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Re: disco ute build

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:52 pm
by adam big lad
maybe not! :bad-words:

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:23 pm
by stuee
adam big lad wrote::armsup: worked out how to put pics on at last :lol:
Few pics of the build
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Close. On the links you posted there is a box on the right hand side that says "Links to Share this Image". You want to copy the "Direct Link" that is shown once you click the previous box and place it between the [img!][/img!] brackets (less the exclamation marks).

If you click quote on my post you'll see what I mean.

BTW, the disco is lookin pimp :cool:

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:58 am
by adam big lad
Thanks mate i will give it another go in a few days should have some new pics.

And thanks i like the way it is turning out as well!

Adam

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:39 pm
by UAV
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Re: disco ute build

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:51 pm
by adam big lad
Cheers tim

Got abit done this weekend not bad to say my first spray job!

Just got to drop motor in and wire up now.

Just for the people out there that are thinking of doing a ute chop,

If your not the best welder are fabricator don't bother :? it is a lot of hard work and i've got a full factory full of every machine you need and i found it hard.
If i was to do it again i would think twice.
For all the guys that have done it in there garage you are better then me :cry:
But saying that it has come out better then i could have ever imagined and i couldn't be happier with it.
Thanks Adam

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:13 pm
by def90
was starting to kinda look ok, till u gayed it up with those colours :smilecolros: :finger: :finger:

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 6:49 am
by adam big lad
ha ha very funny company colours was goin to paint it a normal boring green kinda like the defender on your profile then relised that ever c@#t and there dog does that! :lol: :lol: So if you have nothing to say that is positive then don't say owt at all :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger:

Thanks Adam

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:42 pm
by def90
adam big lad wrote:ha ha very funny company colours was goin to paint it a normal boring green kinda like the defender on your profile then relised that ever c@#t and there dog does that! :lol: :lol: So if you have nothing to say that is positive then don't say owt at all :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger:

Thanks Adam
hmm.........i've never owned a green defender, or painted one, let alone gayed one up :finger:

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:44 pm
by GRIMACE
adam big lad wrote:ha ha very funny company colours was goin to paint it a normal boring green kinda like the defender on your profile then relised that ever c@#t and there dog does that! :lol: :lol: So if you have nothing to say that is positive then don't say owt at all :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger:

Thanks Adam
it's still ghey! :D :finger:
No seriously I think the yellow barwork is a bit over the top but all in all its a great truck and Def90 loves the sausage.

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:45 pm
by def90
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm........sausage.......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 3:02 pm
by adam big lad
ha ha looks like a green defdender 90 in profile pic.

The bar work is bright but looks good in person should look better with company graphics on :D

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 6:28 pm
by AussieJK
1 impressed jeep owner, makes me feel the old jeep saying ''it's a jeep thing'' is load of rubbish.... I am having a disco in my pants... :smilecolros:

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:12 pm
by def90
adam big lad wrote:ha ha looks like a green defdender 90 in profile pic.

The bar work is bright but looks good in person should look better with company graphics on :D

dude if you call this green, u need colour correction glasses!!!

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anyways, when's her/his/its first outing?

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:41 pm
by defmec
thats one beefy tray adam ,good to see the truck almost finished
i think the rims would look fabulous in watermelon pink thou :smilecolros:

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:52 am
by adam big lad
Thanks everyone and i agree pink would be a great colour for the rims :lol:

As for as first outing engine should be going in the next few weeks and will keep you all updated.

Thanks Adam

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:44 pm
by TRobbo
well done Adam.

The only thing I would say is that it looks like the bar work over the roof lights may well catch lots of tree branches.

Have seen in the uk mags the guys run thin wire cables up to their roof racks to help clear overhanging bushes.

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:42 pm
by adam big lad
Ye i know what you mean t robbo i was thinking of doing what you said you reckon the best way to get tension would be turn shackles?

Thanks Adam

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:14 pm
by TRobbo
adam big lad wrote:Ye i know what you mean t robbo i was thinking of doing what you said you reckon the best way to get tension would be turn shackles?

Thanks Adam
sounds like a good solution. you will probably need to play with tension as if the cables are too tight I expect the will snap and if too loose wont provide any protection. I expect most impacts will occur when you are driving with some speed so the cables will need good mounting points to prevent shearing.

perhaps a search around some of the uk sites might give more info on how the poms set these up. I have never personally seen them up close.

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:06 pm
by def90
i know u probably don't want to, but to save your lights that really needs to be a flip down bar, pneumatic or manual, it does sit along way up there, and i don't know where u wheel, but up here those lights would be trashed in a couple of runs, wire sliders, etc or not. wouldn't want to see your first trip report with "my 4 light force got taken out by a bloody low lying branch" even if u have a soft roll they're partly protected.

keen to see how she goes on the maiden voyage!!

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:47 am
by adam big lad
Hi Def 90

Yes i agree i should have done a flip down bar and it is one of the many things on my to do list :?

Heads are in as we speak getting rebuilt so shouldn't be too long till i hear that sweat note of a v8 again :armsup:

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:11 am
by Skiboy
Adam

What a great looking ute - and I know what you mean re the effort for specialised panels etc - and I have only had to repair our Rangie Ute ones. Looks like you have made sure to protect the non standard panels well with your bar work - it is a pain to have to repair them. Door and gaurds etc can be sourced from std vehicles. Specialise panels have to be cut and rewelded - ie remade.

There must be a market for someone to press some panels as a kit to make the disco cab - we would see a lot mroe of these on the road as a result.

Skiboy

Re: disco ute build

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:59 pm
by UAV
UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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