Bigfoot! Powers Clodbuster

[MelvinsArmy]

I think I have a new favorite r/c. This is it. This was a major score for me, I picked it up on ebay as a complete, minus radio for $200. Me, not being able to let well enough alone had to make a few changes. I swapped out the shocks for blue AE aluminum units. Put on a new Bigfoot body (it had an old one, but was mounted higher than I like) and put some fresh rubber on it, it came with cut down stock tires. I also added titanium upper suspension links and servo link. It's got twin Tamiya sport tuned motors and it's geared high, so it's really fast. A Super Rooster and a Hitec 645 round out the electronics. I bought a new 5000mah lipo and this truck screams. Gonna take it to the vnats next weekend and hope I don't blow a motor up.

Oh, and it handles, steers and accelerates like a dream. Yeah, I think this is my new favorite r/c.

[SFC K]

That is sweet! Nice score.

You should stop over to on Clodtalk and share it with the gang! Don't Tell Halgar I put you up to this...

[Diamond Dave]

That truck looks simply awesome! SFC is so right, share the details.

Very nice addition to the favs, and it is great to run huh!?! Nice score indeed!

[Lowgear]

Those Powers chassis' were a simple design that got the job done. Nice looking truck for sure.

[tony13b]

very nice army, you lucky b*$$ter

[m2fit4u2]

Thats a good deal, especially being that it looks to be in great condition. I had mine for sale once and decided that I can not sell it. The Powers is a rare, successful, reliable, and easy to work on chassis.

[MelvinsArmy]

Can't believe I never posted any Vintage Nationals action shots! Here they are:

[MelvinsArmy]

The truck took Best In Show at the event. Everybody loved it. Nobody could believe that such a big, clumsy looking truck could scoot around the track so fast and so well. I gave the other 2wd MTs a hard run for their money. It was a total blast. I drove the truck hard. It spent a lot of time in the air. Needless to say, by the end of the weekend the nice Bigfoot body was in pretty rough shape. It was worth it though.

I got a new body for it to look pretty on the shelf for the winter. And some nice wheels and rare tires. Can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can take it back out for more damage. I've also upgraded the axles with CVDs and ball diffs from TTR.

Here's the new body and tires.

[Diamond Dave]

Very nice truck~!~

[m2fit4u2]

Great action shots, thank you for uploading ! The new body works well with the chassis too.

I am glad to see your Powers truck being put to good use I guess I do not understand how this could run in a vintage monster truck race? Is the Powers chassis really that old? How many were in the class ? The class allows for 2wd and 4wd entries? Sorry for all the questions, I am very curious..

Also, I really like what you have done with your battery mount setup, I still use the rubber band method. Did you somehow fabricate associated battery cups into the chassis?

[kaiser]

it's more or less allowed in the race because there's a very low turn out for that class, plus it's running against smaller more agile trucks so noone can complain, especially if the racing is clean.

next year from what i understand any clod can run in this class, remember the axels are the heart of these trucks and they are unchanged.

i'll be running a cpe terminator pro lite clod next year.

[MelvinsArmy]

The race is vintage in spirit. If they stuck to strict 1994 and before parts, probably about 3 of the entrants for the entire event would be allowed to run. I had planned to run an early JPS chassis, which would make the 1994 date I believe, or at least very close to it, but after I got the Powers I decided it was the chassis to go with. As kaiser said, the heart of a Clod is the axles. Once 4 link suspension was introduced with the Clodzilla 2, everything else was kind of a variation on that design. I would say that 4 linking the Clod was the single most important hop up ever introduced for the truck.

The MT class is split in to two categories. Clods, and pretty much everything else. I suppose if someone brought a USA-1 or a High Roller, it would be grouped in with the Clods. The two classes race at the same time, like at LeMans. I did manage to come in second place overall in a race or two.

[justinspeed79]

Very cool truck. I love those action shots.

Are Clods hard top find parts for? Does anyone still make parts for them?

[m2fit4u2]

Parts are easy to find since the Clodbuster has been re-released by Tamiya.

Some of the Original parts such as the decals and original Chevy grill can be a little harder to come by.

[kaiser]

lol, i'd love to see a usa1 or high roller show up.