SWB UTE CONVERSION

[Bartso]

hey guys just want your opinion on converting my swb GQ into a tray back i've had a couple of quotes to turn it into a tray back and so far the best is 4500 i was thinking about going to the wreakers and buy a ute cab and put it on my chassis probably be cheaper is there anything i should know before i start?

[chimpboy]

Just out of curiosity, what's your reason for doing this?

I'm just wondering; I got rid of a ute because I got frustrated having only two seats all the time. Very impractical when you have more than one passenger!

Jasn

[Bartso]

well im not bothered about taking more than one person and im trying to build a comp vehicle that i also use for every day use

[chimpboy]

well im not bothered about taking more than one person and im trying to build a comp vehicle that i also use for every day use

Fair enough, wasn't knocking it, just curious.

Jason

[rohan canavan]

i would cut down your swb cab ,reason ,alot of the comp cars are now extending there cabs 6 to 8 in to fit cages in the cabs

[Link]

Mine is a cut down trayback shorty with a bit extra, and it's a tight fit as it is with the rollcage.. still can't get the chairs back to full stretch, so it's lucky I'm not that tall.. A standard ute cab would be a pita..

[turps]

Had a look at a trent leens shorty the other day. Which is cut down into a tub, but same could be done with a tray (would be easy to extend the wheel base by an inch to as well). And the cab on it look like it just had the C pillar welded to the rear of the B pillar. This allowed just enough room for the seats to have enough rear travel, but still allowed a roll cage to be fitted (cheezy made the cage, looked good the way the front section went through the dash, nice clean job). It did look like the std passenger seat was back as far as it would go though and it did touch the seat.

Would have looked neat before it was rolled. Dont think there was a straight panel. But the rolls cage did hold up well, as there didnt appear to be anybent pillars. Looks like they flexed to the roll cage and sprang back.

[Smithy jnr]

I'm in the navigators side of Trent's shorty, the std passenger seat is fixed as far back as it goes, but with the cunning work done by Cheezy on the cageI fit just find, at 6 foot 5 that means 99% of people should fit. We will have it looking tidy again at the last round of the Xtreme, it was a great ride backwards down that hill where we stopped for a power nap. The only real damage from the roll on the side was pushing in the roof gutter all the other little scratches occured previously (in the supermarket carpark???).

[Smithy jnr]

I'm in the navigators side of Trent's shorty, the std passenger seat is fixed as far back as it goes, but with the cunning work done by Cheezy on the cageI fit just find, at 6 foot 5 that means 99% of people should fit. We will have it looking tidy again at the last round of the Xtreme, it was a great ride backwards down that hill where we stopped for a power nap. The only real damage from the roll on the side was pushing in the roof gutter all the other little scratches occured previously (in the supermarket carpark???).

[turps]

The only real damage from the roll on the side was pushing in the roof gutter all the other little scratches occured previously (in the supermarket carpark???).

After spending the last coupld of weekends at the GF's place in Richmond this wouldnt surprise me.
(Also did you have a look at the body mount under your foot then?? That wasnt factory posistion I am sure)

[Cheezy4x4]

Yes that body mount does look funny sitting on the floor ATM. As does most of the rig.