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Post by waandy »

i am thinking of cutting my hi top into a ute/tub. has anyone else done this before? i will replace the roof with a tin top anyways so will be weldable + lower
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Post by alien »

look for a post from "islandvit" i think it was... he did it and basically ruined it, ended up buying a new soft top body to replace it with.

Leave it as a high-top - its worth more complete - sell the hightop body and buy a soft top one.
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Post by waandy »

thx jas
hav jst posted a wanted ad 4 a softop body and am planning to weld metal roof on and put in a rear window lol.
thought id check b4 i hacked into mine.
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Post by just cruizin' »

Depends on what you want and how you do it. I am doing something very similar at the moment, hardtop cut down into an extra cab onto a LWB chassis with a tub tray.

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Post by Pezooki »

^^^ I like! :cool:

Make sure you keep us posted on this. Do you have a build-up thread?

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Post by ScrawnC »

Pezooki wrote:Do you have a build-up thread?

Cheers,

Pez
He does Pez but it's on another forum ;) :twisted:


Oh.... and don't go cutting up hard top body Waandy, there aren't too many good ones left now.
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Post by Pezooki »

OK Vaughan, you have talked me into it!

I'm all signed up. :D

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Post by Mudbits »

Whats the other forum where the pics are?
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Post by ofr57 »

just cruizin' wrote:Depends on what you want and how you do it. I am doing something very similar at the moment, hardtop cut down into an extra cab onto a LWB chassis with a tub tray.

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did you get the idea after round 1 or 2??
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Post by waandy »

ok who wants a hi top swap 4 a softop.lol
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Post by ScrawnC »

Post up some pics of it. I've been chasing a hard/high top body for a while to swap for my soft top..... only thing is I'm in Brisbane
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Post by waandy »

ScrawnC wrote:Post up some pics of it. I've been chasing a hard/high top body for a while to swap for my soft top..... only thing is I'm in Brisbane
il get a few pics 2day. is has 2 rust holes under the rear right window, a bit of surface rust on the rear left corner, a few dings here and there. paint is fairly shagged but overall it aint to bad. how do u go bout changin the vin numbers etc?
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Post by want33s »

waandy wrote:how do u go bout changin the vin numbers etc?
There are no numbers stamped into the body so if you keep your chassis just swap the compliance and build plates over. Dunno how legal that is but who would ever pick it?
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Post by waandy »

um how do i post a pic up? lol im not good with these things.
sorry
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Post by waandy »

ok got pic on photo bucket. how do i get it here?
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Post by waandy »

il get a few pics of the bad points 2day.lol
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Post by Pezooki »

OK waandy, your nearly there.

You need to click the link under your photo in photobucket that says "IMG Code". This will COPY the link to your clipboard. All you need to do then is PASTE that IMG link into your post, and the photo will appear, (as if by magic) :lol:

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waandy wrote:Image
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Image
ha ha. yes it worked
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Post by just cruizin' »

ofr57 wrote: did you get the idea after round 1 or 2??
I had the idea before we went to Tough Tracks but that gave me the push along. Always wanted something like this, but never had the chance so I just did it. It'll be slow but like most of my projects they always are. Time and dollars.

Been to both rounds and will be at The Springs to cheer the boys on and the rest of the teams as well.

Bit of an update on the build, I've had an internal cage custom made to fit the extra cab and it follows the body really close. Now the slow job of making the plates to join everything up and make sure everything that needs doing is done before I join the body together, internal painting, hoodlining will all need to be done as the cage can't come out once the body is joined.
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