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body conversion

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:58 pm
by Tonka tuff 4x4
ok, i know this is proberly a huge project and a silly quetion, i love my xc fords and my 4x4, (have both) would the body of a 79 xc ford fit onto the 84-88 hilux chassis, i am not the best in modifing stuff as yet,has anyone done this or seen this done, i knolw the xy came out 4wd, any help or suggestions would be much appreciated
cheers trav

Re: body conversion

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:15 pm
by shakes
Tonka tuff 4x4 wrote:ok, i know this is proberly a huge project and a silly quetion, i love my xc fords and my 4x4, (have both) would the body of a 79 xc ford fit onto the 84-88 hilux chassis,
yes anything is possible
Tonka tuff 4x4 wrote: i am not the best in modifing stuff as yet
probably best to keep it on the backburner until your a little more confident so you dont lose out too much on coin and time.

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:21 pm
by Tonka tuff 4x4
yeah i was thinkin that,
but text screws, grinder and a welder anything can be done and a couple of cartons

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:33 pm
by FRLS4B
definately on the afterburner^

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 7:23 pm
by Ice
is it school holidays still ? :popcorn:

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:44 pm
by Tonka tuff 4x4
yep. there is always time forlearning :P

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:30 pm
by DUDELUX
id busing a gq patrol as the base for anything like that, coils are a far better ride than leafs

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:49 pm
by Tonka tuff 4x4
gq body you reckon,
thanks for the suggestion still doing a bit of research

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:11 pm
by grimbo
Tonka tuff 4x4 wrote:gq body you reckon,
thanks for the suggestion still doing a bit of research
yep especially if you are going to use a gq body to swap a xc body onto

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:22 pm
by alien
dont forget to switch off the flux capacitor before you do any welding though!