how about this

[Gwagensteve]

Mr Green - I like the sound of that - I kinda liked the idea of a full length LWB hardtop (all steel) as I never liked (and don't like ) the "troopy" look of the high roof fibreglass hardtops, (or, for that matter the hard top marutis.) It would be a shed load of work, but it'd be cool if it ended up looking factory (or more factory than those horrible Maruti things)

Putting in car bodies on suzuki chassis just ruins two good cars IMHO. especially a Mini or as above, a Peugeot 205

Flyinwall - a lengthened and widened Sierra, whilst possible (the bonnet and B pillar would be the only hard bits) might not actually be very easy to spot. Plenty of people actually thought my Gwagen was a sierra, even standing next to it! The point here is that lots of people have trouble with scale- it would be easy to do all that work and just end up with something nobody notices (and at the end of the day, the only point behind that sort of car would be for people to notice it.

Steve.

[St Jimmy]

It would be cool but i only put this up as a joke . But if we all did the same thing life would be so boring so if you want to do it please do but post pic's so we can have a thread like the hummer one.Don't be put off .if everyone said dont do it there would be no hotrods,custombikes, ect,ect . putting flame suit on now

[Gwagensteve]

Yeah, but there'd also be no H2 hummers on 24" rims, B&S utes and Limos. See, it's a double edged sword

Steve.

[markil]

Another custom design...

[Gwagensteve]

I rest my case

Unfortunately, that one isn't a photochop, and like cars on 4X4 chassis, at least 2 cars were ruined to make this hideous thing.

Steve

[Danzo]

Another custom design...

He went to all that trouble and didnt bother moding the rear doors so they looked likey might have been ment to fit in properly.

[mr green]

this is what i'm looking into. based on a hard top on a lwb chassis & softtop tub welded to rear. the wb is only extended around 250mm over stock lwb ( will be done in coil conversion) the no rear door setup is well in my grasp but with the sectioned rear doors (fixed windows) would take a deeper breath before starting

[nicbeer]

u could maybe flip a set of front doors over and reverse them so the \ bit is at the rear not the front like the bad case above.

Nic

[mr green]

yeh i thought about that and thought i could cut the front corner of another door and weld it to the back of the front door & fab the pillar to match but then there is no room for the seatbelt retracter. i was hoping with the square rear window i could get away with it?

[alien]

OMG SUICIDE DOORS IN THE REAR!!! hahahahaha Nic you're a champ! =)

i think you're better to keep stock LWB (no extension) and chop and shorten the rear cab section then get custom glass made for the windows... less chassis mods is a good thing.

[NIK]

Looks good Jase. Ive always liked the security of a tt from rain and other bad elements but you would also have a useable tray. Bit of work involved will it be road registered?
Nik

[fool_injected]

u could maybe flip a set of front doors over and reverse them so the \ bit is at the rear not the front like the bad case above.

Nic

ala late model F Truck with a suicide rear door that the front latches into

What about a stretched HT on LWD chassis troopy style (no high roof)
I miss being able to sleep in my car comfortably

[St Jimmy]

OMG what have i started just remember post pic's

[Red_Zook]

OMG will every one stop using ados old POS zook!!!!

[mr green]

sorry bout using someone elses rig for the mockup but i just did a google to find a hardtop sideon to start with.
yes nik if i go through with it it will only be if its all leagle with 4 seats. with the no door version i am hoping the engineer would like it because there would be no change to pillars or seatbelt restraints but to me the 4 door version looks a lot better but probly 4 times the work
jason

[Danzo]

go the dual cab look-a-like ute like you said less work and more likely the engineer will like it!
every limo is a cut n shut basically so I dont see a prob with this.
(not an engineer though)

[85zook]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! What have you bastards done to my old zook!?! You've ruined VICTA!!!!

[grimbo]

that thing would suck offroad. The ramp over is atrocious. Buy a 4Runner if you want something like that. The only exta cabs that look any good IMHO are the Thai ones

[nicbeer]

that looks very similar to the new heep 4 door with no rear cover on.



GAY.

[Red_Zook]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! What have you bastards done to my old zook!?! You've ruined VICTA!!!!

fawk of aido

[fool_injected]

go the dual cab look-a-like ute like you said less work and more likely the engineer will like it!
every limo is a cut n shut basically so I dont see a prob with this.
(not an engineer though)[/img]

Limos are generally made from new vehicle thus modern ADR compliance is not much of a drama

Not sure about the cut and shut needing to comply to the latest rules as it is not much more than a chassis extension which has been done by heaps guys on this forum without that requirement

Extensions to the body will be easier to have engineered if you pick it apart at the body seam (drill the spot welds out). There is a seam in the lower rear of the door jam and one just behind where the floor kicks up.
Pick the extension pieces from the donor apart in the same way

I have seen an XD Falcon SWB fully engineered. He pick the rears from front on rear door, junked what was in between and joined them back up. Looks factory as it all fitted perfectly

If you do the HT with extension (no rear door) engineering should not be a problem as long as you just weld the soft top rear on the back as the passenger cabin retains it's original structural integrity

With ramp over and offroad ability personally to me it does not matter. Most people do mods like this to meet specific space requirements or to be different. Sure you could just buy say a Lux but it is not a unique vehicle which would also be a driving factor I were to build one.

Wayne

[fool_injected]

Putting in car bodies on suzuki chassis just ruins two good cars IMHO. especially a Mini or as above, a Peugeot 205

Steve.

What about a 2CV

[mr green]

yeh i'm not sure why rampover would be a saga, its only 10'' longer wheelbase than standard lwb wich is nothing new. will be wt, spoa in the front( no i don't need a spoa geomatry lesson) and coil rear and most likely running 33.10.5 15 bf muds so ground clearance would be far better than the one pictured