Nissan V8 Ute

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:41 pm

You do realise it was road legal before he pulled it apart aye?

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:42 pm

turoa wrote:You do realise it was road legal before he pulled it apart aye?

oh dont worry :roll:

tu's go on msn?

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:25 am

Cheers guys, still a few more bits an peices to tidy up but it wont be far away till its on the trails.

DaveM wrote:Holy sh#t that sounds nice

How much work was involved in doing the body chop? Looking at getting a rolling body to turn into a ute, but will have to get a panel beater to do the work for me

It isnt a huge job its just a matter of working out where you want to chop and go for it. Then make a rear wall and peices to fit and your away. Talk to a certifier first if its goign to be road legal though as there are a few things that are a no no's when it comes to ute chops.

Mattman · Post by **Mattman** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:28 am

Sounds wicked Doddzee, nice deep rumbling. Should sound wicked in the mud on full sound.

What exhaust did you go with?

Cheers
Matt.

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:07 am

Its got a straight though 3", only one muffler and it pokes out just behind the cab on the passengers side.

Im looking at selling project scudo so it can help fund a front locker and reduction gears if anyone is interested let me know.

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules ... pic&t=4892

worthog · Post by **worthog** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:06 pm

Jarrod, have you got your beast at home now then ?

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:28 pm

worthog wrote:Jarrod, have you got your beast at home now then ?

Nope its not quite at home yet

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:54 pm

Well im picking it up friday so the first trip is planed for anzac day as im up in auckland for the weekend seeing the chillis.

Ive also bought a front air locker so now its twin locked :twisted:

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:17 pm

so where are we going on anzac day? :lol:

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:08 pm

WACKO wrote:so where are we going on anzac day?

There is a CCVC whitemans valley trip on that roger is leading. My dads coming with me but get shane to bring his along.

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:10 pm

now if i put my tow hooks on i can take mine aye?

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:19 pm

blackbetty · Post by **blackbetty** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:42 pm

hahahaha sam and tow hooks. hehehe just kidding pal.

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:45 pm

WACKO wrote:now if i put my tow hooks on i can take mine aye?

Cable tie em on :wink:

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:34 pm

turoa wrote:
WACKO wrote:now if i put my tow hooks on i can take mine aye?

Cable tie em on

nah nah, i have some sellys knead it to use up. :lol:

any how.. back on topic.... :lol:

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:03 pm

Its home!!

Will get some daytime pics of it in action once i have fixed the leaky sump gasket.

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:20 pm

Stop posing on the posing bank and put it up and down that small bump mitch called a hill :lol:

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:58 pm

turoa wrote:Stop posing on the posing bank and put it up and down that small bump mitch called a hill

Thats not the posing bank

but i will be sure to get some pics of it on there :wink:

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:40 pm

:thumright: about time
good luck withn the shakedown

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:16 am

Got the truck out on its first trip yesterday and it went without a hitch, ran fine and has heaps more power than i expected. It drove everything i pointed it it at so im pretty happy with the result.

Pics (sorry not the greatest, was having too much fun driving it to get photos) and a small vid:

http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/ ... GP3545.avi

Mattman · Post by **Mattman** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:22 am

Sounds great!

PR · Post by PR » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:26 am

What an AWSOME truck, sounds realy cool

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:24 pm

RAD ! ! !

Post by **mike** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:52 pm

Holy crap what a beast :shock:

You are going to have some serious fun in that :twisted:

and the best thing is you built it

That so deserves front page unless you dont want to bring attention to it (security reasons etc)

Mike

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:03 pm

Cheers guys, it good to finally have something for the money and many hours i have poured into it.

Its not over yet :wink:

Still have a few more ideas up my sleve which im working on.

Go for it if you want mike, im happy for people to see, get ideas and post feedback about my truck thats why i have this thread.

H2OLOVA · Post by **H2OLOVA** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:35 pm

Thats one awesome truck (even for a Nissan) but the saving grace has to be that lovely Holden V8. Sounds amazing and looks like it does the job to. Well done and i look forward to seeing more vids of the beast in action.

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:39 pm

I now have an unexplainable burning desire to go put the 304 in my Isuzu and get the bloody thing running... had the bass turned way up listening to that and I'm still grinning

Good work!

Steve

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:19 pm

That vid doesnt do it justice. It sounds horn in real life.

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:42 pm

]:-)

that thing is damn horny... :!:

more vids please..

MATT4U · Post by **MATT4U** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:10 pm

WOA, my whole room was shaking with the sound of that thing, loving it.