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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:27 am
by mud4b
not the right thing to do but if you could get a body..
why not get a swb gq and matching vin plate then just swap the body onto the chassis and the vin plate onto the body?
yes it is a totally different body but the dot are so dumb they would have no idea.. all they care about is matching vin/ body numbers..
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:28 pm
by bogged
mud4b wrote:not the right thing to do but if you could get a body..
why not get a swb gq and matching vin plate then just swap the body onto the chassis and the vin plate onto the body?
yes it is a totally different body but the dot are so dumb they would have no idea.. all they care about is matching vin/ body numbers..
didnt mick christie have a GU shorty body on a GQ chassis goin round?
..
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:11 pm
by JemmyBubbles
I thort it twas a GU ute cab on a swb gq chassis with a navara styleside tub cut up to fit.
Re: ..
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:43 pm
by turps
JemmyBubbles wrote:I thort it twas a GU ute cab on a swb gq chassis with a navara styleside tub cut up to fit.
Yep that sounds like it. It was for sale on here a couple of years ago. Last I heard it was owned by GQMAD I think it is. It had a tweaked TD42. Then it got the turbo/intercooled TB42 out of Ontracks 'Shreq'. But I read somewhere that it was getting another diesel.
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:58 pm
by j-top paj
Potter wrote:there rear bar is awesome too.
i need something like that.
why cant they come factory
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:51 pm
by bj on roids
mud4b wrote:not the right thing to do but if you could get a body..
why not get a swb gq and matching vin plate then just swap the body onto the chassis and the vin plate onto the body?
yes it is a totally different body but the dot are so dumb they would have no idea.. all they care about is matching vin/ body numbers..
you would not be able to bring the body in i dont think??? under the laws...
wonder where you would get just the body?
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:31 pm
by gut42
why not cut and shunt a lwb gu and put it on gq swb chassi?
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:05 pm
by bj on roids
gut42 wrote:why not cut and shunt a lwb gu and put it on gq swb chassi?
thats too hard mate
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:22 pm
by noelb1
bogged wrote:nastytroll wrote:they would have been have from japan, as far as I know there is not a nissan manufacturing plant in NZ
correct - they are grey imports to NZ.
http://carl.outerlimits4x4.com/search.php has your answers
x2 certainly are available in nz
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:24 pm
by noelb1
bj on roids wrote:mud4b wrote:not the right thing to do but if you could get a body..
why not get a swb gq and matching vin plate then just swap the body onto the chassis and the vin plate onto the body?
yes it is a totally different body but the dot are so dumb they would have no idea.. all they care about is matching vin/ body numbers..
you would not be able to bring the body in i dont think??? under the laws...
wonder where you would get just the body?
race/rally import. don't matter what it is then I think
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:48 pm
by bogged
why not email the dudes that built that blue comp one in this thread and ask how they went about it.... save you 23098023948230948 hours of dribbling and staining your keyboard...
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:50 pm
by j-top paj
whats your excuse then?
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:21 pm
by ludacris
If the 4wd's have to be ten years old before you can import them into Australia we have 6 months to wait that is if the SWB came out the same time as the LWB.
LudaCris
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:23 pm
by bogged
j-top paj wrote:whats your excuse then?
www.sealshield.com
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:21 pm
by j-top paj
ludacris wrote:If the 4wd's have to be ten years old before you can import them into Australia we have 6 months to wait that is if the SWB came out the same time as the LWB.
LudaCris
would be nice, but i think its 15years
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:01 am
by nastytroll
not sure but I think the rules have changed to before a certain date not 15 years
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:02 am
by j-top paj
where did you hear this?
back in my ricer days it was the 15year rule
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:39 am
by nastytroll
I think it changed last year or this year, not 100% sure but I'd check before buying a swb gu
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:46 am
by j-top paj
hope so, it would be
to see a few GU shortys around..
i would most likey get one
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:12 pm
by Mowie
j-top paj wrote:hope so, it would be
to see a few GU shortys around..
i would most likey get one
x2
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:15 pm
by bj on roids
the rule is 1998 nothing newer!!!
they changed the 15 year rule
so no chance via that method, plus im too impatient to wait that long!!
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:15 pm
by j-top paj
so 98 and onwards? does that mean if its built on 31/12/97 it ok? and 1/1/98 its not?
im sure if you look hard enough you could find a 97 built GU shorty
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:18 am
by bj on roids
j-top paj wrote:so 98 and onwards? does that mean if its built on 31/12/97 it ok? and 1/1/98 its not?
im sure if you look hard enough you could find a 97 built GU shorty
who would want one? then you have to go through so many dramas, if you can find one that old....
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:21 pm
by j-top paj
if its the only way you could get a GU shorty then i think a few people would want one.
it wouldnt stay standard for long
okokok...
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:06 pm
by JemmyBubbles
fkk off..
so you ARE saying that if we could find a stash of 97 GU shorty's that we could import them, get them all approved & regoed ?
Given they may be hard to find... but surely it's achievable..
Best bet would be one with a r.s motor that could be swapped out for a TD42 with a big snail on the side of it imo.
...boy do they look sexy
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:08 pm
by ludacris
It is definatly do able. The Japs are always off loading there vehicles.
LudaCris
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:43 pm
by j-top paj
im in if someone wants to get it over here
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:51 am
by bj on roids
how much you willing to spend j-top-paj?
also does such a beast as a 1997 GU exist?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:57 am
by j-top paj
20k? for a 97 they would be cheap.
id probably stick my gears,lift, tyres etc.. in it and then sell the LWB
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:23 pm
by bogged
bj on roids wrote:how much you willing to spend j-top-paj?
also does such a beast as a 1997 GU exist?
according to redbook - first were Dec 97 models.
http://www.redbookasiapacific.com/au/ve ... ear=199712
I dont think there would be that much call for them, but I still dont see it being that easy.. dont you think Safari grey importers would be on to this by now if it was?