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Author:  suzukikid [ Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Ute sort of idea i have....
I'm takin the zook off the road for a bit to get it running 110% again! :wink:

AND i was thinking as i do! :twisted: Has any one or has any seen it done(Has to be out there somwhere!) Building up a frame and then sheet metal off the rear?

So it's like a single cab ute! The only thing i can see being a problem is the seats not going back far enough! :?

Wouldn't have to be engeneered because it hasn't cut anything or weakend anything it's alot stronger and less noisey then a soft top! 8)

Have any of you guys got any pics of a rig that has done it?

CHEERS!
Author:  just_cruizin [ Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:04 pm ]
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Didn't some of the Maruti's come like this standard?
Author:  steve [ Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:04 pm ]
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do you mean the usual cut off tub that people do?

you could always cut the tub further back so there's still room for the seats. so it's like an extra cab kind of thing.

There would be heaps of pics around, there was a debate about it on OL, but i guess you saw that :wink:
Author:  steve [ Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:22 pm ]
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might be hard to see, but this tub has been cut high in the wheel arch, so there's fair bit of tub still out the back.

and a heap of rednecks hanging off the sides :wink:
Author:  waxhead [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Ute sort of idea i have....
do you mean seal it with a frame that meets, or sits inside the factory B-pillar hoop? sort of like your soft wall, but hard?

Its been done, looks pretty crap unless you are doing a stretch.
and it means you can't open the cab up on hot days.
Author:  suzukikid [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:48 pm ]
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waxhead wrote:
do you mean seal it with a frame that meets, or sits inside the factory B-pillar hoop? sort of like your soft wall, but hard?

Its been done, looks pretty crap unless you are doing a stretch.
and it means you can't open the cab up on hot days.


Thanks guys but yeah that is what i ment!

Don't want to cut up the zook to get a tray i could just get a small esky on although thats what i was origanally gunna do! :wink:

I have this going on OL to and christovers car looks the goods i reckon! I can always take the roof off or wind the windows down! 8)
Author:  steve [ Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:08 pm ]
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ooooooooooooh so you mean just put a rear wall in, but not cut the rear off? ahhh ok.
Author:  waxhead [ Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Ute sort of idea i have....
Sorry suzuki boy. yeah I think that looks good, infact its actually what I have, but still with a soft wall. I have no issues with the seats not going back far enough and I am 6 foot, in fact have room for them to go back futher. I did used to have a cargo barrier in mine which I modified and that sat inside the soft wall.
I thought you were going to chop it into a shorty with tray, which I dont think looks that cool, but shorty style sides are sweet as.
Good luck with it.
check mine out.

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Author:  azza [ Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:27 am ]
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what about a stockman fibreglass back canopy? then just seal up the bottom..
Author:  suzukikid [ Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:41 pm ]
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azza wrote:
what about a stockman fibreglass back canopy? then just seal up the bottom..


Have you tryed finding them! 8O Got onto a joint years ago who where maybe gunna start making them but they never produced the goods! :cry:

Waxhead cheers mate!
Author:  mrw82 [ Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:45 pm ]
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i agree with waxhead, put in a halfwall. (weld sheet steel or use ply) and get a windjammer from mucanvas. i cut my tray down and welded up the back but it could be just as easily done inside the tray.
would look real neat and be very practical.


(hope pics worked)
Author:  azza [ Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:23 pm ]
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i have a stockman half canopy that would fit in place of the soft cover in that pic above, it just needs some small repairs that anyone with fibreglass experience could do..
Author:  suzukikid [ Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Ute sort of idea i have....
Shoot me a pm it's pretty much sold! :wink:
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