I've taken in another stray CAT.. XL

[prp]

Nice work Paul

I never seen the Frewer body for the CAT , nice find.

[Groomi]

@ Groomi - I must admit I'm not a massive fan of the Parma FatCat.... R/C's first recorded appearance of the 'Fugly cab-forward' shell

I think the flatter profile provides the ideal canvas for some great paint jobs. Anyway, I'm delighted to have found this week that Penguin are doing Fat Cat copies - I shall definitely be ordering one (at least)!

[Bormac]

I had the Frewer 'DOG' body on my Cat XL back in the day. You rarely see a used one now days let alone a new uncut one. That thing must be very rare!

[CAT3K]

I've had some free time to work on the XL yesterday, and now I'm at the point I need to choose the body.



The frewer is very cool, but I think I'd like to go for the original style for this buggy. The problem being finding an original.

[stulec52]

How about a Parma one??

[CAT3K]

Is the Parma version similar to the original? I can't remember seeing a Parma CAT shell except for the Fat CAT.

[DerbyDan]

You've done it again Paul - what a transformation! Checking back at your first pictures its unrecognisable as being the same car!

Can't wait to see it all finished & cloaked in some fresh Lexan!

[CAT3K]

Thanks Dan, I'm really happy with it. The buggy came with just about enough spares to build another complete drivetrain and suspension, so I might just have to build a SWB or XLS stable mate soon

Paul.

[Bormac]

Thanks Dan. I have a choice of the original style body or a Frewer Dog for Cat, but i haven't been able to make up my mind yet..

The Frewer looks cool, and i think it is roughly period correct (maybe slightly later for the XLS?)



The only thing is, i had kind of wanted to keep it looking like an original XL.

Paul.

Back when I purchased my used Cat XL from a fellow club member back in the 80's it was fitted with a Frewer dog shell. Pretty sure it was period correct for the XL.

[CAT3K]

Back when I purchased my used Cat XL from a fellow club member back in the 80's it was fitted with a Frewer dog shell. Pretty sure it was period correct for the XL.

Thanks Jason, good to know. I'll make up my mind which to use eventually, it just depends if I can find an original, original..

[CAT3K]

I dug out this set of alloy eccentrics intending to fit them to this CAT. I hadn't looked at them closely before, but they're different to all the other sets I've had before. They have a flange on the inner rim, and they have less depth than the regular ones too.



I'm assuming these might be for the Pro diffs in the Cougar 2 Works, or Bosscat Works?

Paul.

[Bormac]

Paul I think you may be right. I have both these and the other alloy eccentric housings but it's been such a long time since I have laid eyes on them that my memory fails me.

Great find though.

[CAT3K]

I painted up a body for the XL yesterday, and since it's a sunny day here today I decided to take a picture of the CAT in its natural habitat, the grass*

*disclaimer, my lawn has virtually no grass in it, I'm crappy gardener







Paul.

[DennisM]

Orange and purple, that´s a sweet combination.
Looks amazing - well done.

[DerbyDan]

YES! I like that alot - a simple paint scheme but very effective! - I like how the orange stripe kinda echo's the orange Bud's belt beneath & is tied in with the old style Nosram stickers, very classy!