100 Series Ute Conversion (3 Viewers)

[Karate Chopped]

Once you go ute conversion, you'll never go back!
I see you have re-used the existing tail gate, which is what the workshop who did my cut does, and I think it makes for a nice back end. More shaped and less flat, vertical wall.

 

[OffRoadRN]

I just read through this entire thread and I am thoroughly impressed. I might go this route once my kids are out of the house...

 

[kittric]

Just to close out this build, Franky had to go under the knife again as the reverse went out in the transmission. Since I needed to tear it apart again I decided to finish a few things that hadn't been finished wiring and interior wise. So after removing the bed I rerouted the passenger side abs wire and rear diff lock back into the cab.

For the driver side abs I had to cut it at the wiring harness and extend the 2 wires into the cab and retie into the harness by looping the 2 wires back underneath the cab on the drivers side.

All the needed wiring was then back together along with wiring running back to the tail lights so I decided to keep it simple and cover it all over with insulation from my old interior carpets to keep things from rattling around.

And then I just sealed up the area that the wires were penetrating the cab with some gutter compound.

 

[kittric]

Moving on into the interior it was just a matter of finishing out the area with foam, plywood, left over carpet and leftover seat leather. I used metal roofing screws to attach the plywood as needed so that the carpet would have something to attach to later.

Then it was time to fillet some foam that would fit nice and tight in the gaps.

With everything nice and tight I closed it up. Hopefully no wiring gremlins will pop up so that I never have to dig into the harness!

The rear cargo area carpet tucked nicely around the window with its plastic ledger.

 

[kittric]

And after using some other scraps and 2nd row floor mat it covered up the back area good enough for me!

Then it was time to cut up some old seat leather and wrap some plywood to frame rear window out.

I again just screwed these pieces through the existing metal tubing to hold in place. After all was said and done the back end of the interior looked a lot more finished.

 

[kittric]

With that done, I decided to fix a few issues with the flatbed. First I added some mud flap materiel between the cab and flatbed so that I don't hear rocks flipping off the tires and hitting the cab anymore.

I also cleaned out the spring seats since they had filled up with a lot of dust and wood chips and then glued some more mud flap material over them to keep from being a rust trap.

I also used some plastic to cover the top of the vertical square tube since these were collecting a lot of debris also.

With my additional hindsight I think it is probably better to have a solid surface on the bed since so much stuff collected in various areas by falling through the bed. Once the pressure treat gets beat up a little more I will probably use 2 layers of 3/4" marine grade plywood to fill in the bed.

 

[kittric]

A few other clean up items included getting blanks in for the rear vent switches.

Repainting front bumper and adding fog lights (since the wires for the lights were just dangling around and not being used!)

And replacing the cabin filter. I was pretty shocked to see how dirty it was after only 3 years!

I also went ahead and redid the tail lights so they are tucked out of the way a little better (please don't judge me for using jeep style ones!)

And with that hopefully Franky will give me another 3 years of problem free service!

 

[2fpower]

great idea on the shock towers.

 

[cruiserpatch]

just came across this thread...time to break out the sawzall

 

[cruiserpatch]

Damn…I was joking but now it may actually be time…

 

[OffRoadRN]

Damn…I was joking but now it may actually be time…

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Noooo! Sorry to see this…

 

[cruiserpatch]

Noooo! Sorry to see this…

It’s all good. Until it wasn’t

 

[AustinJoe]

Damn…I was joking but now it may actually be time…

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Were you wheeling with Lee?

 

[cruiserpatch]

Were you wheeling with Lee?

Hell yeah

It was pretty rad aside from the body damage

 

[AustinJoe]

Hell yeah

It was pretty rad aside from the body damage

The Triple Locked Troll strikes again!