Mikes lwb build and repairs !

[mike harris]

Do I chop the back and bob tail it? Or not?

[ianedwards]

you can't chop it. :/

[timwilks13]

Chop the back and make it the length of a SWB

[mike harris]

No just measured it needs to stay full length to fit a winch behind the fuel tank.

I've got to cut the back of the chassis of and make new legs, as the need to kick in to meet the winch tray, that's tomorrow's fun and games.

I have to mount the rear winch first to work out how low I can mount the bed, they look much better low than the standard height. Won't be much different but a bit, just has to be enough room to pull the winch through for servicing ect.

I've bought 7.5m of 2x4 inch 4mm box section, same size as the chassis, and a gwyn lewis 8274 winch troff, just got to make it all strong now.

I've had a better look at the bed, as I'm taking 2ft out of the length il loose pretty much all the rust in it, the sides also have rust but I can make that the part I chop out.

Had a better look again at the cab today, the tunnels completely fucked, looks like the gearbox twisted in it, it's mashed, so I'm taking some measurements and I may cut the cab of the floorpan and put it on a perfect samurai shell I have. Could work..... Maybe !

[mike harris]

Today

[mike harris]

Then we did this !

Lots done today, needs all welding up but it's all tacked into place. We cut all the old body mounts of the rear to tidy up the chassis legs as well, looks much better. Beds pretty much where a kja bed should be, next challenge is to put the bulkhead back into the bed, this is tricky as that's where the rust is, and all the hinge mounts ect.

Still got to make up the rest of triangle plates to strengthen the rear winch tray, but that's easy, me and Ben smashed through this part today so we know where we are at with the bed. Can't drill holes and mounts it as the bed may change length to fit the bulkhead back in. Hard to explain but it will make sense

So please with the way the back looks

[Darrell]

Coming along great

[mike harris]

Thanks mate

Yeh pleased so far, new issues arose today like the front of the chassis has been chopped to fit a silly bumper, I need all the original holes for my missing link mounts and bumper bolt mounts. So I may have to weld these on instead, depends if I can remake the front of the chassis.

Oh and if anyone sees for sale the rear lights units for a super carry or rascal, I'm in need as these ones are shit and ugly

Mike

[ScottieJ]

Tidy work Mike, looks good! Some tidy welding as well Are you planning on fish plating the join? Would be a good idea I think as that joint will be under a lot of stress winching.

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As for the front it shouldn't be hard to remake it using a similar technique to what you have done on the rear. Would also be a good time to extend the wheelbase at the front if you were still thinking about a slight stretch

[mike harris]

All in hand ! Yep already cut them out, triangles for the inside too, inside the new box section against the tube and at the back, then down from rail to the tray.

Today was just to get an idea of what needed to go where, before today we had no idea really, now we can see what we have to do to progress.

I may try and bash the bed out next weekend just tack it all in place and have it blasted, as that may take a couple of weeks to come back.

Doing a challenge in my red suzuki end of this month then il take it apart for this one

Can't wait to see this sat up on 37's

Il attend to the front at some point it's nothing major, it's more of a pain I just can't bolt that bit together. I have a mint samurai chassis witch I can rape, so that may work too

We shall see

Mike