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haffi

haffi

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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.

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Then I got me some powertools and made a hole.

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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.

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And one pic in the end of the finished product.

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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...
 
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
 
What are the general dimentions of this? It looks huge but it may be an optical illusion. Great work by the way!
 
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.
 
Yikes! That is crazy thinking and amazing engineering! Keep pics coming.
:cheers:
 
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...
 
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:
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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.
 
Thanks for all the comments ;)

These are the dimensions of my box in millimeters.

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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.
 
With careful cutting, could the removed piece of deckplate been used as a lid? Just wondering aloud for others who might attempt...
 
Garth said:
With careful cutting, could the removed piece of deckplate been used as a lid? Just wondering aloud for others who might attempt...
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I think that, for anyone capable of fabricating someting such as this, fabricating a new lid from scratch would be more practical.
 
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