hey guys
there has been alot of talk lately of dator clones .i have ben working on one the last few months and here is the
finnished product .i took a 77 lfire made a bracket to mount a 78 radiator in front like dator.the hood is from joe rainville.i made my own one up seat and had it covered .went thru every thing bearings,motor,track,ect,ect,
i painted it my own dator style scheme and had my sticker guy cut the vinyl to look simular but not exact.then i
went a little over board polished most of the aluminum with a rouge wheel to a chrome finish.i also made up a black windsheild .in the pics is a spitfire i done for my wife.she wanted it bright so it is mostly yellow with neon
green trim the punkinator decal is because her nickname is punkins.turned out to be cool little sled for her.
enjoy the pics.
deereboy http://s1013.photobucket.com/albums/af2 ... /?newest=1
new sleds are done
new sleds are done
Last edited by deereboy on Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Very Cool! Do you have any better pics of the engine compartment?
Great Job!!
Great Job!!
Eric A.
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Great Looking sled--Congrats--That will draw some attention out on the snow!!!
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cool stuff looks like fun wade
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certificate recipiant of the 13 vintage challenge !! on a 340/s
certificate recipient of the 14 vintage challenge !! on a 78 liquifire 440
joe forgot the certificates for the 2015 vintage challenge
crossed the start/finish line twice at the 2013 and 2014 I500 on a 78 liquifire 440
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Great work Al! Nice to see another one of my hood being put to good use. Thanks for posting pic's for us.
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Al,
Great looking sleds. You and Lori have been very busy since I've been down there. Thanks for sharing.........
Gary
Great looking sleds. You and Lori have been very busy since I've been down there. Thanks for sharing.........
Gary
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thats awsome how you fabricated a radiator into the front, and how clean the sled looks, great job!!! it will def give me motivation in my current dator/oval racer clone, thanks for sharing the pics
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I have been planning a dator clone and you have given me ideas for the radiator mount using the 78 radiator. Mine will have some customization to it though.
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