yer i'm lost too, i think he's gonna make a lwb with a swb rear tub on it?
yer we want pictures
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| Author: | MrRocky [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Trayback to wellbody |
Had a bit of a brainstorm this morning, i have been trying to come up with ideas for the tray on the back of my stockman to no avail. Until i got the tape out and did some measuring on the tub of my hardtop wreck, looks like if i chop it behind the rear door it will line up perfect with the rear tyre on the ute. Has anyone attempted something like this before, i have seen many swb turned into utes but not the other way round. This will mean that the tub will be shorter than a factory wellbody lwb and longer than a swb tub. Any thoughts on how i would go about joining them, i was thinking of welding tube top and bottom on the sides and sliding the tub on, then bracing the bottom and welding the hell out of it, bit of bog here and there, no one would be the wiser. |
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| Author: | want33s [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
I don't get it... Photochop pictures please. |
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| Author: | 89_tintop [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
are you talking a style side tray??? |
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| Author: | steve [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
yer i'm lost too, i think he's gonna make a lwb with a swb rear tub on it? yer we want pictures
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| Author: | reallyuted [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
sounds like he wants to build the illusion of a mid wheel base  sounds different
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| Author: | MrRocky [ Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
er... yeah i want to take of the factory trayback Grind the swb hardtop in half to resemble a swb tub then weld that sucka onto my body thus creating some sort of hybrid. This is what i got 
This is what i want to chop 
This is my desired result only a bit shorter 
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| Author: | 89_tintop [ Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
why not look for a soft top and cut that up?? easier to do as it already has the capping on the top.. if i was doing it i would make it as a full seperate part like the hilux tubs.. bolt on bolt off. |
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| Author: | want33s [ Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
So what you want to end up with is a bobbed LWB????? 
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| Author: | steve [ Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
nice photoshop work there jas
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| Author: | MrRocky [ Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
Essentially yes, but i do like the idea of having it bolt on/off separately like the hilux's do. That would mean substantial tidying up of the factory chop on mine and the tub, but on the other hand i wouldnt have to squeeze it all into a w/end, i could work on it at a liesurely pace. hmmm... 
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| Author: | Joe [ Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
MrRocky wrote: Essentially yes, but i do like the idea of having it bolt on/off separately like the hilux's do. That would mean substantial tidying up of the factory chop on mine and the tub, but on the other hand i wouldnt have to squeeze it all into a w/end, i could work on it at a liesurely pace.
hmmm... Do it!!!! it would look cool and i dont think anyone else has done it before so that makes it even cooler 
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| Author: | Ridge [ Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
it would be cool but then it would mean more panels to bash up, and less tray space. |
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| Author: | shep [ Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
do you mean sort of like this but not a soft top? 
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| Author: | Taff [ Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
Find a swb tub. once you chop into a hardtop body they become so floppy and would be hard to get looking right again. SWB tub would be 100000x less work |
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| Author: | MrRocky [ Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
yeah but i have hardtop already just sitting there begging me to cut it to buggery |
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| Author: | steak_knife [ Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
MrRocky wrote: yeah but i have hardtop already just sitting there begging me to cut it to buggery
Than do that for fun & get a soft top tub, it's a lot less work. |
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| Author: | zooker [ Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trayback to wellbody |
I was thinking of doing something along the same lines, but different 
I have a beat up LWB body which is twisted and doors dont close properly etc. My plan was to: - Cut existing body behind front seats - Bugger off the front section - Get a swb body - Cut swb body behind front seats - Replace missing lwb section with the new cut swb front tub - weld the rear LWB tub to the cut SWB tub in effect re-creating the LWB tub 
Not sure how tough this will be, or if its possible. Only a theory at the moment. But due to the rareness of LWB bodies it might be my only chance of a new body. 
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