible under Dan's Cuda.

As I believe the thought is that the Hemi 426 block will power these builds will TDR develop motor mounts or will each builder have to scratch build his own version. Would something like this be strong enough in RP ?

[Don Garrett]

Syd......can't say for sure where the TDR design team is going to go as far as motor mounts go.
They are working on several other engines that no doubt will eventually find their way into this chassis. The 426 mounts are easy enough to fabricate and RP versions would be of no use to builders wanting to stuff a big block Blue Oval or mouse motor in this chassis.
One of the guys might do them but I haven't seen anything on the TDR table for engine specific mounts.

[NES]

rick you did a beautiful job on this chassis bud!! AWESOME!!!...........stormin norman

[Rick]

Thanks Norm. This chassis was designed by Tony at TDR , specifically for Dan's new 8th scale Barracuda. We're going to make some changes to it so it will work in the Willys.

Stay tuned!