how difficult is it to bobtail a rangerover

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:06 pm

i joined some friends on a dirty weekend and i had a ball but i realised my rangi just can't keep up with the big boys and they are who i want to play with so how do i go about doing a bobtail to a rangerover

i'm thinking of putting a flatdeck on the back and move the petrol tank underneath it and removing as much of the overhang as i can also thinking of shifting the radiator to the rear as well that gives me heaps of room to mount a winch on the front

and most important thing is i want to keep this machine road legal

any suggestions and advice would be apprieciated

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:52 pm

sugestion . . . . .

http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/auct ... d=38407575

:wink:

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:29 pm

not likely

besides i've got a decent size V8 in mine P76

Furgus · Post by **Furgus** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:15 am

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=60

All the info you need starts right here!! - As I recall this was one of the earliest project write-ups on this forum.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:50 pm

yeah i checked those threads out last night

i'm thinking of doing a couple of things differently
i'm thinking of removing the whole roof and chopping the middle out and getting it tigged together to make a small roof the main reason for that is it might make it easier to build the rear panel i probably won't bother keeping the original fuel tank though

you know the usual story everyone has different ideas how to do everything i agree with the rivetting thing though and i'm thinking of putting seat belt anchors in so i can change the seats coause my seats are stuffed

who are some decent 4x4 certifiers in the waikato

Furgus · Post by **Furgus** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:57 am

I've got a chassis & body that have been bobtailed here if your interested. I't's been done as a station wagon. Needs some rust repairs in the usual places - sills. I bought it as a project a while back but have slowly been robbing bits off it for my other trucks :shock:

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:22 am

thanx

but i already have a rangerover ready for the chop the hassle is though now that i am looking at doing this it means the interior panels i bought to deal to the rust issues i have in the back are surplus to requirements as well as the rear tailgate

bugger

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:11 pm

mercutio
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:22 am

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thanx

but i already have a rangerover ready for the chop the hassle is though now that i am looking at doing this it means the interior panels i bought to deal to the rust issues i have in the back are surplus to requirements as well as the rear tailgate

bugger

http://www.trademe.co.nz :wink:

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:47 pm

where do you think i got them from

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:32 am

lol

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:02 pm

i should had gone on a dirty weekend sooner and i might have decided on this solution sooner

i went for a wander around my old mans workshop over the weekend found a good fuel tank i can use which should leave me enough room under the deck to put the spare and if i am lucky an on board air system as well there are some spare air tanks there as well and worst comes to worst i'll put the air tank above the deck and because i hope to have an on board compressor the tank doesn't need to be too big

i'm also thinking of moving the radiator to the back as well leaves lots of room to mount a winch still trying to decide what sort but i might end up going with a hydraulic due to the hassles and price of finding a pto for the rangi gearbox

long term goal would be an air operated fiddle brake system cos my old man has quite a few air solenoids floating around there doing nothing as well as some hydraulic ones which i hope to steal for the winch

so how are my ideas so far good or bad

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:38 am

if you are fitting tube roll bar or any where on the truck set them up for an air tank. If you have to carry that weight around ya may as well use it for something.

Heath

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:01 pm

that is an idea i've nere thought of that never even heard of that being done to be honest

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:32 am

Done it to mine can send pics if ya want.

Saves carrying around a tank also.

Heath

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:06 pm

I do this with the nerf bars I make as well - just makes good sense to use the space... also ensures I weld them up properly

Steve

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:33 pm

SupraLux wrote:I do this with the nerf bars I make as well - just makes good sense to use the space... also ensures I weld them up properly

Steve

Would the welds need to be checked by someone? if holding compressed air?

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:45 pm

not at a hundred or so PSI... at a 1000 or so then it would be advisable. They're not gonna blow off, and if they leaked then it would just be a slow let-down not anything dangerous or explosive.

Steve

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:13 pm

SupraLux wrote:not at a hundred or so PSI... at a 1000 or so then it would be advisable. They're not gonna blow off, and if they leaked then it would just be a slow let-down not anything dangerous or explosive.

Steve

Cool that means I can do it too

eatenfuller · Post by **eatenfuller** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:05 am

half of my roll cage is closed off for the use of air for lockers etc,and the other half is used for an extra hydralic reservior for my whinch i designed this over 4 years ago and had no probs at all (more oil less heat!!!!!!) :shock:

eatenfuller · Post by **eatenfuller** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:09 am

check out the spelling

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:55 am

eatenfuller wrote::D Half of my roll cage is closed off for the use of air for lockers etc,_and the other half is used for an extra hydraulic reservoir for my winch._I designed this over 4 years ago and had no prob's at all (more oil, less heat!!!!!!)

Not to bad

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:09 am

DieselBoy wrote:
Not too bad

Steve

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:39 pm

Yep

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:41 pm

Have uploaded a pic of the gauges on my roll cage (sorry not quite at the embeding in email stage yet), but it is in the last album (page 10).

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Heath · Post by **Heath** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:09 am

this should be the picture

Heath

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