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TO CHOP OR NOT TO CHOP

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FULL CHOP
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TUB TRAY CHOP
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BE UN INDIVIDUAL AND LEVE IT SOLID
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Post by Red_Zook »

Well my coon has become to much to daily driven no (price of fuel etc)

any ways i have this....

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now thinking of doing a ute chop with the difrence.. as in swb tub tray...
weld up back door so makeing it a full tub... so folow the lines of the window back and over the roof...
roll bar simply for bling... with lights and stuff
and a front bar...
a lick of pain the same as my comp truck

the thing is its motor
well its shagged...
i have a 1.6 saturn motor with 4 speed box, that i can get for $50
woot woot...

although i have never sceen a zook with a galant 1.6 in it.. it should go well....

need this thing going in 2 weeks for when nic beer comes for a visit!!!

might even lift it a bit to startwith!
but should be a good toy!

any other thoughts??
or things i have missed??

oh does any one have a heter core out of one of these laying about??
im missing mine!!
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Post by Red_Zook »

oh and also forgot to mention..
will be using perspex in the back of the cab down to the sides of the tray hight and then some plate lower than that!
saw a MQ with that yesterday and it looks the shizals
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Post by want33s »

i think from memory the saturn motor has the exhaust exit on the drivers side.... could be a problem.. other than that it shouldn't be too hard to fit.
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Post by Red_Zook »

want33s wrote:i think from memory the saturn motor has the exhaust exit on the drivers side.... could be a problem.. other than that it shouldn't be too hard to fit.
corect!
will be makeing something to fit..
shouldnt be to much of a issue!!
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Post by built4thrashing »

that almost looks too clean and rust free to chop. But pics are decieving
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Post by croatian4x4 »

sigh.....there goes another perfectally good zook :(

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Post by alien »

i think you should carefully remove the rear door and weld that behind the targa bar, to give a proper cab... then using the back door from a softy, make the full ute in the back =)

so its a full cab, ute, but its all body... not a "tray" so to speak. That'd be nice!
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Post by SuzukiDeano »

alien wrote:i think you should carefully remove the rear door and weld that behind the targa bar, to give a proper cab... then using the back door from a softy, make the full ute in the back =)
Yea a cut in shut sounds great. Post some pics of ya progress mate.
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Post by Spike_Sierra »

DONT CUT IT!!!!!
its only a daily driver, although you would get better milage out of the coonwagon. For all this money you are spending doing this you could just use the coon to drive around in. Forget this, and keep on your other build. For the right price i have a buyer for the hardtop. BUT DONT CHOP IT, they look crap!.
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Post by Red_Zook »

alien wrote:i think you should carefully remove the rear door and weld that behind the targa bar, to give a proper cab... then using the back door from a softy, make the full ute in the back =)

so its a full cab, ute, but its all body... not a "tray" so to speak. That'd be nice!
thats the actual plan
not a ute chop as such..
it will be all body no tray!!
i love the look of the gq swb's utes (chopes aswell)
see zook60's gq b4 he fully choped the back off it!!
it will be pimp..

ok heres a 30secon paint chop....
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it will still very muchly be a zook
that almost looks too clean and rust free to chop. But pics are decieving
yes very deceving!!
the rear door and hinges are fawked beyond fixing!
come to think of it.. i have a soft top rear door though ;)
and there is lots of rust in the roof
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Post by suzuki boy »

That pretty much looks the same as mine! :cool:

Why didn't you just get a soft top and sheet the back wall? Or did you get it cheap?

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A ute chop used to be on the cards but i got talked out of it so some time i'll get some one to frame it out and sheet it with perspex as a rear window! :cool: Then weld the rear door shut! :twisted:
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Post by sierrajim »

Personally, as a daily driver i'd rather have it as a hard top. You can carry stuff, you can lock stuff up, you can keep warm.
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did you just say lock stuff up??? hahahahahaha LOL!
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Post by Gwagensteve »

There is very little strength in the body of a HT if you chop the roof off it. It woudl be far eaiser and a better outcome to source a soft top tub and swap it in.

There is much more strength in a soft top around the B pillar and the top of the tub.

