Sadams Flatdeck 6.0 litre chevy, runs & pulls 3rd gear skids

User avatar
Sadam_Husain
Angry bird
Posts: 5164
Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: WELLINGTON

Sadams Flatdeck 6.0 litre chevy, runs & pulls 3rd gear skids

Postby Sadam_Husain » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:47 pm

After sitting in the shed for almost a year the flatdeck got snuck off to Sig's Monster Garage in Stokes Valley a couple of weeks back

Its getting another engine upgrade (technicaly engine number 5 but I'm calling it number 4 :oops: ) after I ran the crank and bearings in the old 350 and its overdue for a bit of a general body and chassis tidy up

Image


I brought a chev LQ9 engine a while back and its spent a few months collecting dust in Stinkys workshop untill he threatened to stick it in Taz's redneck truck if I didnt do something with it. Its the high performence truck version LS2 engine, it came out of a 2004 or 2005 silverado and uses a cast iron block, alloy everything else and all the 6 litre LS2 stuff inside. Sigs making a start on his new 70 series project sticking an LS1 into it so by doing mine at the same time its just a matter of making 2 of everything as he goes, we've got the same bellhousings and everything else so they will be the same twin plate clutches, the wiring looms will be stripped down to the same wires and all that sort of stuff etc

Image


The bodys getting a bit tired, there isnt too many straight pieces left on it and the panels are starting to suffer from a bit of rust but the tub is still in pretty good nick so theres a few replacement panels arriving for it, got given a new fiberglass roof from G.Guy for a bargin giveaway price and picked up a good rust free drivers door the other day and think I have my hands on a good passenger door and windscreen frame but still have to follow them up. The guards should be easily repairable and its not hard to find guards for those things if they turn out a bit worse than they look?

first thread here http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/Forums/ ... 18&t=22302





So
Will need a hand from a few people to get the tray off the back of the truck on Saturday if anyones free and are also planning to waterblast as much mud as we can get out of the chassis, strip off the side bars, front clip and roof and start cleaning up the chassis with a few sanding discs and get some rust converter on it and prepare it for painting and also planning to drink a few cans and talk a bit of shit :wink:

Where: Monster Garage Stokes Valley

When: Sat 21st August from 10am onwards

Beer and BBQ provided: Yep



If you dont know the address pm me or Sig or contact on 0274 424080

Parking would be prefered up on the street so the shared right of way dosent get blocked and Sig and Mrs Sig can get in and out to get the kids off to sport and back.

I'll have some sanding discs but could do with another grinder or 2

Image

sig wrote:Some pics so far (Jerry)

Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Disclaimer: no he didnt drink any .....


Jerry wrote:Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image


Jerry wrote:Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image



Thanks for all the help with the truck last weekend guys, just got a little bit to finish off to get the chassis ready for preping and painting

Only way I can get the 800kgs of mud out of the chassis is to pop the cab off (4 bolts, brakeline and steering shaft) and tip the chassis on its side to hose and rod out the chassis so the mud can drain out so will need a little bit of lifting power to tip it on its side, usuall beer, nibbles, bbq etc provided :P Shouldnt be a lot of work this one, just standing around drinking and talking shit while me and Jerry are busy hosing all the crap out :mrgreen:

Where: Monster Garage Stokes Valley

When: Sunday 29th August from 10am onwards

Beer and BBQ provided: Yep





Image
Last edited by Sadam_Husain on Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:37 pm, edited 9 times in total.

User avatar
Jerry
Yes Dear
Posts: 8325
Joined: Tue May 30, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: Wellington 027 479 2417

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby Jerry » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:55 pm

Will be there

Seats avaliable in the Bus from the swamp to stokes vegas as per usual. have got a 1l of deodirised fishoil if its any use
70 series prado (KZJ78) and 90 Series Prado (KZJ95)

User avatar
possum70
It was a Ford Hilux I think?
Posts: 659
Joined: Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:15 pm
Location: wainuiomata

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby possum70 » Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:24 pm

will try and make it, but i have been told that we have to do some work round the house :roll:
Intelligence is like a four-wheel drive. It allows you to get stuck in more remote places.

