new project

[marc666]

went to pick up mine and my dads new project yesterday.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0069.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0073.jpg

old daihatsu f20, with a rangerover 3.5 v8 and gearbox installed :A:
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0078.jpg

rad and fuel tank in the rear
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0071.jpg

who ever put the crappy box cage in it set fire to the headlining lol
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0079.jpg

cobra exhaust out the side
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0070.jpg

plans are fix the waterpump, strip all the body off it and sell what we can, fit full roll cage (proper one) then with custom bodywork, shorten front springs. hopefully should be all ready for next season :y:
will be simlar to our other one we got but with more poke :A:
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0084.jpg

[Rosco906]

MINT

i wana shot!

[Predator_R32]

nice mate my mates got a suzuki one ill get a picture

also reminds me of the jeepers creepers van just a toned down version :p

http://66.34.10.12/aaamembersnew/zac/jeeperschase.jpg

[Strikevts]

What a shed on wheels lol good luck!

[Predator_R32]

heres my mates the red one that is :y:

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p305/Predator_VTR/P1010213.jpg

[Jackman]

That is cool as 10!

[marc666]

red one looks like a good bit of kit

[Predator_R32]

they are good fun like, hes currently building another one, the red one as you can see is fully caged up and hes rolled it a few times lol, does the jog though :y:

[BENSAX3]

do you just do 4x4 ing or race

[Predator_R32]

who me???

[Danes_SaxoVTR]

will be interested to see this when its done!

[BENSAX3]

didn't mean you predator vtr but would be interested to \no your answer

[Rosco906]

Ben he does Off road trailing

[Predator_R32]

i dont do off roading my mate does it :)

[sim69er]

will be a good project to keep my eye on, the wiring in the engine bay looks a mess

[marc666]

i do offroad trialing once a month with my area club.
hopefully the tractor my dad is working on will be out the garage this week so this can go in then and start to be dismantled next weekend.

[gokan]

off road ?

[BENSAX3]

good will keep and eye on itt

[Predator_R32]

off road ?

yeah like a 4x4 over rough terrain :y:

[davew]

lol random.....but different looks alot of fun...

[marc666]

right then, had it a week, we've fixed the water pump and the crack in the block during the week and now today it was time for the 9inch grinder.

stripped all the doors and wings off it so hopefully beable to sell them
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0085.jpg

then the sparks started to fly :D
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0087.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0091.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0086.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0094.jpg

then it ended up like this, but that wasnt the end.
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0092.jpg

how it was left for today
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0098.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0099.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSCF0100.jpg

next step is to get the cage fitted then work around that.

hope you all like lol

[ukballer]

seems like a real good little project

[BENSAX3]

youve lost some bits :) looks good

[ChrisJ]

Haha, cool that. Not much of it left now though lol.

[k2thecsaxo]

now thats what you called stripped!!!

[Mikey]

http://66.34.10.12/aaamembersnew/zac/jeeperschase.jpg[/QUOTE]

ahh that van shit me up first time i watched that film lol

[Jackman]

thats a cool lil project you going.

id love to do something like that!

[Steve]

wish i had the money to do that, looks really good fun. I was out in the sticks last sunday and was load of range rovers covered in shit outside a pub.

[Rosco906]

Mint marc

i also spy a wheel in your pic's haha

this is gonna be a rate beast when finnished!

Angle Grinder is not big enough tho!

[marc666]

long way to go yet but once cage is built it should start to look like something decent then.

yup that is one of my wheels in the background, other must of been half rubbed down.

[Connor_scotland]

thats crazy mate

[marc666]

more cutting this weekend as the gearbox is coming out, as it looks like we've found a auto box to go in :D

[Japman]

looks like a beast lol

[marc666]

more has been taken off this last week

bulkhead removed to gain access to the gearbox
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSC00301.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSC00303.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/DSC00304.jpg

the back part of the exhaust has also now been cut off, and today took off the front bumper and took off the tow bar brackets and that.
just waiting for the bloke to take his autobox so we can have it then stick it in and start rebuilding :D

[riggsy]

Haha looks good mate!

[marc666]

cheers mate.

thought id put some pictures up of the other 1 we currently got. Pics from last months trial:

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/march%20trial%2007/DSCF0006.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/march%20trial%2007/DSCF0012.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/march%20trial%2007/DSCF0014.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/march%20trial%2007/DSCF0022.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/march%20trial%2007/DSCF0027.jpg

then 2nd to last section of the day, caught a rock going up a hill and bust the main leaf in the rear spring :( but someone lent me there motor to do that last section
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/march%20trial%2007/DSCF0057-1.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p207/saxo12345/march%20trial%2007/DSCF0055.jpg

enjoy :)