sweet lil runner
Got this a few months ago. Good mate Renco5012 decided I must own one by the uncontrollable giggles at the last NZTC meet. He got me to drive this little beasty while he took some photos and I couldnt stop laughing at how well it went on such a short wheelbase. It has quite a few modifications, some enhance the performance, some just to keep everything going for another day. I have changed a couple of things since I got it, some by choice, some by neglegence (busted the frog lower shock mount, which means I have to change back to grasshopper shocks). And I did think of restoring it but it would need a new chassis carcass and new body, and unless it I can find those, it will stay as is. Its a comical little bugger, and the laughs far outweigh the princely sum of two 2.2 hobbyking batteries I swapped for it. Thanks Mike, I owe ya one mate! ;)
Complete with Hikuwai mud splatters!
BZ is no longer in there, bit much for the ol girl
Bro-fessional battery strap... kiwi ingenuity!
plenty of fun times with this beast!
Comments
MAD-BEE
CRAZY FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats what these are! Like yours mine looks like a scrap yard on wheels! but these just keep going and are fast! too fast!!!
Speed & Pajero = CRAZY FUN!
I will keep running my old Pajero until the wheels fall off! These are way too much of a laugh and massively too much fun to sit on a shelf! Don't bother with a resto! Just RUN!RUN!RUN!
Have fun buddy.
Cheers MAD-BEE
berman
Haha MAD-BEE I honestly couldnt have said it better myself if I tried! Spoken like a true enthusiast of the 'Padge'.. thank you bud! Classic!
MAD-BEE
P.S.
Two batteries for this comical little cracker! this is worth it weight in Gold for laughs!!!!!
Nice one mate!
berman
Absolutely, couldnt agree more! Cheers mate!
mongoose1983
Wow, that's fantastic!
Had a laugh with the ''bro-fessional'' batt-strap
berman
Yeah thats a 'yours truly' mod, just waiting on the patents
matman
HAHA , love the 4th description . So true BRO !!
SO TURE .. Sweet as little beast ..
JWeston
This looks like the perfect runner. I need one of these, badly. Very nice.
RACECRAFTERS
Kewl SkaDonk berman!
I tend to enjoy driving some of my older and tatty cars sometimes more than the carefull gems. This has FuN! written all over it! 
berman
@matman I didn't tell you about the jandals in the tyres for foams, marmite in the diff and melted pinapple lumps holding the body together? @JWeston: that is exactly what it is, get one quick! @RACECRAFTERS: Hey Malo, it sure is, you dont have to be so cautious with this little fella, it's hilarious, easy to put up on two wheels aswell! Thanks everybody!
RallyeBaz
Great looking Jeep. Love that last pic
wilton84
Nice one bruzzy co !! Quite like these would love to drive one but mine ( beetlelovers) is just too nice to use dammit!!
berman
Cheers RallyeBaz, yeah it loves a little bit of air! Yeah dont go thrashing the one of James you got, its far too nice!
kalsh
nice one Neil - the way you drove it you should own it!!
berman
Haha thanks Kel, it will live to see another TC meet!
Grumpy pants
Awesome, I am going to have to get one!
Just a cheeky looking chappy this model.
hot rod
These sure do look cute and fun little trucks, maybe one day will take the plunge and get a cheap runner. Nice pictures and agree about the picture with it airborne looks awesome
berman
@Grumpy pants: Thanks, you should smiles a plenty with these! @hot rod: If you can get hold of one I would totally recommend it! Cheers guys!
KEV THE REV
Wow ,those are some serious battle scars right there - these are great fun for sure
berman
Thanks Kev! Its got much more but they are hidden, and it adds to its character
Renco5012
Remember the body is made out of two shells with metal plates and pop rivets holding the lot together, plus those other nifty bent steel brackets on the rear suspension are pure hack-saw quality. Don't forget that bro-fessional suspension pivot upgrade - I was advanced for my time, not even Tamiya thought to do that! I still think the best feature I added was the cable tie spring adjusters which appear to still be working fine! My Yellow Peril will be ready for when I'm over next so it'll be a Paj showdown
berman
Yeah one of the pop rivet plates has fallen off the body, I've broken off the left side front bumper again, broken the frog lower shock mount so I am going to use grasshopper shocks but I am missing a spring. I will have it ready when you come back over, 'White Lightning' is going to show your yellow dandelion what 'Rangi-ghetto-mods' are all about...
Renco5012
I dunno mate, that sounds like a challenge! Yellow Peril will be more advanced, I've got oil shocks ready to go for all four corners and my highly tuned 1980's plastic bearings in the gearbox will keep up with you on the performance stakes, lol. Nah, better replace those actually as those li-po's might really grind 'em up. But anyway, I'll win this showdown, you've got all that extra weight with those pop rivets! I'll be enjoying a cool & refreshing Lion Brown at the finish line waiting for the hangi to be done...
berman
ROFL! I am going to drill out the centre of the pop rivets for weight reduction, (plus when they break I will lose half a body for even more weight reduction!) Then remove an screws that arent important, like the ones holding the wheels together, take the windscreen out for that indoor/outdoor flow, plus I am going to jack the rear up a bit higher because everybody in the 80's knew that made you faster
Like your Lion Brown, your going down! lol
Renco5012
Actually you can get away with one screw each in the wheels, I've done it cos I was poor as once, eh cuz. It's a magical shell that one, a pure handling enhancing racing bred design that enables itself to shed excess weight while on the move for even more spirited performance. Why jack the rear up even more?
My home-made-hack-saw-quality-limited edition shock mounts have already added more than enough to envigorate the suspension travel 
berman
I prefer to have none, that way when one falls off it will pass me to take the chequered flag! Its magic alright, magic how it still stays together! But that is the case with these race machines! I was going to jack it up a bit more, so it doesnt flip with the raw powah it makes
I agree, makes it tight like a tiger, ...a king tiger. I was going to add my own custom mods, like a 2 story high 'GT' wing made from frc, thats fibre reinforced cardboard for you younguns, plus the twin pinstripe, for 10 more hp, but I am not sure the world is ready for my brofessional rangimods 
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