A Classic is Reborn

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A Classic is Reborn

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Brought a wreck for Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeep:
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.........................................Spent 2 months in the shed.....................................................

And arrived here:
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Two months in the shed saw me cutting 90% of the floors out, patching 5 or 6 holes in the bodywork, rewireing, new dash, tidying up suspension and drive train etc etc etc. (so much stuff done so quickly its a blurr)

The best part of the truck is the REALLY REALLY ugly suspension. Its coiled, with a 4 link front and a three link rear. The radius arms are the ugly bits, where they attach to the chassis instead of the usual bush or rose joint, there are huge truck steering ball joints. The idea is that they are sealed from dirt unlike a rose joint, greasable and prevent any binding that would usually occur in a bush. Its fawken SOLID and works quite well despite how rude it looks:

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Its running a fresh 305 Chev dedicated LPG, Turbo 400 trans, Dana 18 transfer, MQ/MK Patrol Diffs, Chev power steering box and pump coupled to the standard patrol steeing rods/links, 35 X 11.5" 15 Silverston MT-117 Extreme tyres, a very problematic Runva 10,000lb low mount winch, 3" Silvester 5 point harnesses, M&H Vinyl fixed back comp seats and other stuff.

Still have the LPG system to overhaul, the battery to remount and heavy duty cableing to run to the winch and few other ods and ends and it'l be all on :D
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awsome work :twisted:
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I hope my Whale isn't listening, but that is damn nice :wink: :wink:
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looks awsome, be at the laurie sanson i guess?
bit of a change in noise from brrrrrp brrrrpp :wink:
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Talk about going from the Sublime to the Ridiculous. Never thought I'd say this about American scrap metal but that is Awesome..... So should we take it the fitty has new Driver of the female persuasion! :D
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blimey... was wondering where you had got to...
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hm, so if I put my landrover in your shed will it come out similar to that ? ( ie working ? ) :lol:

oh and looks awesome.
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that looks sweat,you slowly working your way through the major 4wd brands :D dont try and pull 9,000rpm in this one though,she might not like it.

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holy crap pete!!!!! You put the rest of us to shame in build times 8)

what a weapon :twisted:
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That's a pretty impressive transformation! You may need to change your signature now though...
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Well done DB,bloody good effort.
And it looks 8)
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got pics of the ugly suspension joints
my 4wd is not a truck

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Look great. 8)

What model Jeep did it start as?
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Shit hot and sneaky job you've done on that DB

When can I send my truck up to your workshop :?:
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Wow DB nice work alright dude - so when is it coming out to play????????
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Can I put my 70 in the cue for a rebuild please. Very very 8) 8)
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dude, that looks awesome! is it a cj7?
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From what i can gather,the lines of the body are loosly based on an early flat fender Willy's Jeep, similar to a CJ2a.

Its safe to the say that besides certain lines of the body and the trademark grille, it doesn't share much in common with your avaerage Jeep :lol:
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Thunderguts!!

old club rig isnt it?
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tpft wrote:Thunderguts!!

old club rig isnt it?



are you going to stick the old name back on it :?: :?: :?: :?:

lucky you didn't have nibby helping ya on the build :roll: :roll: :roll: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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tpft wrote:Thunderguts!!

old club rig isnt it?


Yep, thats the one. I remember seeing it trialing when i was still in nappies. From what i have been told so far, it was built back in the late 70's. Saying that, i need to get of my ass and get in contact with the guy that built it :D

They need to creat a new class "Classic Club Trucks" :lol:

The name will be going back on it, just waiting on a favour from a mate for that one, sign writers aint cheap :wink:
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DieselBoy wrote:Brought a wreck for Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeep:

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.........................................Spent 2 months in the shed.....................................................

And arrived here:
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:cry: Man - 2 months :cry: That is impressive. Awesome looking wagon 8)

Can believe you did it all in 2 weeks :!: Making us all look very very bad (or should I say slow :roll: )

Cant wait to see it in action :twisted:
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it's not one of those Maranda Jeeps is it? Looks way cool very jealous :evil: , can I put my pig in your workshop for two months and have it come out looking all shight and brinny? mind you I don't tend to do any thing on my rig that takes that long cause I cannot bear to be with out it on the road for more than a couple of weeks at a time :roll:
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DieselBoy wrote:
tpft wrote:Thunderguts!!

old club rig isnt it?


Yep, thats the one. I remember seeing it trialing when i was still in nappies.



Ditto, was a loooong time ago :lol: Last time I saw it in action was on the same farm at maramarua we had the LS trial on where you broke the fiddy axle ...
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Lol, you just gotta choose your projects.

Half an hour every night, even if its just measureing and marking stuff or choosing a panel to sand, swaping a sping or a shock and testing on the highlift, it all adds up :D

Not to mention the weekends dedicated to it 8)

You gotta get it done while your still excited about it, drag it out to long and it gets boring :mrgreen:

Its also good when you have 5 or 6 things on the go at once, parts being made or sourced while you doing something else so when you ready to start the next part everything is there ready to go.

Even when the father in law comes over and shakes his head at seeing his daughter covered in dirt and greese with an angle grinder in hand and tells you your a sucker for punishment :lol: :lol:
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yeah thats the real truth to it the better half has been out there doing all the work, no wonder it got done so quick....lol I'm sure if my missus was involved my truck would be done in a week........ it might end up painted pink and a lot closer to the ground too :lol: :lol: :lol:
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DieselBoy wrote:...Even when the father in law comes over and shakes his head at seeing his daughter covered in dirt and greese with an angle grinder in hand and tells you your a sucker for punishment :lol: :lol:


OK, truth is coming out here - so Satellite actually built this truck :wink:
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bugger marrying finding girl whoose dad owned a pub............ shoulda found one who could weld :roll:

Next round of our club champs in a few weeks at my place Pete, if u wanna get the tyres dirty?
same goes 4 anyone else
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Hmmmmmmm, just how many weeks???

Itching to do some proper wheeling !!!!!!
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tpft wrote:bugger marrying finding girl whoose dad owned a pub............ shoulda found one who could weld :roll:

Next round of our club champs in a few weeks at my place Pete, if u wanna get the tyres dirty?
same goes 4 anyone else



WE ARE SOOOO THERE DUDE ! ! !

REALLY NEED TO GET MY TRUCK OUT AND INCREASE MY CARBON FOOTPRINT :mrgreen:
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