Outer Limits 4x4 Board

hey all,
i am looking at buying an older model rangie and cutting it down to a 2 door, then build a tray for it. ive done a bit of a search on here but cant really find much about this.
has anyone done this themselves? if so do you have any pics you could send me?
any info would be great
thanks paul

If your looking for a four door bobbed into a two door then made into a ute! Try looking at Les Richmonds(Andrew Richmonds) old Project Car.

www.lrautomotive.com.au

He has finished with this project and was selling bits and pieces. There should still be some pics of it around on there web site!

Also Loanrangie is doin a ute conversion on his two door! Not into a tray thou!

Also Rangie automotive sponser a rangie ute(tray)

Goodluck a lot of people would just can u and say keep searching!

steve

im doin a 2 door into a flat bed at the moment.. have a look at my pics if you like @ http://community.webshots.com/user/tcpr_024 .im up to building my tray at the moment......havent put any recent pics up though...i had a look at alot of other utes eg patrols and cruisers to see how they did their setups. but i have decide to run the main fram of my flat bed into the frame i have built into the rear cab wall...hope it works! just for strength. email loan rangie..he has some great pics of his ute...

Dont know if its just me but that link did not work!

try it again...it wasnt supposed to have the stoopid www in front of it

Nice one yella! Let us know how u go with it all!

looks good yella, what are you planning to cover the rear of the cab under the window with?

what do you guys that have done this conversion think would be better...a 2 door or 4? ive only just started looking for a rangie so am not sure what model i'll cut. but hopefully i'll find one soon.

cheers

i think a two door would be easier..i think a 4 door is only 8cm longer than a two door but i may be wrong...im actually going to use a sheet of aluminium for the part under the window. just rivet it to the frame and do some fibre glassing along the edges...i wanted to keep the original back window so i could still open it!

I was talking to a m8, the rangie needs more work to suuport the roof, he had to put in a roll cage just tobrace things up, i would like to know how les did his convertable chop and keep strength in it.

GQ4.8coilcab wrote:I was talking to a m8, the rangie needs more work to suuport the roof, he had to put in a roll cage just tobrace things up, i would like to know how les did his convertable chop and keep strength in it.

For 2 door, use the C Pillar butted up to the B pillar and fab from there.
That way you can use the rear window. The lower section is harder to get looking right for a 4 door.
For the 2 door just cut where the new c pillar joins and make a new rear wall out of SHS or similar and then cover in sheet.

This is the way a friend did his, it looks good and is strong.

Hope that helps...

Dave

Yer, that sounds good and strong, have u got any pics

GQ4.8coilcab wrote:Yer, that sounds good and strong, have u got any pics

No sorry, the car is long dead now.

Something like this ?

I have a 2 door Rangie bobtailed ute I want to sell in the next couple of weeks. Ute conversion done by the Haultech boys. I live at Logan Village Qld and I am asking for $2000. It has a 4 speed manual and 3.5L carbie engine and will be sold as is. I think it is a 76 model or something like that.

Shane

EDIT: No longer for sale, Charles from Haultech needed another toy.

did you guys that have done the ute/tray conversions on your rangies have any probs with getting engineers certificates or roadworthys?

i was actually thinking a 2 door would be easier and better looking for a cut-down than a 4 door. i will be building an inner-support frame for the rear of the cab where i cut so i dont think strength will be an issue-probably similar to the way Daves3 has suggested.

oops triple post

im pretty keen to hear anybodys woes with certifications etc...wat do they look for? and all that

For the boys in WA, I will be building a Hybrid soon but before I even considered it I went to the licensing centre inspection pits and asked what I can and cant do. They gave me a nice thick booklet which had heaps of questions in it. They said if you can satisfy whats asked in here, no probs if you cant you will need an eng.. cert to back it up. I would start there, the guys at Midland were really helpful.
Shano

I've just purchased 2, 1976 2 door rangies, total price $1300. 1 with a 3.5 on lpg and in okay cond with spare new panels, the other has a reco 4.4lt leyland motor with zero kms on it.

Now i will start a ute conversion the only thing is there is not alot of info on this, that i can find.
I want to be able to legally drive the thing on the road.

can i be directed the right way?

Kind regards

here my one when i first started, shit it pulled the chicks back in the pimp looking days, now its just a mud pig, to look proffessional you need the pillar to be sloped backwards not just flat sheet, this will then crete parcel shelf inside for doof doof box(check it out micka i wasnt lying)

the lower windo sills lend its self well as you can seen it forms a good flat edge for the style side, the checkerplate idea i got from the old series l rovers, rather than shape around the wheel gaurds, just make 3 folds on both sides, which than doubles as storage lockers.

behind the front c/p panel is a 100l gas tank which is well tucked away by the parcel shelf design, note where the the c/p sides meets the floor, its standard curragated floor in the rangie which ties in well.

luke

hardenup wrote: I want to be able to legally drive the thing on the road.

can i be directed the right way?

Kind regards

Only way to be sure is to contact an Automotive engineer.
Don't rely on hearsay.

There is a big list in the General section.

Im starting to have the samle troubles with a Hybrid project ATM.

Dave.