troopy bodywork

[My wife said no FJ!]

Man that's nice!

 

[ehsankiani]

Stunning work. Good to see all the pictures. . Would love to see more. I must admit that I am real impressed with the quality that you guys produce. Would love a visit to your workshop anytime..
Ehsan

 

[lomusass]

Thanks, And your more than welcome anytime,
Paul.
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Stunning work. Good to see all the pictures. . Would love to see more. I must admit that I am real impressed with the quality that you guys produce. Would love a visit to your workshop anytime..
Ehsan

 

[lomusass]

The freshly skinned rear door, adding up the new fenders. we'll always build our fenders to match up with the original apron thats on the truck, if there is not one then we'll make one and match it to our fender, just so that we will have the smoothest line possible, as it runs across and down to the bib.
Paul.

 

[fjwagon]

That is just sweet.

 

[PScottBx]

Very nice bud

Bx

 

[lomusass]

Been a while since I posted , Here's a few more of the upper cab and the joining work, next, roof goes on, new fenders hung, hood and bib.

 

[lomusass]

making sure all is straight..

 

[lomusass]

Suspension...minus the shocks.
This is on one of our 40's,that we're nearly finished, The troopy will be pretty much the same set up, a bit stiffer though.

 

[lomusass]

motor..HZ Turbo,5 speed care of Seth@PVCRUISERS..Thanks.

 

[lomusass]

Suspension...
Open invitation to Jack Rice, Anytime you would like to come down to Central America and help out on my suspension,fabrication set up's. you are extremely welcome.
Paul.

 

[dingbatt]

lomusass, great work as usual. Is it possible to add a rear passenger doors to a Troopy? I always wondered if it would be possible to do something like an LV for access to the rear seats. I have never seen the insides of a Troopy or how they are built so not sure if it could be done, but I know you would.

I have on HJ47 with an extra side door on the passenger side. I'll post some pics soon ... been meaning to for a while. Mine is the only 45/47 series troopy that I've seen with the extra side door, but there's a few 70 series troopies with extra side doors used for ambulance vehicles at mine sites here in Australia. Here's one which is right outside my door at the moment (I'm currently out at work):




I managed to find a photo of my troopy with extra side door ... sorry the photo is not that great, I'll take a few more when I get back home:



Cheers,

Matt

 

[Chamba]

Beautiful Paul!!

Why have I only just found this thread?! I am stunned. I lived in Panama for 18 months, and I never met you- I feel like I really lost out. You are really doing amazing work. PLEASE keep posting pics of your work!

I have always wanted to put 80 series axles and suspension under my HJ47 troopy. Have you done this before? What are your thoughts on this?

Cheers,

Josh

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Yes - excellent workmanship. I work in sheet metal as well - not automotive though. I would love to see a full shot of your spot welder set up - those are some monster jaws on that thing. Ours are similar but only about 24" long and mounted in a stationary pedestal. Yours must weigh a ton. What do you have for press breaks? How do you draw the metal and form those handle recesses? Do you have specific dies or some sort of universal tooling.

WOW - so many questions

Post more progress please - I need more info and a picture says a thousand words

 

[mickeyt]

Awesome work done here.