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Post by nicbeer »

get it runnin first then get the grinder.

leave it a ht also.
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Post by Red_Zook »

sierrajim wrote: you can keep warm.
how is this changed at all???
it will be better even as it will be smaler inside for the heater to work!!

i got the zook for a grand total of what some one owed me!!!
i want something difretn.. over the hard top!
if i wana lock stuff up i iwll put it inside the cab lol.. it will look like a full ute cab...
i will also be able to cary stuff in the tray!!!
oh and in reguards to strength, im going to make up a fraim out of rhs to go round the inside of the chop (also gives somethingto attach the window 2) and round the tub of the ute...
wait and see this is some thing that has never been done on this sight.. (i think)


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it will be wheeled alot 2.. it will be my daily pimp box 2...
i have a trip planed for it in 3 weeks hey! so im about to go start on getting it runnign and mounting new seats (VK callas seats) BLING
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Post by sierrajim »

Red_Zook wrote:
sierrajim wrote: you can keep warm.
how is this changed at all???
it will be better even as it will be smaler inside for the heater to work!!

i got the zook for a grand total of what some one owed me!!!
i want something difretn.. over the hard top!
if i wana lock stuff up i iwll put it inside the cab lol.. it will look like a full ute cab...
i will also be able to cary stuff in the tray!!!
oh and in reguards to strength, im going to make up a fraim out of rhs to go round the inside of the chop (also gives somethingto attach the window 2) and round the tub of the ute...
wait and see this is some thing that has never been done on this sight.. (i think)


PS...
it will be wheeled alot 2.. it will be my daily pimp box 2...
i have a trip planed for it in 3 weeks hey! so im about to go start on getting it runnign and mounting new seats (VK callas seats) BLING
Don't you have something else you should be working on?
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Post by Red_Zook »

sierrajim wrote:
Red_Zook wrote:
sierrajim wrote: you can keep warm.
how is this changed at all???
it will be better even as it will be smaler inside for the heater to work!!

i got the zook for a grand total of what some one owed me!!!
i want something difretn.. over the hard top!
if i wana lock stuff up i iwll put it inside the cab lol.. it will look like a full ute cab...
i will also be able to cary stuff in the tray!!!
oh and in reguards to strength, im going to make up a fraim out of rhs to go round the inside of the chop (also gives somethingto attach the window 2) and round the tub of the ute...
wait and see this is some thing that has never been done on this sight.. (i think)


PS...
it will be wheeled alot 2.. it will be my daily pimp box 2...
i have a trip planed for it in 3 weeks hey! so im about to go start on getting it runnign and mounting new seats (VK callas seats) BLING
Don't you have something else you should be working on?
there is a posibility of that....
you get over endless work on the one rig..
i wana go trail driving!
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Post by Red_Zook »

ok this might change some ppls opinions of the fact..
some more pics of the zook...
it has lived on a farm 4 about 10 years
the 1ltr is still ok bar blown headgasket, or cracked head.. dont know withch one...
the gbox is fawked..
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picked up a new front bar for it today of spike sierra.. its a bit ruff but will do for now
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Post by alien »

classy!

I like the engine mount and ultra-secure rear door!
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Post by Puk »

It still looks more clean and rust free than mine. :D

Just throw it out and give me the tyres. :lol: :armsup:
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Post by lay80n »

Looks like most Tasmanian things, especially women - Rough and ready. Make it a true Tassmanian, give it two roofs.

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lay80n wrote:Looks like most Tasmanian things, especially women - Rough and ready. Make it a true Tassmanian, give it two roofs.

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Puk wrote:It still looks more clean and rust free than mine. :D

Just throw it out and give me the tyres. :lol: :armsup:
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bit of a body lift and it will be sweet
had a look at where im gona do the today to.. and it shouold be sweet.
might even go a checkerplate tournoue cover :D
just be the issue of roll cage
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Post by smileysmoke »

crap just saw your pics after i voted for keep it solid. :S
er is buggy a choice? :P
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keep it as ia and cover it with vinal :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Post by SuzukiDeano »

Yep, looks a prime candidate for a chop. Are you gonna put a new motor in it or keep the mighty 1L?
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boner59 wrote:keep it as ia and cover it with vinal :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
No thats just Grimace and strange.
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:D nah just kidding do what you want with it because you own it and every body makes fun of tassi because it's to hard to make jokes about .nsw :) :) :)
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Post by sierrajim »

You forgot the "leave it as it is, gaffa tape over the rust and get the real car done instead" option.
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