Rattley old Hilux !!!!
V8 Cruisers Rule!!!!

User avatar
abbo
Hard Yaka
Posts: 841
Joined: Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:00 pm
Location: Masterton

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby abbo » Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:41 pm

Yep will be there ...Will have mini me with me and will sort the the air tool from work....... :mrgreen:
Don't have 4wd.

User avatar
Beer_Cruiser
Hard Yaka
Posts: 857
Joined: Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:00 pm
Location: now in B O P

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby Beer_Cruiser » Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:53 pm

This still happening? Ive a few hours to kill in the morning

User avatar
Jerry
Yes Dear
Posts: 8325
Joined: Tue May 30, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: Wellington 027 479 2417

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby Jerry » Sat Aug 28, 2010 4:32 pm

Assuming it still is ..... will be there
70 series prado (KZJ78) and 90 Series Prado (KZJ95)

User avatar
Sadam_Husain
Angry bird
Posts: 5164
Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: WELLINGTON

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby Sadam_Husain » Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:29 am

Yep still on schedule, rains cleared up here and the suns coming out

User avatar
sig
Jeep Jeep
Posts: 1484
Joined: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:00 pm
Location: stokes vegas

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby sig » Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:10 am

sunny out here :D
FJ40,INJECTED SB 406 CHEV, LOCKER,35 SIMEXS,warn winch , 80seies vx 4.2 24v turbo diesel ,fr and rear lockers 3" exh top mount intercooler, 021 724482

User avatar
Jerry
Yes Dear
Posts: 8325
Joined: Tue May 30, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: Wellington 027 479 2417

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby Jerry » Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:26 am

on way in 5 :wink:
70 series prado (KZJ78) and 90 Series Prado (KZJ95)

User avatar
Jerry
Yes Dear
Posts: 8325
Joined: Tue May 30, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: Wellington 027 479 2417

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby Jerry » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:30 pm

Got some more done today
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
70 series prado (KZJ78) and 90 Series Prado (KZJ95)

User avatar
Sadam_Husain
Angry bird
Posts: 5164
Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: WELLINGTON

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby Sadam_Husain » Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:33 am

Thanks for all the help again guys, I know most of you only had a few hours to spare coz of other family duties and stuff :mrgreen:

got the cab off and the rest of the interior stripped out ready for a bit of a tidy up and repaint, dropped the gearbox out and waterblasted 25 years of oil and grime off it, turned the chassis on its side and waterblasted and rodded out as much mud as we could get out of it and dropped it back onto its wheels again.

Next:
finish sanding remaining bits of chassis and get some rust converter and paint onto it then the engine and gearbox with the new twin plate clutch gets mounted back into the chassis, then we will need some more man power again to stick the repainted tub back onto the chassis and bolt it down :wink:

User avatar
Jerry
Yes Dear
Posts: 8325
Joined: Tue May 30, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: Wellington 027 479 2417

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby Jerry » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:23 pm

Image
Image
70 series prado (KZJ78) and 90 Series Prado (KZJ95)

User avatar
badnuz
Hard Yaka
Posts: 2367
Joined: Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:00 pm
Location: Melbourne
Contact:

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby badnuz » Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:45 pm

nothing like a TOTAL freshen up :)

gwash i hope you will still drive it hard lol! :lol: :wink:
i used to Cruise, now i PATROL

User avatar
Jerry
Yes Dear
Posts: 8325
Joined: Tue May 30, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: Wellington 027 479 2417

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby Jerry » Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:08 pm

Image
70 series prado (KZJ78) and 90 Series Prado (KZJ95)

basics
Hard Yaka
Posts: 1511
Joined: Fri May 11, 2007 12:00 pm
Location: Wellington
Contact:

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby basics » Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:15 pm

your going all out this time sadam :shock:
99 pajero exceed 3.2

User avatar
Sadam_Husain
Angry bird
Posts: 5164
Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: WELLINGTON

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby Sadam_Husain » Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:01 pm

basics wrote:your going all out this time sadam :shock:


It was the only way to get all the mud out of it Jase :oops: :lol:

