More cargo room (2 Viewers)

[haffi]

All weekends this summer I have been travelling with my friends, mostly with 3 passengers in the 80. The cargo area in the back is just too small.....

So I had an idea to make more space. And got a friend of mine to make this box for me.

Then I got me some powertools and made a hole.

I had already removed all the spare tire mechanism from the back, it was completly usless from rust anyhow. So I had alot of unused space down there.

And one pic in the end of the finished product.

Next on the plan is to buy some plywood and make a plate to fit on the floor and make a lid.

Now I have penty more room for my toolbox, spare parts and stuff I never use the last time I had to use my toolbox was to help a friend with his JEEP...

 

[Trunk Monkey]

That's pretty damn cool, good use of the space.

 

[-Spike-]

Nice! I've heard people say they wouldn't put a fuel tank back there, looks like there's plenty of room for 30+ gallons and still keep the tank above the frame rails. That box looks like it would hold about 50! Hopefully the contoured floor wasn't structural...

-Spike

 

[AK SloPok]

What are the general dimentions of this? It looks huge but it may be an optical illusion. Great work by the way!

 

[Mars]

Great idea...and great use of space! What's the material? How much weight do you think that lip is capable of holding!

Looks good!

 

[haffi]

That thing is huge. The hole I made is 100x47 cm where it is widest. And the box is 30 cm deep. That would be somewhere close to 39x18 inches and 11 inch deep i quess.

Then ofcourse I had to make space for the fuel filler piping and the exhaust so the box is smaller in the front.

But belive me, that thing is HUGE. Much bigger than I had imagined when I marked the outlines for the hole in the floor

When I picked the box up from my friend I thougt, "that thing is far to big, he must have fxxxed up the measurments" but, not it was a perfect fit.

It is made from 2mm aluminum, I have no idea how much weigth I can put there I was thinking I might add some metal frame under it, to add strenght to it.

 

[LandCrusher'70]

I think 40's have something similar available to them.

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[Grolar]

Yikes! That is crazy thinking and amazing engineering! Keep pics coming.

 

[SOCALFJ]

Now that's different! I dig it.

 

[AKcruiserfreak]

Man that's a cool idea! I have the same problem with lack of space-now I have a solution. Thanks

TK

 

[Bigshone]

Very nice.

I like the new idea for the old problem of more storage.

I thought when I purchased the 80 my storage problems would be solved, but like you've showed.....we always want more!!!

 

[GXO]

hmmm, if I didn't have 8 gallons of tanks under there that would be SO on my list. Would also be a SWEET setup for dual fuel diesels...a warmer and a veggie tank in the back...

 

[Bluetribal]

Yeah, I would totally add bracing under it especially if you wheel it.

 

[greauxpete]

That is a great idea....
Can provide the dimensions in the attached hand sketch of the profile of the tank looking at it from the top?

Note: G and H represent the vertical "rise" of the sloped lines and E and F represent the horizontal "run" of the sloped lines.

See attached pic:

 

[LandCrusher'70]

Your sketch is not fully defined.

 

[Doc]

Wow, I like that. With my rear bumper I'd have to keep the box from hanging below the frame rails, but it would add a nice storage space none the less.

 

[haffi]

Thanks for all the comments

These are the dimensions of my box in millimeters.

It is 300 mm deep and made from 2 mm aluminium. I asked some guys about the strength, and I was told not to worry. It is strong enough. So I´m not adding any bracing to it.

 

[landtank]

I've been wanting a trunk in my truck forever. A nice place to store all that crap you really should have but rarely need.

awesome job!

 

[G-Cat]

With careful cutting, could the removed piece of deckplate been used as a lid? Just wondering aloud for others who might attempt...

 

[619TOY]

With careful cutting, could the removed piece of deckplate been used as a lid? Just wondering aloud for others who might attempt...

I think that, for anyone capable of fabricating someting such as this, fabricating a new lid from scratch would be more practical.