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This NOS Tamiya Clod Buster is Concourse Quality [READER’S RIDE]

This NOS Tamiya Clod Buster is Concourse Quality [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! Jeff DeWitt’s buddy Chris Nissen submitted this Clod Buster on Jeff’s behalf that he built for the concourse at the Vintage Off Road Nationals. Jeff built it entirely from New Old Stock vintage parts still in the packages, starting with the CCP cases, axle […]
Custom Caddy Clod-Pounder Hearse [READER’S RIDE]

Custom Caddy Clod-Pounder Hearse [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear!   The body on this wild-looking monster truck hearse is HPI’s Grave Robber shell, so it isn’t technically branded as a Cadillac, but the ’59 Caddy hearse influence is pretty obvious and it looks great painted and perched atop Robert Snyder’s Red Cat Ground […]

Tamiya TXT-1 Pro Mod Race Monster [READER’S RIDE]

Tamiya TXT-1 Pro Mod Race Monster [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! Aaron Janes tells us he campaigns his TXT-1 Pro Mod Racer in the Falcon Hobby Monster Truck Series and some Trigger Kings events so he built his truck specifically with competition in mind, starting with the Freestyle RC Pro-C chassis which provides more than […]
Super-Detailed Super-Duty Ford F-250 Axial SCX10 [READER’S RIDE]

Super-Detailed Super-Duty Ford F-250 Axial SCX10 [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear!   Paul Howle wanted his Axial SCX10 Ford F250 to be as distinctive inside as out, so he scratch-built an interior with a full set of instruments, seats and figures. The rear deck is covered in diamond plate and has a fuel cell, spare […]

Weather-Worn Drag Slash [READER’S RIDE]

Weather-Worn Drag Slash [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! There’s just something about the mix of junk-yard beater truck looks mixed with serious ¼-mile hardware that appealed to us about Keith Brewer’s Slash. The body is Pro-Line’s 1966 Ford Stepside which Keith mounted low over a 2wd Slash chassis. He replaced the suspension […]
Traxxas Telluride Taken to the Max [READER’S RIDE]

Traxxas Telluride Taken to the Max [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear!   James Giddens started out with a perfectly stock Traxxas Telluride which he drove the wheels off of. As parts wore out, he gradually upgraded them to form the one-of-a-kind ride you see here. James credits Pro-Line and RC4WD with the cosmetic improvements — […]

Traxxas TRX-4 Takes Realism to the Xtreme  [READER’S RIDE]

Traxxas TRX-4 Takes Realism to the Xtreme [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! Glenn Castillo loves the way his TRX-4 drives, so he put his focus on increasing his truck’s looks and scale realism—a feat he achieved spectacularly in our opinion! He didn’t like how Traxxas covered up the windows so he cut them out and re-glassed […]
Traxxas E-Maxx-Utility Tow Rig [READER’S RIDE]

Traxxas E-Maxx-Utility Tow Rig [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! Mike Eichhorn’s original Traxxas E-Maxx is cool enough to make Reader’s Rides all on its own, but when he told us about the power-tilt trailer he designed to go with it he was a lock. The E-Maxx is fairly stock except for the Pro-Line […]

Axial SCX10 Retro-Beauty Canuck Crawler [READER’S RIDE]

Axial SCX10 Retro-Beauty Canuck Crawler [READER’S RIDE]

Reader’s Rides is sponsored by PRO-LINE. Click for the latest gear! François Dion credits his buddy Miguel Bounadere for the spectacular photos taken near his home in Québec, Canada, but the workmanship on this gorgeous SCX10 II is all his own. It was treated to a full upgrade of ST Racing Concepts chassis parts under […]
Hot Rod Streeeetch-job ’32 Ford [READERS RIDE]

Hot Rod Streeeetch-job ’32 Ford [READERS RIDE]

Scott Lempert tells us the inspiration for this build came from a 1/8-scale Monogram engine kit that was given to him by a friend. The ‘50s-era 312 Y-block motor had the option for a wild direct crank-driven Potvin supercharger, but fitting it in a hot rod would mean an extended frame chassis, so Scott scratch-built […]

Tonka Tough 8×8 [READER’S RIDE]

Tonka Tough 8×8 [READER’S RIDE]

At the heart of Ken Sutherland’s heavy metal build is a 1960s-era Tonka truck cab, which he added onto for nearly a year until he ended up with the 4-foot-long beast you see here. The entire body (aside from that vintage lower cab section) is fabricated from aluminum and held together with more than 200 […]
Kyosho Scorpion Online Build

Kyosho Scorpion Online Build

Here’s a link to the Scorpion unboxing, in case you missed it. With unpacking the kit out of the way, I’m ready to start spinning wrenches. The fun starts with a bunch of aluminum bits… The chassis rails and steering bellcrank are assembled first, with hex hardware used throughout. The chassis rails are stout, solid-aluminum extrusions […]
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