bobius tailius

i am thinking about constructing a bobtail disco 1 tdi...........


do you think it would be possible to do the entire 'conversion' in a weekend? i am thinking yes with the right prep work

if you have to ask then you have a concern, if you have a concern then there is a part (or parts) of the job your unsure of, therefore allowed 3x the amount of time you think it'll take.

personally i'd say no it couldnt be done in a weekend. the amount of cutting and welding, wiring, strengthening and finishing that needs to be done is a hell of alot of work

Is it possible to get your series done in a year ?

i have no concerns about doing the job, i was just wondering if anyone else thought it would be possible in one weekend, it wouldn't be a bob where the back end goes back on it would be a conversion to being a pick-up its the finishing that i think would take me over the two days and three nights (start friday night finish sunday night)

666 george said:

Is it possible to get your series done in a year ?

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No thats why i am thinking disco bobtail, i'm not sure my series will ever see the road again due to the list of things i am not happy with

im always dubious when somebody mentions cutting the roof off a car, specially in a short space of time. you'd have to cut and weld the cab rear in, and you couldnt measure and cut the plate untill you've cut the roof off. also i presume your going to put some kind of strengthening bars in to replace the rigidity of the roof? these will take time to measure cut and mount. will also need to move the rear light clusters, these will need new mountings and some adapting of the origional wiring. all sounds nice and quick but from experience these things take ALOT of time to plan, actually doing them is pretty quick.

if you do it please keep us updated with pics, sounds a good project!!

took me and my mate 4 nights just to do all the cutting,theres a, lot of measure,measure again and then measure again b4 you commit to the grinder.then theres the making of a new rear bumper,then locating the fuel tank and fuel filler cap and fuel sender into the tank of yr choice i would say realisticly it took two of us a week to do it all to the point it was ready for painting

i think i could have the rear end off by midnight on the friday night (starting on me tod at 6) then starting at 8 on the saturday i think i could have the chassis part, the bulkhead and the fuel re-connected by 8pm just leaving the tailgate, the lights and making good to do on the sunday, obviously i won't be able to get it painted in the weekend

yer might do, take yer every night fer the rest of the week to finish it tho !

i think you will find its a landy so it will never truly be finished!

nah its a disco, its only a series that becomes truely a life trimes work of art

now i just have to find a suitable disco (for the right price) anyone know of a 3 door TDi for sale cheap?

G-man said:

i think i could have the rear end off by midnight on the friday night (starting on me tod at 6) then starting at 8 on the saturday i think i could have the chassis part, the bulkhead and the fuel re-connected by 8pm just leaving the tailgate, the lights and making good to do on the sunday, obviously i won't be able to get it painted in the weekend

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not a hope in hell if you want it done properly

Not sure if you can do it that quickly, but that kind of job is something that I would definately be interested in taking part!

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MPI are going cheap-cos they are gay then drop a tdi lump in it

that ones been done already!

yeah thats what i mean.Copy it