A few people have asked about this build which is on a private forum, I figured this was as good a place as any to post it, and probably better than most...
I have basically ripped this wholesale from my build thread on oldschool.co.nz, cleaned up the bad language and added some extra info in brackets. The discussion in between posts is gone so some context is lost, but I guess you will get the idea…
February 5, 2019
I will let the pics mostly do the talking.
Cost 3x boxes of beer
White dust is from fingerprinting, was stolen and recovered..
Fitted pretty nice with minimal sheetmetal cutting
Engine is seized, need to find another, but will use this to set up the mounts.
Made a removable subframe for the rear and mid body mounts
This is a later model safari steering box, this might be a sticking point but I have a plan that has been agreed with the cert man in principle (around this point the cert guy decided he had too much else lined up to take it on). The box is rotated forward from the original position, the tie rod position is exactly the same though
Front body mounts and steering box mount are all tied in. I have a design for this in CAD which looks pretty good.
I have basically ripped this wholesale from my build thread on oldschool.co.nz, cleaned up the bad language and added some extra info in brackets. The discussion in between posts is gone so some context is lost, but I guess you will get the idea…
February 5, 2019
I will let the pics mostly do the talking.
Cost 3x boxes of beer
White dust is from fingerprinting, was stolen and recovered..
Fitted pretty nice with minimal sheetmetal cutting
Engine is seized, need to find another, but will use this to set up the mounts.
Made a removable subframe for the rear and mid body mounts
This is a later model safari steering box, this might be a sticking point but I have a plan that has been agreed with the cert man in principle (around this point the cert guy decided he had too much else lined up to take it on). The box is rotated forward from the original position, the tie rod position is exactly the same though
Front body mounts and steering box mount are all tied in. I have a design for this in CAD which looks pretty good.