Toyota 4x4 Bruiser

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"Toyota 4x4 Bruiser"

The Bruiser is descended from the Hilux 4x4, modified in the flavour of the Californian mudbog racing ...

The Bruiser is descended from the Hilux 4x4, modified in the flavour of the Californian mudbog racing pickups and it was a true success! Large changes have been made from Hilux since it only shares with it the front/rear axle assembles, some gearbox parts - everything else is new. The most important change from Hilux and Blazer was a real working leaf spring system: prior system was too hard and suffered from a lot of 'users' modifications. Other changes were a new bigger and more powerful RS-750SH motor, a slipper spur gear to prevent gearbox damage due to increase of power, bigger "All Terrain Utility" tires. Lost was the Hilux's front wheel manual hub-locking system, replaced by one-way bearings in each front hum; Wheels are 3-piece chromed plastic. The Hilux's 4000mAh battery is a useful Bruiser accessory, providing 30-40 mins running time. The Bruiser is today a highly sought-after 3spd truck! Maybe because of its look with a bed cab, maybe it is a nice runner because of its bigger tires, who knows. "Hog Heaven" indeed!

The Tamiya 3 speeds include 4 trucks,The trucks are the Blazing Blazer, Toyota Hilux, Toyota 4x4 Bruiser, and the Toyota 4x4 Mountaineer. The trucks were in production from the 80's to early 90's. The trucks have since become collectable.

Features:
The Tamiya 3 speed transmissions feature a on the fly shiftable transmission. They are shifted via a third channel on the radio, they can however be shifted without the third channel but must be locked into one gear. The first gear is the slowest but also enables 4 wheel drive. Second and third gear are rear wheel drive only. Second is a great all around gear. Third gear is fast for this truck and can cause roll overs in turns. I have rolled mine before in top gear but rolled off the pavement and into sand.

Specification

Manufacturer: Tamiya
Kit Name: Toyota 4x4 Pickup Bruiser
Stock Number: 58048

Released: Aug 1985
Width: 278mm
Length: 520mm
Wheel base: 287mm
Ttread front: 200mm
Tread rear 218mm
Ground clearance: 35mm
Weight: 4.7Kg with 6V-4000mAh battery
Motors:RS-750SH
ESC: - TEU-302BK Electronic Speed Controller

Additional Components

• Radio: 3-Channel/servo(s)
• Battery: 6-cell flat
• Charger: for 6-cell battery

Handcrafted Parts :
-Front Servo mount

Tamiyaclub Showroom

The Tamiya hard bodys have always had wonderful details and these trucks are no exception. The main body is in two halves, the front cab and the rear bed. The Bruisers rear half included a sleeper cab. While the Mountaineer was a full bed with a chrome roll bar. The other scale parts include a detailed interior, clear windows, headlight lenses, fog lights, and tail lights.

This Bruiser was bought in very poor condition. Chassis was rusty and the aluminium parts were in a rough state. Body was completely wrecked with many parts missing. Restoration began with a total strip down of parts.

Bodywork was stripped, all cracks and scratches were filled and smoothed flat.

When dry Body was sprayed Dark Blue and left to dry. Decals supplied by Chris at Tamiyaclub are now applied to the Body and these went on like a dream.

All that was needed to complete was to add all the final parts and complete the build. I also added a Lightkit .

more infos > coming soon ...

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	"Toyota 4x4 Bruiser" The Bruiser is descended from the Hilux 4x4, modified in the flavour of the Californian mudbog racing ...

The Bruiser is descended from the Hilux 4x4, modified in the flavour of the Californian mudbog racing pickups and it was a true success! Large changes have been made from Hilux since it only shares with it the front/rear axle assembles, some gearbox parts - everything else is new. The most important change from Hilux and Blazer was a real working leaf spring system: prior system was too hard and suffered from a lot of 'users' modifications. Other changes were a new bigger and more powerful RS-750SH motor, a slipper spur gear to prevent gearbox damage due to increase of power, bigger "All Terrain Utility" tires. Lost was the Hilux's front wheel manual hub-locking system, replaced by one-way bearings in each front hum; Wheels are 3-piece chromed plastic. The Hilux's 4000mAh battery is a useful Bruiser accessory, providing 30-40 mins running time. The Bruiser is today a highly sought-after 3spd truck! Maybe because of its look with a bed cab, maybe it is a nice runner because of its bigger tires, who knows. "Hog Heaven" indeed!

The Tamiya 3 speeds include 4 trucks,The trucks are the Blazing Blazer, Toyota Hilux, Toyota 4x4 Bruiser, and the Toyota 4x4 Mountaineer. The trucks were in production from the 80's to early 90's. The trucks have since become collectable.

Features: The Tamiya 3 speed transmissions feature a on the fly shiftable transmission. They are shifted via a third channel on the radio, they can however be shifted without the third channel but must be locked into one gear. The first gear is the slowest but also enables 4 wheel drive. Second and third gear are rear wheel drive only. Second is a great all around gear. Third gear is fast for this truck and can cause roll overs in turns. I have rolled mine before in top gear but rolled off the pavement and into sand.

Specification Manufacturer: Tamiya Kit Name: Toyota 4x4 Pickup Bruiser Stock Number: 58048 Released: Aug 1985 Width: 278mm Length: 520mm Wheel base: 287mm Ttread front: 200mm Tread rear 218mm Ground clearance: 35mm Weight: 4.7Kg with 6V-4000mAh battery Motors:RS-750SH ESC: - TEU-302BK Electronic Speed Controller	Additional Components • Radio: 3-Channel/servo(s) • Battery: 6-cell flat • Charger: for 6-cell battery Handcrafted Parts : -Front Servo mount Tamiyaclub Showroom

The Tamiya hard bodys have always had wonderful details and these trucks are no exception. The main body is in two halves, the front cab and the rear bed. The Bruisers rear half included a sleeper cab. While the Mountaineer was a full bed with a chrome roll bar. The other scale parts include a detailed interior, clear windows, headlight lenses, fog lights, and tail lights.

This Bruiser was bought in very poor condition. Chassis was rusty and the aluminium parts were in a rough state. Body was completely wrecked with many parts missing. Restoration began with a total strip down of parts.







Bodywork was stripped, all cracks and scratches were filled and smoothed flat.



When dry Body was sprayed Dark Blue and left to dry. Decals supplied by Chris at Tamiyaclub are now applied to the Body and these went on like a dream.













All that was needed to complete was to add all the final parts and complete the build. I also added a Lightkit .





















more infos > coming soon ...