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Swamped wrote:

Do look kinda cool..

That looks insane.........
They should have made these standard as utes..

Andrew1706 wrote:

That truck looks a lot better than that in person. The LWB double cab GQ is very cool and thinking hard about trying to talk my wife into letting me do it to her truck! Not sure of my chances though!

i have just added (in the process of adding) the rear pillars to my swb which had been chopped when i bought, i got fed up with getting wet gear like coats and stuff.. there is a lot of work involved in doing a "proper job" and the small jobs make a big difference, got to admire the work when you see a good conversion, welding those panels without warping them takes time and thought. pity i dont know how to add pics as i have taken a few over the last week of mine in the process.

BAHAHAHHAHA LOOK AT THE TOW BAR ON THAT PURPLE ONE.


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muskie wrote:i have just added (in the process of adding) the rear pillars to my swb which had been chopped when i bought, i got fed up with getting wet gear like coats and stuff.. there is a lot of work involved in doing a "proper job" and the small jobs make a big difference, got to admire the work when you see a good conversion, welding those panels without warping them takes time and thought. pity i dont know how to add pics as i have taken a few over the last week of mine in the process.

Put them on http://www.photobucket.com then copy and paste the link to here. Would be good to see what you have done. The back was pretty much wide open when you bought that wasn't it? Looked like a pretty cold ride

nothing in mine gets wet in the cab behind the seats,got my compresser behind passenger seat,jackets and allsorts stuff behind drivers,wot water does come goes away as i have removed floor plugs,
muskie i still have pic's that u sent me u want me to post them up for you???

vince...

flyingbrick wrote:BAHAHAHHAHA LOOK AT THE TOW BAR ON THAT PURPLE ONE.


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i think he needs the tow bar to tow his winch challenge truck around thats his support truck and it goes bloody quick..

PigFmr wrote:nothing in mine gets wet in the cab behind the seats,got my compresser behind passenger seat,jackets and allsorts stuff behind drivers,wot water does come goes away as i have removed floor plugs,
muskie i still have pic's that u sent me u want me to post them up for you???

vince...

i will email you what ive done so you can post them for me, thanks. will do it tomorrow.

The purple truck looks as though the rear doors have been welded up and into the door frame and then the whole rear section moved forward.
I did this on my suk 410 and is an easy way to keep the style and lines looking factory with the added bonus of no extra materials needed.
Its possible he has those rear doors still opening into the back of the cab as otherwise I would have expected him to replace the split window with a solid one.

muskie wrote:

flyingbrick wrote:BAHAHAHHAHA LOOK AT THE TOW BAR ON THAT PURPLE ONE.


(small things amuse me)

i think he needs the tow bar to tow his winch challenge truck around thats his support truck and it goes bloody quick..

Since the owner is THE TD42 fuel pump guru, you would expect it to have a bit of pull!

The purple truck looks as though the rear doors have been welded up and into the door frame and then the whole rear section moved forward.
I did this on my suk 410 and is an easy way to keep the style and lines looking factory with the added bonus of no extra materials needed.
Its possible he has those rear doors still opening into the back of the cab as otherwise I would have expected him to replace the split window with a solid one.

Would just be a convenience thing wouldn't it? Easier to make and if you bust some glass is not a custom job and a wait to replace?

What ever the reason I think it looks really tidy.
As for the towbar the word "Viagra" comes to mind

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/builds/ ... -ongoing-0



some pics of my roof add on/chop.


getting it right takes alot of time, i will add more pics over the next couple of weeks as it progreses. the back will be sealed in totally with chequer plate and a window of some sort.

love your work mate!
Really impressive.

I am thinking about doing this shortly, as I have a bit of rust along the roof etc.

Was it a requirement for the cert to have roll bars?

I know its the best idea to have them anyway - did you need to get them made by a pro to get the cert?

just done a bit more,neally got a my parts for turbo,slowly getting there

That's looking sharp Vince.

mean, looks like one of the older style Paris to Dakar rally trucks like that