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Got my issue of 4wd monthly last night. The Hybrid won the best custom fourby of the year. Good work boys!!!

BTW, the new Range Rover missed out on the std 4WDOTY by 0.2 marks narrowly being beaten by the 4.2TD Patrol.

ORSUM

Well done guys !

Makes for a nice poster. Much better than all the Nissota ones i have.

Dave

I can't argue with that selection - well deserved.

Thanks guys. What do I win?
Regards Bill.

Well done guys - and very well deserved.

Was Sam's Mogrover in this year or last year - it is so hard to keep track...

I'm surprised (and pleased) that a truck without a flash paint job and lots of expensive bolt ons won - I doubt it would happen in the US.

Ben,

Whats this about not being a flash paint job?

The paint was a hand crafted masterpiece done with my own fair hand and a Little Beaver sprayer!!!

Thanks for the congrats guys.

I have not seen the article yet - hope to get the mag tomorrow.

Cheers

Nigel

hybridLR wrote:Ben,

Whats this about not being a flash paint job?

The paint was a hand crafted masterpiece done with my own fair hand and a Little Beaver sprayer!!!

Thanks for the congrats guys.

I have not seen the article yet - hope to get the mag tomorrow.

Cheers

Nigel

Not knocking the paint job Nigel - I like it - and perfectly appropriate for a Landie.

My paint jobs don't look much better, and I use professional equipment!!!

Hi Nigel just flicked back to the other thread on your car and watched the videos and saw the pictures. It would come close to being my current dream car i can't think of anything i would want more. If i was to put a IIA body on a rangie chassis and do it similar to yours without all the forced articulation (ie on a budget) would i save half what yours cost? If you were to do it again i guess it would be a lot cheaper. What was the most expensive item?
Thanks, sorry to focus so much on cost but i am a uni student without much cash, i am not asking for dollar figures either, just trying to get an idea of how long i will have to save up for and what is required/what isn't

Thanks again and congrats
Rob

P.S. do you take it on many LROCV trips and nice picture of you in the Review

Rob

Thanks for the congrats.
It is encouraging to know that others also get pleasure from the Hybrid project.

Regarding building a similar project. It can certainly be done on a budget.

Bill has achieved remarkable results in the past on an absolute shoestring budget. His 6x6 (see seperate thread) and his current portel axled
Series II are testament to this.

The trick would be to do as much of the work as possible yourself. For the bits you cannot do, seek help from friends or club members. Even the bits that you farm out you can do all the prep work and reduce the cost. Running around sourcing bits takes time. Your time is cheap - why pay someone else to do it?

The actual Rangie chassis to Series body conversion is not overly complex but it is incredibly time consuming. Before commencing a project like this I would strongly recommend that you consult a Vicroads approved engineer and talk through the proposed project. This way you will get it right first go and not finish up with an unregistrable vehicle.

Also bear in mind that most project vehicles evolve over several years. Not all the expense is in one go. The good thing about this is you won't notice how much you have spent. Indeed its best not to keep count. How many of our projects would never have got started if we knew the final cost?

Bill would be the best to answer questions on what can be achieved on a tight budget. Bill is not only a mechanical master, he can also stretch a shoe string further that anyone.

I strongly commend you to have a go at a project vehicle.

Regards

Nigel

I think the Hybrids paint job is pretty flash Ben. A few years ago on a bright sunny morning I decided to paint my series 2 before driving to work. After meticulous preparation which consisted of wiping the mud and dust off with an old petrol soaked rag, I dug out a tin of ex army olive drab paint that I'd had for about 10 years. unfortunately the paint had turned to crystalised jelly and not having any thinners I mixed it with a couple of litres of Unleaded. I had added too much petrol and it was a bit thin so to thicken it up I mixed in a bit of dried clay from the edges of my bog hole. After searching for my Little Beaver electric spray gun I remembered that I had lent it to a neighbor to paint his tractor. I couldn't find any usable paint brushes either so I cut a piece of foam rubber out of my worn out passenger seat cusion and painted the truck with the old
Dip and Dab method. Surprisingly, the result wasn't too bad in a homely agricultural sort of way, and that is still the base color on my current camo scheme.
For some reason that he has not adequately explained, Nigel didn't ask me to paint his Hybrid !!
Bill.

Great stuff Bill!

posters on my wall
nice truck man

fish_man wrote:posters on my wall
nice truck man

Yep posters up in the shed,something to aspire to
Great work guys

Cheers Kev

daddylonglegs wrote:I think the Hybrids paint job is pretty flash Ben. A few years ago on a bright sunny morning I decided to paint my series 2 before driving to work. After meticulous preparation which consisted of wiping the mud and dust off with an old petrol soaked rag, I dug out a tin of ex army olive drab paint that I'd had for about 10 years. unfortunately the paint had turned to crystalised jelly and not having any thinners I mixed it with a couple of litres of Unleaded. I had added too much petrol and it was a bit thin so to thicken it up I mixed in a bit of dried clay from the edges of my bog hole. After searching for my Little Beaver electric spray gun I remembered that I had lent it to a neighbor to paint his tractor. I couldn't find any usable paint brushes either so I cut a piece of foam rubber out of my worn out passenger seat cusion and painted the truck with the old
Dip and Dab method. Surprisingly, the result wasn't too bad in a homely agricultural sort of way, and that is still the base color on my current camo scheme.
For some reason that he has not adequately explained, Nigel didn't ask me to paint his Hybrid !!
Bill.

I couldn't stop laughing at that Bill, very amusing... That's the best thing about olive drab - however you paint it on it always looks about the same. I've never heard of thickening paint with mud before though - interesting idea.

think the Hybrids paint job is pretty flash Ben......

Oh Bill, that is the funniest thing I've read for a while, I'm still laughing.

Congratulations to you and Nigel on the award, it is thoroughly deserved.

cheers,

Rick

Thanks again guys. We are going to the vic 4x4 show tomorrow and Australian 4wd Monthly will be presenting the award there.
Regards Bill.