The tub's off to the sandblaster this week, almost no rust in it at all, just a bit of surface rust underneath on the floor at the back and they reckon that'll come out with the sand blasting, we opened the back of the sills up and it was like the day it came out of the factory inside, no rust, no mud just nice factory paint, a bit different with the rest of it, the back panels still like new but I had to throw away the windscreen frame, roof, both doors and the outer guards? :oops: :mrgreen:

I've got 2 mint doors and a new fibreglass roof sitting here for it and are looking around for 2 guards at the moment

User avatar
DieselBoy
Hard Yaka
Posts: 4567
Joined: Sun Nov 14, 2004 12:00 pm

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby DieselBoy » Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:24 pm

Tube gaurds and flat fenders petefj40 styles ????
lax2wlg wrote:Is that like saying 'she's hot, for a crackwhore??

User avatar
curly12
Hard Yaka
Posts: 1335
Joined: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:00 pm
Location: Whangarei or there abouts!!

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby curly12 » Wed Sep 08, 2010 4:16 pm

Sadam_Husain wrote:I've got 2 mint doors and a new fibreglass roof sitting here for it and are looking around for 2 guards at the moment


Only need the one guard for my side thanks Sadam, you will just dent your side anyway :mrgreen:
Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional

Farken homeless..................................

User avatar
skid
Tyre Man
Posts: 6309
Joined: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:00 pm
Location: WELLINGTON-0272417757
Contact:

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby skid » Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:35 pm

Sadam_Husain wrote:are looking around for 2 guards at the moment


Image
80 Series on 35" creepies, manual with twin factory lockers.
0272417757

*CHILLAX BRO.*

User avatar
Sadam_Husain
Angry bird
Posts: 5164
Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: WELLINGTON

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby Sadam_Husain » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:31 pm

skid wrote:
Sadam_Husain wrote:are looking around for 2 guards at the moment


Image



yeah had a good look through the parts catalogue and thats by far the cheapest way to get fibreglass guards but i'm farked if i want to post up a working bee to get the boys around to lift it off every time I want to check the oil and refill the washer bottle :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

User avatar
skid
Tyre Man
Posts: 6309
Joined: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:00 pm
Location: WELLINGTON-0272417757
Contact:

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby skid » Thu Sep 09, 2010 8:58 am

Sadam_Husain wrote: i'm farked if i want to post up a working bee to get the boys around to lift it off every time I want to check the oil and refill the washer bottle :mrgreen: :mrgreen:


did you forget to take your concrete pills this week

they weigh fuk all, easy to lift off by yourself

or you could actually use the factory hinges and use it like the bonnet it is :roll:

inner guards stay in place and one piece front end lifts up like bonnet, like this..............

Image

or imagine that with a one piece front end on it as well and you get the idea :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

couldn't find the pic I was after
80 Series on 35" creepies, manual with twin factory lockers.
0272417757

*CHILLAX BRO.*

basics
Hard Yaka
Posts: 1511
Joined: Fri May 11, 2007 12:00 pm
Location: Wellington
Contact:

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby basics » Thu Sep 09, 2010 12:55 pm

you keeping it red or going with somthing new
99 pajero exceed 3.2

User avatar
skid
Tyre Man
Posts: 6309
Joined: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:00 pm
Location: WELLINGTON-0272417757
Contact:

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby skid » Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:01 pm

basics wrote:you keeping it red or going with somthing new


there will be a few gutted people if it doesn't remain ............

A RED CRUISER
80 Series on 35" creepies, manual with twin factory lockers.
0272417757

*CHILLAX BRO.*

User avatar
abbo
Hard Yaka
Posts: 841
Joined: Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:00 pm
Location: Masterton

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby abbo » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:14 pm

skid wrote:
basics wrote:you keeping it red or going with somthing new


there will be a few gutted people if it doesn't remain ............

A RED CRUISER

X2 my boy.............. :mrgreen:
Don't have 4wd.

