Recent content by Shagger1

Very kool :clap:

I havent named mine yet, but am thinking about "Jay" coz he's my best mate(boy car) and short for FJ!

Just exploring options-So I have fitted up some steel wheels/Sunraysia's I had laying around. Whats everyones thought's? Split wheels or black steelies?

Not sure about under tray storage boxes-they would have to be the right ones to look nice-But a canvas canopy is certainly on the cards, Once the bank balance recovers that is!!

I think it looks cleaner, easier to clean, and I'm never going to fold to windscreen forward on my ute anyway!

Ok so that just about puts us up to date, and as far as the build up is concerned it'll only be minor repairs, minor detailing, and probably some additional items/future plans(canvas canopy etc) Hope this insipires someone one day!!

The next morning was no drier!!

Well, I didn't build this thing up for it to sit in the shed, so the first chance I got we went bush! It did happen to bucket down rain on me, a good test for the weatherseals amd wipers(which failed on the way home!!) Went very well, but handles pretty badly above 80km an hour. Need to look...

Well, after 3years the old girl is back together, looking as good as it should and now road legal!!

Finally all repaired, I got it re-inspected and it passed!! No better feeling!! So the last step is to get it to the registration place and do the paperwork now.

Whilst trying to get this roady worth certificate, on the way back to be re-inspected, would you know it, the clutch slave cylinder gave up the ghost! Had to limp it back to work and replace that, and after test driving that and adjusting, I noticed green on the slave cylinder, as I followed it...

So now that it's looking better, it was time to concintrate on getting it road legal, which requires a road worthy inspection here in AUS, and as I planned on "club registering it(limited drive use, but far cheaper for registration) The old girl didn't fail on much. *handbrake not working...

The ute was looking soo much better, but the split wheels that were on it were doing it no favours, so I sourced some far better condition ones, with near new tyres. I also have some 16x8 black rims with some Cooper tyres fitted, but kinda wanted to keep it looking pretty "original" so will see...

After having the chassis repaired, and tray all fitted up, I decided to get a brand new Hayman Reece towbar to fit, as they mount differently to the one that caused the damage, and double as a good rear recovery point..

He also repaired the rear chassis cross member, as the OP must have over loaded the trailer, and the towbar had damaged it both sides.he cut out some fancy looking plates that mimic the holes in the chassis rails-come out looking mint!