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I've only just recently finished my Clodbuster project so I thought i'd share a few pictures with you all.

This is how it looked when I first found it looking very sorry for itself down at our local tip/'recycling facility'..... but for only £2 I couldn't complain





Generally, despite the broken shell, rusty springs, perished tyres & being dirty the chassis itself seemed to be solid & in pretty good condition, indeed with a complete strip down & clean..... & wearing a new ABS shell, the old Clod was looking much better;



Unfortunately I collected individual parts as I went along - which mean't that it must have cost me a small fortune - especially for the bodyshell parts... I have since seen complete sets - which although seem initially dear, must offer a considerable saving over buying parts seperately.

I managed to salvage & clean up the original shell's Bowtie grill & 'Chevy' tailgate. The pic below shows the bodyshell mocked-up with all the add-on bits & the shell itself has been rubbed down ready for paint. This would be the first non-lexan shell that i've sprayed, so was quite nervous spraying on-top of the crisp, white ABS.



The end result!



I couldn't justify the cost people were selling the original sticker sheets for so I decided to do a kind merge between the Super Clod & Original Clodbuster themes using a Super Clodbuster sticker sheet & cutting off the 'Super' lettering etc. I think it came out ok



I've done some upgrades along the way, adding a full ballrace set, aluminium anti-rotation brackets, home-made strengthening brackets (to mimick those found in the Super Clod), Those CVA shockers, & there's a light kit on the shell for the front lights. The Clod is running 2x 19t superstock motors (both originally fixed timing so gave some headaches!), a Tekin G10 fwd only speedo & i've 'hotwired' the standard 148 servo to 7.2v. Power is supplied by a 6cell 7.2 4200 East-Power battery pack.



I've ran it a few times & its a blast..... in a kinda rubbish handling but powerfull beast kinda way Steering is vague at best - but with the twin 19 turn motors it will wheelie from a standing start & pull an 'endo' if you're heavy on the brakes

Nice save!

A good high torque servo should help your steering.

thats Sweet I always regreted getting rid off mine. you did a great job on the Build

Looks great,I really like the paint job.Why did the fixed timing motors give some headaches?Dont the motors on these run the same way?I will be fitting a pair of faster motors to mine so any advise would be good.

one of the motor needs to have the timing reversed because of the dual axles- one of which is pointing the opposite direction in theory.

Great looking truck!!!!

budhatrain wrote:one of the motor needs to have the timing reversed because of the dual axles- one of which is pointing the opposite direction in theory.

Great looking truck!!!!

Exactly! - Although both the motors are 19 turn, one is an Orion the other a Matrix/Integy motor. The Integy motor's timing is fixed by the shape of the can - which mean't I had to fix a reciprical timing on the Orion, which in theory should be easily done after filing off the little peg on the end bell.... however in that position the clamp-ring was only just gripping the little lugs in the can. The long & the short of it is that I had to re-can the Orion motor from a spare Corally modified

Thanks for the kind comments guys, MelvinsArmy - yes I should invest in a decent Hi-torque servo

when I first had it in that state I totally giggled and loved playing with the truck- 4ws was just fun! I took it out last year on a big camping trip with a bunch of friends from church and let the kids (big kids too) just have a blast.

I am now building a CPE race clod with dual 4600 sidewinders and then a Zilla 2 retro rod to bash and go to NATS with. Clods are one of those timeless r/c vehicles that has endless playability and fortitude

i built a super clod exactly like the box art. it looked nice but i like this clod so much that i am gonna copy it. just got a old clod today!