My GU tourer.

[digger12]

Hey guys, fairly new to the forum, but loving it so far.
This is my gu tourer. Couldn't decide if I wanted to build a tuff truck or a tourer so I went somewhere what I think is in the middle of both. It has an ls1, 5 inch lift, reduction gears, 4.6 diff ratios and other mods as you can see from photos. Love getting away a doing some wheeling, camping and fishing when ever I can.

Like most of us.... Our cars are never finished. Hopefully install lockers in front and rear soon.

Digger.

[Sherro]

Nice rig there Digger some great ideas there mate.

[BigRAWesty]

Um.. AWESOME SETUP!!!!

How aboutsome more pics of that draw system and a list of setup..

I am very jealous..

[sooty_10]

Looks great I love the gull wing setup.

[Parksy]

Awesome looking rig. I take it you're a tall person to reach those rear windows...

[digger12]

Thanks guys.
This drawer system has been great when touring as I have everything in its right place and things don't bounce around at all. Hot water, fridge, air and stove are all built in and permanently live in the car.

Like all of us our cars are never finished.... Hopefully install some lockers soon and maybe a roof rack

Digger

Ps: who does a real nice 4" stainless snorkel???

[BigRAWesty]

You wanna go threw the 1/4 like a traditional snorkel or threw the bonnet?

Can't remember who does what but a search will bring em up..

A few questions about the details.
Guessing you guys don't tour with kids?
Also what size water tank are you sporting, and where is it located.

I like the gas tank idea. I currently have mine strapped to the cargo barrier when out.

We just had a member do a gull wing build thread, feel free to tack yours on under it, I see some differences and be goo to weigh up pro and cons.

And finally lol. What are those sections either side of the draws for? Access points or house something?

[Winnie]

Thanks guys.
This drawer system has been great when touring as I have everything in its right place and things don't bounce around at all. Hot water, fridge, air and stove are all built in and permanently live in the car.

Like all of us our cars are never finished.... Hopefully install some lockers soon and maybe a roof rack

Digger

Ps: who does a real nice 4" stainless snorkel???

Millweld do mate, and have a look on their website one at the recessed snorkel... Little expensive but it looks so good

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[BLKWDW]

Love this thing mate. Setup is awesome to clean though lol.

[Kano]

Love the Patrol. Looks great. I'm currently trying to get my patrol to look something like yours. Do you need an engineers certificate to pass with the height and tyres.

[digger12]

Yeah was just gonna go the traditional snorkel through the 1/4 but wanted to powder coat it black to.
No I don't have kids mate.....yet. Standing up behind the rear seat is a 55 litre water tank which the Coleman hot water system feeds from with an inline pump. I've converted the Coleman so it runs off small gas bottles not the cans, which in turn is cheaper.....and I don't have to remove the Coleman each time the can is empty. The blue tank is off a cheapo air compressor from bunnings which really helps for inflating the 35's. The small sections on each side of the drawers are fuse box on the left and just another access point for storage on the right......every spare inch of space is usable.

[digger12]

Haha. Yeah it was resprayed last year so she looks neat again. It has some serious battle scars last year and was starting to look like a bit of a pig...didn't want to get hassled by the cops either.

[BigRAWesty]

Awesome.
We have 2 young ones so space is a premium..
Nearly finished a custom stainless tank myself for our water, will have 70 usable liters.. But that's primarily drinking. We still use the bucket and sponge for showers/ baths..

I'm loving the gull wings.
Only thing I'd change with yours is a pull out bench in place of your stove.. But I'm liking the storage above the fridge..

How do you find air flow around the fridge??

[digger12]

Yeah the gull wings have been a great addition, I keep all my recovery gear on the drivers side and that's real handy.
A pull out bench would have been good but the pull down table on the right hand side rear door has been ok.
Air flow around the fridge has never been a problem with the small computer fan installed at the front of the fridge door to release the hot air.

[BigRAWesty]

So there is. You don't pick the fan first up..

Bloody hell. Wish I'd done gull wings instead of the one peice now.

Are your wings alloy plate?

[digger12]

Yeah the wings are made from Ali checker plate that I jigsawed out. Fitted one gas strut per wing to make it a little easier and also some led lights at the top of each wing to see inside at night. The wings are probably the 2nd best mod I've done to the car, 1st in my 87% reduction gears......love em.

Ps : I heard from my mechanic today that my ls1 conversion is almost finished. Anyone know of any good engineers in western suburbs melbourne that they can recommend? Think I'm gonna try organise the engineering myself.

[BigRAWesty]

Oowwww..

It's always best to contact engineers prior to doing conversions as they have certain requirements that need documenting..

You may have a bit of a slog ahead..

[Rickie3]

That looks mint! love those side entry windows, awesome job

[dkpat]

Awesome setup! Great job!