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18th June 2020, 08:26 PM
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18th June 2020 08:26 PM
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18th June 2020, 09:59 PM
#2
I am going to enjoy this journey. Keep going, great stuff.
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18th June 2020, 11:47 PM
#3
Legendary
Looks like a bit of fine work to pass the time ..... a bit of rust kill and paint on the chassis will go a long way to making it look a million dollars again....
GU PATROL 2011 Ti, with goodies...
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19th June 2020, 09:10 AM
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20th June 2020, 07:13 PM
#5
Daily Lurker
Yer those welds are neat mate! I reckon@MudRunnerTD would have done a far neater job. I'm kidding but those welds are bloody neat!
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21st June 2020, 07:34 AM
#6
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Originally Posted by
rusty_nail
Yer those welds are neat mate! I reckon@MudRunnerTD would have done a far neater job. I'm kidding but those welds are bloody neat!
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I wish they were mine but they are in fact my son's work. I taught him everything I knew in about 5 minutes .... my eyes don't help . The boy always asks if I had the gas on when he looks at my welds lol
I'll pass on your kind words though
Y60 Patrol 4.2 d SWB in puke green
2" body lift, 2" pedders suspension lift, 35" Simex muds on excel 16" alloys, needs a turbo :/
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21st June 2020, 09:41 AM
#7
Expert
Here in deepest darkest west Wales we still have plenty of feckin' rain .....
So in a kind of out of sequence job we got on with making the barn doors into a tailgate, as you do
Incase I hadn't made it clear, I'm cutting up the old girl into a pickup. Extending the wheel base , shortening front and back overhangs.
Part of the job was cutting up the barn doors to make them into a drop down tailgate.
Sooo, I set about the door strip down .
Then repeat on little door . Pushed together for a trial looksee at gaps etc
Happy with that so welding it is then
Many hours disappeared on this job, but as it was pissing down big style we didn't mind so much.
Eventually a little bit of origami metalwork and another small hole filled
More spray weld through primer and jigsaw piece done
and on and on filling hinge holes etc till we eventually got this far
Got a few little screw holes to fill then body filler then prime etc etc
Loads more to do just on this bit, like find some hinges ??
Hardly any patrols round here , never mind pick ups, so finding hinges could be fun
Last edited by makeitfit; 21st June 2020 at 09:43 AM.
Y60 Patrol 4.2 d SWB in puke green
2" body lift, 2" pedders suspension lift, 35" Simex muds on excel 16" alloys, needs a turbo :/
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21st June 2020, 12:47 PM
#8
Travelling Podologist
Goodonya boyo, I'm enjoying this.
Btw -the proper name for a 'pickup' is a 'ute'.
2006 4.2TDi ex-Telstra Remote area Camper. 425w roof mounted solar, 360Ah Aux batts, BCDC1240, Onboard hot & cold pressurised & filtered water, (25 litre hot water calorifier), ARB fridge, ARB freezer, Built in kitchen, heaps of easy access storage, 240v, 3” Genie exhaust + dynotune, 2” lift, 3900kg GVM upgrade, second glovebox, ROH Blaktrak steel wheels, Bridgestone D697's (now Toyo RT's), Redarc gauges/pillarpod, Hema HX-1, Icom 450 CB, dual rear view cameras, Onboard 30amp Victron mains charger, second glovebox, dual seat conversion, TPMS, Boss PX7 onboard air with 9 litre tank, 350w inverter, Steel bullbar, Harrop Eaton diff lock (front), Warn winch, Snorkel, Dual spares , 160 litre water tank, 180 litre fuel in two tanks (approx 1200km range) 2010 Tvan Tanami. (incl another 70 litre water tank) with matching wheels/tyres (& 3rd spare)
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22nd June 2020, 08:12 AM
#9
Expert
You say UTE, I say pickup.
You say guard, I say bumper.
What ever it's called we both call it fun
Now then, the rain has stopped and so I got my ladder out to chop the top, of my pickute
I spent many years trying to decide where I would go with the Trol and at last I'm marking out
As they say, the first cut is the deepest , so time to chase the white line !!!
I welded in a brace just incase things moved .
9" grinder time, up a ladder , in the mud Nothing to see here
Then boom , D posts gone .
I'll be using this bit later, best put it safe
Then back up me ladder and repeat
Quite like it as it is but there's no room for the seat like this , so now I need to add the rear end again.
First go at fitting it.
Then many fiddly cuts later the gutter is pretty close
More wallop stick action and getting closer again
I've got to the point of reasonable roof line but the gutters are slightly narrower from the rear end.
Tomorrow's problem solution session will be fixing this width issue !
Answers on a postcard please
Y60 Patrol 4.2 d SWB in puke green
2" body lift, 2" pedders suspension lift, 35" Simex muds on excel 16" alloys, needs a turbo :/
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22nd June 2020, 08:36 AM
#10
this is cool, wish i had your skill.
got me hooked cant wait to see the next update
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