Rusty Arctic Troopy Gets a new lease on life

[Marrimus]

She´s a bit tired

Pretty rusted out from back in the day when it was modified.

 

[Marrimus]

Were going along though.

 

[Marrimus]

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[Marrimus]

The next few bits are a bit spicy.

 

[cruiserpilot]

Got to ask, what is the brand and size of those tires? Giant ice radial. Your ambition and skill is incredible.

 

[Marrimus]

Got to ask, what is the brand and size of those tires? Giant ice radial. Your ambition and skill is incredible.

Thank you . they are 38" Arctic truck tires , AT405..

 

[cruiserpilot]

Thank you . they are 38" Arctic truck tires , AT405..

Arctic Trucks is an actual tire brand name!! I’d have never thought. I’ll see if I can get them here
in Canada, ya know, eh!

 

[Marrimus]

Got a bit sidetracked when i found some structural rust in the old suspension mods, ended up gutting it and simplifying it a bit.,finding new lows of "its always more work than you think",but pretty worth it .

I might add some more crossbracing but i think its plenty strong as is.

Everything got sandblasted and powdercoated while it was apart,came out really nice.

 

[Marrimus]

Pretty slow progress these days due to life, got all the body work welded,primed and sealed.
Epoxy primed a few frame parts since ive gone this far and now its assembly time.

 

[janyyc]

Awesome pictures. Pretty rare to see those in Iceland from my visits so it's good to see this one get some love and care! Good luck with the project, I'll be following along.

 

[Admiral Snackbar]

Arctic Trucks is an actual tire brand name!! I’d have never thought. I’ll see if I can get them here
in Canada, ya know, eh!

They partnered with Nokian for them. I know you can get them here in the US so it'd be even more logical for them to be available in CA

 

[Devils Paw 80]

That's a cool Troopy. Way to go with bringing it back to life.

 

[cruiserpilot]

They partnered with Nokian for them. I know you can get them here in the US so it'd be even more logical for them to be available in CA

LOL. Logic and Canada can be a bit of an Oxymoron

 

[clrussell]

That's a cool Troopy. Way to go with bringing it back to life.

What he said.

I love troopys.

Especially Fat tire troopys

 

[mt72]

This Troop Carrier will be ready for Aurora light! Good Job

 

[Marrimus]

Been poking at it getting it ready for paint,still havent gotten around to finishing the rear end since im waiting on an extra pair of hands to finish it off.

 

[Marrimus]

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[EngineBlockEggs]

This is awesome man! Do you plan on keeping it relatively similar to its arctic form or do you have other plans for it?

 

[Marrimus]

It will continue on as an ArcticTruck

This is awesome man! Do you plan on keeping it relatively similar to its arctic form or do you have other plans for it?