Vehicle
brand new 100 ifs TD 4.2 5 speed auto pewter color GXL.
Finished project requirements
Vehicle to allow the owners to travel months at a time, remote area's, and be self sufficient, and have an extremely capable vehicle to do so for weekend, to week, to months at a time, so as close to an all round vehicle as we can build.
On the drawing board
Cut the vehicle down into an extra cab with aprox 12" floor space behind the front seats, and make a easily detachable camper body to go on the rear [hence "touring turtle" will have its home in a hard shell carried around with it] and a tray unit to go on when the camper is removed.
Upgrade GVM of vehicle of an extra 750lb aprox
Cut rear section of chassis behind suspension, and turn 180 deg to lift rear and improve departure angle, and lift long range tank.
300 lt fuel, and 120 lt of water under the vehicle, not hanging below chassis, and protected.
Extend wheelbase by aprox 7 inches to centre camper weight with extra cab.
18 x 8 Lexus alloy rims and 35 x 12.5/18 Pro Comp Tri Ply Mud Terrains x 6
Safari power upgrade with larger intercooler, snorkel, 3" mandrel exhaust, and tuned dtronic to suit.
manual V8 crownwheels and pinions to change from 3.9's to 4.3 to 1 to bring gearing back to standard with 35's.
ARB lockers, with diff mods to strengthen.
DBA slotted rotors all round and Bendix 4wd pads and braided lines to replace all rubber lines.
ARB deluxe winch bar with Warn powerlant fitted to front.
Strengthened front A arms to prevent cracking.
60-70mm [2.5"] lift with uprated torsion bars, Fox 2.0 shox, remote canister, extended sway bar mounts.
Rear Variable rate extra free height coil spring to stay captive with extra long Fox 2.0 remote reservoir, extended sway bar links, uprated sway bar, heavy duty lower control arms. [may end up coil over rear with bypass adjustable shocks, to suit loaded/unloaded]
Side slidersteps to replace existing drilled to be air storage tanks for compressor.
Interior
ICOM UHF, interior roof console, fold out dvd/tv/ rear camera screen, rear extra cab section to have parcel shelf just below top of front seat height.
Camper body
Fold over top shell section containing large double bed which will fold out over cab supported by bullbar when fully 180 degree, rear steps and landing to fold down from back of camper, to get "upstairs" access. Seating, and chemical toilet in upper section with fold out bed. kitchen on passenger side, stove, roll out and tilt fridge slide, 60 lt engel, and storage for food/cooking gear. other side of camper storage, small "desk" area to set up battery chargers, camera gear, and work on laptop to save pics, do emails etc.
Twin swing away wheel carriers on rear which become side rails for drop down landing with stairs affixed, when wheels are swung open.
This set up allows eat stops on the run without unpacking, and only unfold camper when camping.
Vehicle was delivered to us this week, so far we have started to strip it down, with the vehicle having all the bolt ons done before I head off onto the Cannign Stock route and Simpson desert for 5 weeks, shortly, but keeping it drivable, with the body chopping commencing when I return.
Completion date
Xmas 07.
Pics to start this week.
Looking forward to getting into this one
Darren McRae
brand new 100 ifs TD 4.2 5 speed auto pewter color GXL.
Finished project requirements
Vehicle to allow the owners to travel months at a time, remote area's, and be self sufficient, and have an extremely capable vehicle to do so for weekend, to week, to months at a time, so as close to an all round vehicle as we can build.
On the drawing board
Cut the vehicle down into an extra cab with aprox 12" floor space behind the front seats, and make a easily detachable camper body to go on the rear [hence "touring turtle" will have its home in a hard shell carried around with it] and a tray unit to go on when the camper is removed.
Upgrade GVM of vehicle of an extra 750lb aprox
Cut rear section of chassis behind suspension, and turn 180 deg to lift rear and improve departure angle, and lift long range tank.
300 lt fuel, and 120 lt of water under the vehicle, not hanging below chassis, and protected.
Extend wheelbase by aprox 7 inches to centre camper weight with extra cab.
18 x 8 Lexus alloy rims and 35 x 12.5/18 Pro Comp Tri Ply Mud Terrains x 6
Safari power upgrade with larger intercooler, snorkel, 3" mandrel exhaust, and tuned dtronic to suit.
manual V8 crownwheels and pinions to change from 3.9's to 4.3 to 1 to bring gearing back to standard with 35's.
ARB lockers, with diff mods to strengthen.
DBA slotted rotors all round and Bendix 4wd pads and braided lines to replace all rubber lines.
ARB deluxe winch bar with Warn powerlant fitted to front.
Strengthened front A arms to prevent cracking.
60-70mm [2.5"] lift with uprated torsion bars, Fox 2.0 shox, remote canister, extended sway bar mounts.
Rear Variable rate extra free height coil spring to stay captive with extra long Fox 2.0 remote reservoir, extended sway bar links, uprated sway bar, heavy duty lower control arms. [may end up coil over rear with bypass adjustable shocks, to suit loaded/unloaded]
Side slidersteps to replace existing drilled to be air storage tanks for compressor.
Interior
ICOM UHF, interior roof console, fold out dvd/tv/ rear camera screen, rear extra cab section to have parcel shelf just below top of front seat height.
Camper body
Fold over top shell section containing large double bed which will fold out over cab supported by bullbar when fully 180 degree, rear steps and landing to fold down from back of camper, to get "upstairs" access. Seating, and chemical toilet in upper section with fold out bed. kitchen on passenger side, stove, roll out and tilt fridge slide, 60 lt engel, and storage for food/cooking gear. other side of camper storage, small "desk" area to set up battery chargers, camera gear, and work on laptop to save pics, do emails etc.
Twin swing away wheel carriers on rear which become side rails for drop down landing with stairs affixed, when wheels are swung open.
This set up allows eat stops on the run without unpacking, and only unfold camper when camping.
Vehicle was delivered to us this week, so far we have started to strip it down, with the vehicle having all the bolt ons done before I head off onto the Cannign Stock route and Simpson desert for 5 weeks, shortly, but keeping it drivable, with the body chopping commencing when I return.
Completion date
Xmas 07.
Pics to start this week.
Looking forward to getting into this one
Darren McRae
Any updates?
Man, it hurts just looking at the pictures. Hope you get well soon.
