If I was going to do a conversion to make myself a short course truck 4x4, you could look at the academy SBV2 as a platform. All you would need to machine really would be a chassis, upper deck, and longer drive shaft. the parts from the RT4GP truck can bolt on to the vehicle, and the 12mm hex is used front and rear.

Would probably make a decent light-weight conversion. For maximum durability (at the expense of weight), pretty much any 8th scale buggy makes a good platform too.

I remembered seeing a guy here putting a sct cover on a 1/8 BL buggy.

Where's the thread n how he did the mounting?

my friend wants one of these in the worst way...I told him to make sure he has many extra parts in hand....especially if running o 3or 4s

i thought the shell will protect alot on these cars?

it should, but, being a new 4x4 system, i am sure it will have a few bugs to be worked out

oh i meant put a shell on our 1/8 BL buggies. its tougher this way

Sorry may bad! I actually redid a BL Ofna Ravenger for my friend recently and put on a traxxas slash truck body. Fit great and I used these mounts...and they worked great!

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXUVY6&P=Z

Just got a email from AMAIN that makes NO sense what so ever ???

"Dear Jeff,

Your back order for TRA6808 with A Main Hobbies in order 410233 has been canceled; the most likely reason is the item has been discontinued. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.

A Main Hobbies appreciates your business!
Please reply to this email if you have any questions."

Thats F'ed up ? Once I investigate more I'll bet I'll find the release date ha ben pushed back a couple months on Traxxas's end ? Still sucks, I'm ready to drive this thing !

I'm wondering if they changed the part number....

New email received;

Dear Fat Bastard,

Your back order for TRA6808 was incorrectly canceled this morning, and
has since been restored, maintaining your previous priority. If you
have back ordered an additional TRA6808 today, you may now wish to
cancel the newer one.

https://www.amainhobbies.com/account_back_orders.php

We apologize for the inconvenience; please contact our Customer Service
department if you have any questions.

happened to me as well.. initially i was like WTH!!! anyways they fixed it just like yours...but it looks like i'm ahead of you on the preorder list...my order number is 407764 ...:na::na::na::na::na::na:

Strange mishap it was ? Oh yeah, Bite Me !:lol:

Thanks for the laugh, just blew turkey gravy out of my nose.

Just trying to beat LincPimple to the punch