You're not staying in a tent, in the snow, like inverness, then?

Spent a couple of hours in the garage after my dinner this evening.

Stripped the rubber and surround and then marked up, took a deep breath and selected a saw, cut off the part I will reuse.

Easier to continue than to go back so.




That's the easy part now I need to make it a truck again. I may be some time

slowly geting there i hope it turns out just how you wont it to good luck with it

U gonnae bob tail it as well or keeping the full bed?

Would love to have the time to do something like this, will watch with interest. Good luck.

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U gonnae bob tail it as well or keeping the full bed?

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U gonnae bob tail it as well or keeping the full bed?

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Was having that debt with myself tonight as I stood counting up all the "to do" jobs I now have created. I might take 10 to 15 inch out off it however I need to see the cab finished first.

It's not an off road toy or I would just have tray backed and tubed it. I want it as a load carrier and general weekend work horse so I originally had no intention of a bob, they sometimes make the proportions look better

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Looks good Brian

better and better

Gotta take some nerve to do that to your pride and joy! Nice work!

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Gotta take some nerve to do that to your pride and joy! Nice work!

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Wow - defo beyond the point of no return, then, Brian

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Gotta take some nerve to do that to your pride and joy! Nice work!

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Just an old hilux pal nothing special, YET!!!

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If ya get it right it'll be a good lookin vehicle,good luck with it.......

So today I got on with cutting the bed to a finished size.
I marked inside and out and cut one layer at a time

Kept the roof skin and brace bars to use in finishing the cab

My brother came over to help me remove all the unwanted parts to the dump so we stuck the back section on for a look. It will need about 5 inch cutting out of it but it looks promising for a decent fit.






Back from the dump and after a few pictures Alan buggered off so I got the plasma cutter out and made some mittens



I then used them to cap the ends, I will get n shaped channel made up to run inside the cut tops of the bed. This will allow me to weld along the length giving a decent finish once dressed and making the bed ridged.

you make it look and sound so easy !

thats looking good

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you make it look and sound so easy !

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going good so far brian!

i'd love to have the fabrication skills to do something like this!!

grinders and cutters aren`t my problem, its the weldy thing that I can`t do i.e. putting things together - taking apart into many little pieces - easy! lol

Eating the elephant one bite at a time, another couple of hours tonight saw the rear loom rerouted inside the panels



Cut the rear seat mounts off as well, both these changes will help run the new panels to make the bed sides as flat as possible.



I also welded up the mounting holes for wiper arm and washer that were in the rear of the roof. Some filler required to finish properly.

Looking better and better all the time, Brian. I like the methodical way you're posting up the build too. Shows loads of the little jobs, not just the massive changes. Saying that, I can't wait for the big reassembly!