Wow....the front looks...umm...fugly!!
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=494948731
Wow....the front looks...umm...fugly!!
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=494948731
Yes Alien, agreed. Not the best version I've seen, by far.
"Proud To Be An Old Fart".
Seems to have a hoodlining in it too, I hope it wasn't something really worth keeping.... On another look though the LH gutter has been shaved or just plain rusted off....
It can be hard to design a front with little imagination. I'm (slowly) fiddling around with a HZ ute tub at the moment with toolbox/front designs. The latest one has me using an old front apron with the lights "painted" in and the grille (sealed from behind) hinging forward at the bottom as a toolbox lid. Or possible a small lid using the very front 6-8 inches of the bonnet.
More design work to do yet... and of course it wont be everyone's cup of tea when finished.
Dave
Nunc est bibendum...
Sounds good Taily...any pics?
Still doing drawings and a lot of holding front aprons up in position etc at the moment looking at how much of the door sheet metal I'll need to use to graft it all together. Don't think it will be anywhere near as flash as your one with the sectioned roof/pillars though! Thought I'd keep the standard length tub and stand the front wall upright and put a toolbox in front of that, using a small section of bonnet (around 6 inches) out to the apron, which (in the latest idea I have) will have the lights removed, plated then lights painted in place so as to avoid silly questions from the Plod etc....Originally Posted by Alien DNA
Small other problem is too many other little jobs on the go at the moment too....
Regards,
Dave.
Nunc est bibendum...
Taily u need any panels didnt realise u was in medowie, should pop in next time in ur area
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All good for panels (for this project anyway), I bought a complete but rusty HZ V8 ute sans engine off eBay for a shade over $200. Wrecked a few bits back onto eBay and already made the $$ back and then some. Always up for a cuppa and a chat if I'm home.
I'd post a pic of it but at the moment but don't have any on this computer to upload. Have basically gas-axed it apart from the rear of the doors (chassis still intact) and about two inches up the rear pillars. Cut the roof off and have the (good, rust free) firewall for a good mate for his panno project and a few other bits for him like dash, power steering, salisbury diff, lines and clips, heater box, bolts etc etc. That was a couple of months ago so haven't had time to get back to it yet. It's still sitting out there in the weather....
Alien, that sounds like a great idea. I was going to make the "bonnet" hinge at the back as a lid for the box and my current thoughts are to cut the apron either side and extend it the 5 or so inches it is short so that I don't mess about too much with the lines of the sides. Thought long and hard about using the roof section on the front of the trailer (basically weld the pillars where i cut them off to the front of the trailer with the front of the roof pointing down....) Have bought (off another My Sandman member, though I didn't know it at the time) some rusty guards that had good GTS weld-ins which will be making their way into the trailer, just don't know exactly where they'll be placed yet. Was going to wait to see what it looks like after I do all the other work to it (make-up some new sills and replace some ferrocious oxide behind the rear wheels with metal).
What are your thoughts on how you'll do your chassis? Attach to existing or fabricate one up? I've got an old boat trailer I bought 15 years ago but didn't use. Thinking of going that way but always looking for ideas.
Dave.
Nunc est bibendum...
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Hey Dave..great to see another trailer in the works!!
I also thought of using the front apron too...but i think i'm too anal about the front panel lining up with the rear quarters....so im going to give that idea a miss. Instead i'll likely make up some wheel wells and mount the spare wheels vertically in that...but still using a 10inch front section of a roof and sheet along the roof line...if that makes sense!!! I have a cool triangular Kinchrome toolbox i'll mount on the drawbar....which i scored for virtually a large big mac meal!!!
It would be really cool if you started a thread of your build, you'll be surprised how the other forumites get you to think outside the box with clever ideas!!!
I wonder if it's still running the diff or just a lazy axle
It's got the diff in it with the brakes removed. Y'know , cause you might as well tow an extra 100 kilos you don't need.
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