Most of you at some point have probably owned one of these 9.6v trucks made by new bright with hi/lo gears. Back in their day they were cheap but a lot of fun being able to wheelie and tackle mud pits. I had several versions of the trucks as a kid and think they were one of the coolest little trucks out there. The best years of them were from 1996-1999 before they started using under powered motors.
I thought it would be nice to have one I would once again be excited to drive so I took a solid chassis and started the hobby conversion. Mounting the electronics was the easy part, mounting the steering servo took a bit of careful cutting to ensure the steering was aligned and very strong. I used a metal gear servo so I wouldn't have to replace it twice and fit the stock servo arm onto the hobby arm for the correct steering, it worked well.
Specs:
FM radio
Mamba Micro Pro speed control
Futaba metal gear servo
Stock motor
It can use either a 1650mah 7.4v lipo in the stock battery tray and will run a little more powerful than stock.
If I use a 2100mah 11.1v lipo I mount it under the body, It will wheelie from a stand still in high or low and is much faster than stock.
The body on this truck was originally a faded red. I used to have the same 9.6v black F150 back in 1997 so I took all the lights, windows and roll bar off, sanded it down and gave it a nice paint job. It took several times to get it right but using just a spray can in a cold garage it came out much better than the stock paint, love it. This truck is a total blast to drive and I think out of my entire collection it gets driven the most now. Its sooooo cool have proportional steering and throttle after years of single speed.
