Tomsoffroad Cruiser Tidy up

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Sun May 01, 2011 8:16 am

Yeeeaaaahhhh I changed the heading :mrgreen:

Well its a primo day.................. Think Ill spend some of it in the garage :lol:

DMcCready · Post by **DMcCready** » Sun May 01, 2011 12:27 pm

ClassicCruiserSpares wrote:
tomsoffroad wrote:
40x14.5x17 Maxxis Crawlers

Nice Good choice, 17" beadlocks are almost as dare as the tyres too!!

Walker Evans Aluminium Beadlock wheels... Oh yea! :mrgreen:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Sat May 07, 2011 6:21 pm

Slowly does it :wink:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Sat May 07, 2011 6:22 pm

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Sat May 07, 2011 6:24 pm

This is almost the limit of what these bushes can do. Ill just run limit straps for the mean time. :mrgreen:

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Sat May 07, 2011 7:35 pm

Looks real good, the bushes are fine as a starting point.......coilovers or airshocks or springs/shocks :?:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Sat May 07, 2011 8:49 pm

coilovers or airshocks or springs/shocks
Looks real good, the bushes are fine as a starting point.......coilovers or airshocks or springs/shocks

Eliptic leaves and shocks :wink:

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Sat May 07, 2011 9:29 pm

it's twistin up sweet tom.. keep on kickin thru it bud..

elipticals huh? interestin..

hurry up! :twisted:

109 · Post by **109** » Sun May 08, 2011 7:32 pm

Nice work Tom , looking ripper good mate

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Sun May 08, 2011 8:38 pm

niblik
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it's twistin up sweet tom.. keep on kickin thru it bud..

elipticals huh? interestin..

hurry up!

Yeah thought Id give the leaves another round. :wink:

And cos im a cheap bastard :twisted:

Seen some really cool eliptical set ups on Pirate. Be interesting to see what the cert fella says. :lol:

109
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Nice work Tom , looking ripper good mate

Cheers

kaney · Post by **kaney** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:36 pm

Progress????....Please (im getting withdrawl symptoms from no truck)

vvilly · Post by **vvilly** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:50 pm

i was talking to him today and the 60 is on the back burner as he is doing an extension on his house

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:28 pm

vvilly
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i was talking to him today and the 60 is on the back burner as he is doing an extension on his house

Yip and it is the last hurdle that my lovely lady has put infront of me (for now :evil:

) So if I truely am free then the Cruiser will get some loving real soon.

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:29 pm

Spent Friday in the shed. Got the clamps made for the elliptic spring. Heading out there tonight to build the rear chassis so I've got somewhere to mount them

Pix to come :wink:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:27 am

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:03 am

Oooooohhhhh yeeeeeeeeah :twisted:

Its good to see

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:31 am

they look good tom.. and now what with the decent dump of snow and all, you can get stranded out in the shed for a bit yeah? :wink:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:59 am

niblik
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they look good tom.. and now what with the decent dump of snow and all, you can get stranded out in the shed for a bit yeah?

I did fella :mrgreen:

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Ive got the chassis all but sorted to. However its bloody 3 in the morning and I've got to drop my sis inlaw off at the airport so I'll post some pix later today.

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:52 pm

Right............. Got the springs mounted. Just using 60 series shackle bushes through the chassis.
Rear half of the chassis is roughed out.

Things to do..........

Shock mounts
Limit strap
Bump stops for the leaves
Some loving toward the axle with the gas torch to straighten
fuel tank
Hooks
paint
assemble

Bloody heaps when ya write it down

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:54 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65672877@N ... 5979616942

Only way I can figure out how to show pix :oops:

Where are ya nibs :?:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:59 pm

Add shackle mounts to the list and free up leave packs

Swamped · Post by **Swamped** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:15 pm

The size on those photos won't let me post em for ya. Needa be resized maybe?
Photbucket can do this all for you automatically.

Builds looking sweeet

Overkill · Post by **Overkill** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:52 pm

Here ya go fella.......

Looking NICE :evil:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:25 pm

Overkill
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Here ya go fella.......

Cheers for that.

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:48 pm

Sahhweettt.
Looking the shizzle Tom.

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:29 pm

sorry cuz, i had work and then went and played in the shed for a little bit..

your back end is er lookin fine! :mrgreen:

oober coolies guy..

add to ya list some panel and bar work? :mrgreen:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:18 pm

add to ya list some panel and bar work?

Oh yeah that list is seriously abridged. Simply cos i havent made up the next one :lol:

It goes something like this tho................Back wall.............................. I have to buy me a pipe bender................................. Build deck.....................................exo........................blah...................blah.......................blah.................... :lol:

Started to think about the front tho. Thinking of not doing anything there other than tidying up the U bolts cos they are rock anchors. The front in the Cruiser flexes well as it is.
However there is going to be some major guard chopage :mrgreen:

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:34 pm

tomsoffroad wrote:Started to think about the front tho. Thinking of not doing anything there other than tidying up the U bolts

cough 14" coil overs cough :wink:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:00 pm

rokhound
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tomsoffroad wrote:
Started to think about the front tho. Thinking of not doing anything there other than tidying up the U bolts

cough 14" coil overs cough
tomsoffroad wrote:Started to think about the front tho. Thinking of not doing anything there other than tidying up the U bolts

cough 14" coil overs cough

Maybe one day. I dont plan on lifting the cruiser at all. Standard hight all the way. Hows that for different :lol:

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:04 am

tomsoffroad wrote:
rokhound
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tomsoffroad wrote:
Started to think about the front tho. Thinking of not doing anything there other than tidying up the U bolts

cough 14" coil overs cough
tomsoffroad wrote:Started to think about the front tho. Thinking of not doing anything there other than tidying up the U bolts

cough 14" coil overs cough

Maybe one day. I dont plan on lifting the cruiser at all. Standard hight all the way. Hows that for different

Looks like a very tidy example of some professional engineering, nice and what better way of advertising :wink:

As for no lift.....don't think you'll stay there long

When you go the 14" coilovers in the front....i'll have a pair too please

keep up the hard work.