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Bundera Ute
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:39 pm
by Canyonero 4x4
I've fixed the rust to the best of my ability/funds, and the gutters are starting to crack again so I'm playing with the idea of a bundera ute.
Take 75series troopy, ditch the cab/body, whack on a bundy and a tray behind it.
Hoping to keep the 1HZ and all the running gear, What are the problems I'd be facing?
Can I keep the front panels and wheel arches etc and bolt the bundy up tp that or are they different sizes? What wont line up?
bundy
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:02 pm
by teambullet
Surely it would be easier to buy hj75....2h motor but big front diff...
Thats what id b looking at..
Denny
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:48 pm
by Canyonero 4x4
Yeah, it would be easier. But I don't like single cabs. And everyones got a 75 ute. I want something different.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:53 pm
by badger
the troopys front end will bolt to the bundy cab, the bundys front end is alot shorter than the troopys
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:03 pm
by Canyonero 4x4
badger wrote:the troopys front end will bolt to the bundy cab, the bundys front end is alot shorter than the troopys
That's what I wanna hear. I thought it'd be smaller. Just not sure that the 1HZ will fit in a bundy
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:38 pm
by pozman
yeah it would be fairly tight, what you going to do about the rear wheel arches? fill them?
getting stuff in and out of the back would be a mission too if you didn't put some sort of do in there?
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:48 pm
by Canyonero 4x4
pozman wrote:yeah it would be fairly tight, what you going to do about the rear wheel arches? fill them?
getting stuff in and out of the back would be a mission too if you didn't put some sort of do in there?
Thought maybe remove the fan and put a thermo in. Or use the 75 front end. But that makes the tray smaller and smaller. Wheel arches I'd make into toolboxes. I'd say I'll need to cut the back of the bundy to form wheel arches further back. Not sure what I'll do about access to space behind the rear seat. That could be a b!tch.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:59 pm
by pozman
yeah the bundy rad can be modded to sit further forward too, it sits a long way back in the bay, but the 1hz is a really long motor
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:38 pm
by Canyonero 4x4
So has anyone else tried this?
Does anyone else had problems mating a bundy with a 75 series, especially the front end?
Any tips/hints/suggestions?
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:45 pm
by hillbilliywheelchair
why a bunddy why not use a 73 alredy has the longer front if
if not u should be able to make it work
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:15 pm
by Canyonero 4x4
The bigger the cab the smaller the tray. Even a shorty wont leave me much out back
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:07 am
by pozman
the other thing that might be a worry is i think the bundy body/cab sits in the same place on the chassis as a "cruiser" and the chassis is shorter at the front, the front tube cross member on the cruiser isn't there on the bundy
so there may be no length gain from using the bundy cab, may be better off running a a f/bj70 cab for ease of fit on the troopy chassis
this is only observations that I've sorta seen between my bundy and mate troopy