ute chopping a 60/61 surf

[J_Dub]

think ive decided to chop my fibreglass canopy on my surf into a ute, im not going to completly get rid of the canopy, i want it so theres a little room behind the seats, cab-plus style.. i can do all the panel work myself, so easy enough to do
will i need a cert?
any dos and donts?
im just not needing the wagon style, and open ute is more practical for recovery gear being easily accessable, then i can easily fit a roll bar etc

[hiace007]

do it check myn in show us ya toyota second to last page, i just got a roll bar made will get you a picture

[J_Dub]

do it check myn in show us ya toyota second to last page, i just got a roll bar made will get you a picture

that silver ifs 1?
yep seen that, looks pretty staunch, i wana have a bita room behind my seats though, how did you seal the cab off? panel steel or ply?

[Sadam_Husain]

how did you seal the cab off? panel steel or ply?

check out bigpigcruiser's thread, he did a ute conversion on his old FJ55 cruiser a while back


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heres sum pics ov it
luckily i had a search and found a few threads saying how 2 upload pics







do u think this is gud enuf to be towed on wopass?



and where do people think i shud put my rear tow hook? the front 1 came with tha pig, but i bowt a rated rear 1.



is that enuf pictures 4 u wopass?

any1 please feel free 2 comment on my work. i no its not very gud, but i really want to improve on it. please giv me sum tips

do u think mah tahs r any gud for rock crawlion?

[Smurf]

The fiberglass canopy isn't structural so chopping it up should be fine. I used to get warrants on my Surf with the canopy removed. It may pay to ask a WOF agent just to be sure though.
I'd cut a sheet of perspex to replace the rear window cut the centre out of the canopy and reattach it.
The other way would be to make a canvas rear wall with a window, gives you the option to remove it if you want