Bought this truck off ebay some time ago and finally got around to working on it. As I took it apart I was quite disappointed at the state it was in with many parts cracked or broken, wrong screws/nuts used, etc... Fortunately most of the essential "Blackfoot" (i.e. stuff I can't rip off a re-re frog) were there.
So I got to work on some carbon-fiber parts.
First up the rear end got some new parts.
Both the mounting points of the rear shock were cracked so on the front I fabricated a new mount. On the rear I glued up the hole in the arm and made new brackets which both reinforce the arm and at the same time offer adjustability in terms of the shock mounting and rear damping characteristics.
Both the rear outer arm brackets were shot too... so I replaced them too.
The next part took a lot more time to work on...
Here's the bellcrank steering system I designed for the Blackfoot. I originally designed a similar system for my frog. However, the different steering geometry of the blackfoot required the design to be tweaked somewhat. The revised steering bridge, coupled with the shortened steering links reduced bumpsteer significantly and should improve handling. Here's another picture of the truck with the steering system installed.
In his excellent thread here, Andyrt200 experimented with various ways of adapting a 12mm hex drive to the front of the Blackfoot. I took a similar route and here's the result.
Now I can run wheels off current models like the Blackfoot III without worrying about replacements.
The front end is largely complete and I'll be moving on to the rear end next.
Here's a picture of the truck as she stands.
Let me know what you think.
It kinda has a tractor look the way it is. That's pretty cool too. 
I'd love to see a carbon shock tower and maybe some tie rod style braces to show off that bellcrank 