User avatar
Sadam_Husain
Angry bird
Posts: 5164
Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: WELLINGTON

Re: Sadams Flatdeck working bee No2 Sunday 29st August 2010

Postby Sadam_Husain » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:57 pm

yeah the truck will be staying Red, all the flatdeck cruisers up the river are red :mrgreen: speaking of the river I had to go up there today to stick some new locks on the DoC gate and I bumped into a joker who threw a box of yellow stuff in the back of the truck for Skid and said something about thanks for towing his sunk :oops: rangie out last month :mrgreen:

Image

Image

User avatar
Sadam_Husain
Angry bird
Posts: 5164
Joined: Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: WELLINGTON

Re: Sadams Red Flatdeck tidy up and new engine

Postby Sadam_Husain » Fri Sep 24, 2010 5:26 pm

update:
there isnt any photos coz jerry hasnt been lurking around since he picked up his lexpos and got it out of the workshop, the body has been at the panelbeaters for the past 3 weeks, tub has been stripped out to a bare shell and sand blasted along with the inner guards and front panel, the floor had been repaired a few times previously and came up a bit porus after the sand blasting so Hayden chopped both sides out and folded up some new floor wells and welded them in and pulled the drivers B Pillar off and straightened it out so it looks like new again

Image

the tub repairs are finished now and the underneath has about 3 litres of underseal on it, threw away both doors, bonnet, windscreen frame, roof, both outer guards and found some straight rust free ones, the truck has panels from 5 donors as well as the origional body now, Blackdeath is picking out the colour for the truck so I can complain to him if I dont like it, everythings getting preped for painting now and it should all be finished by the end of next week ready for reassembling?

Spent a few nights around at Sig's shed pulling the transferbox apart to put the PTO drive gear in, ended up being a bit of a rebuild replacing the idler shaft, thrust washers and housing coz the inside of the case got a bit chewed when the thrust washer wore through, 3 housings later we found one that fitted correctly

got some of that POR15 shit to stick on the chassis next weekend :mrgreen:


edit*
theres a bling twin plate clutch and some header plates, collectors and tube and stuff sitting in Sig's workshop ready to go

edit again**

got some photos of the bling bits that Sig and Karl have been making up when I was around there finishing off sanding up the chassis with Abbo yesterday, Jerry still hasnt been doing his usual lurking around corners with his camera taking pics lately so I had to do it myself :roll:

The twin plate clutch is made and bolted onto the flywheel, its using a standard 2F cruiser pressure plate and twin clutch plates that have had the centre hubs turned down and modified, theres a bush to locate the spigot bearing into the back of the crank at the right depth and the new Mk1 release bearing carrier is still under R&D to get it to fit in there with a standard cruiser clutch fork. Theres a box of exhaust bits with header plates, collectors, mufflers, pipes and bends and stuff waithing to get made up once the engine and cab are back on the chassis


Image

Image

Image

Image

Image







10/10/2010


Image

Image




16/10/2010


Image

User avatar
Jerry
Yes Dear
Posts: 8325
Joined: Tue May 30, 2006 12:00 pm
Location: Wellington 027 479 2417

Re: Sadams Red Flatdeck tidy up and new engine

Postby Jerry » Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:43 pm

Image
Image

:D
70 series prado (KZJ78) and 90 Series Prado (KZJ95)

User avatar
chrome
Hard Yaka
Posts: 946
Joined: Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:00 pm
Location: the swamp

Re: Sadams Red Flatdeck tidy up and new engine

Postby chrome » Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:52 pm

shit its gonna be like a new one again :D
nice one
DIRTY OLD HILUX
022 519 7700

User avatar
Fakey
Hard Yaka
Posts: 1159
Joined: Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:48 pm
Location: Townsville Nth QLD

Re: Sadams Red Flatdeck tidy up and new engine

Postby Fakey » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:28 pm

Who needs guards,cut them off, tube's where its at :mrgreen:
Didn't barbie drive a jeep??

User avatar
Bolo
2XL
Posts: 697
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:00 pm
Location: Welly

Re: Sadams Red Flatdeck tidy up and new engine

Postby Bolo » Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:41 pm

Mate , that is looking awesome , keep up the great work . and if you need a hand just hola out :D
Your name is Bolo and it will stay that way until you have earnt the right to be called your real name........................ Bolo

Return to “Projects / Mod's”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 12 guests