90 3/4 cab conversion help
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landynutter
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Do you mean a king cab? By that i mean a 90 hard top cut down .
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if your handy with an angle grinder..should be straight forward
na plasma all the way just grind paint away on the line you want and plus ill drill out rivets on roof take rails of and cut straight across, i see what u mean with angle grinder but ive had bad experiences with them and i try to steer clear wheneva i can
landynutter
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Doing this at the moment.Not too bad a job easy-er if you've got van sides and no alpine windows.
Remove the roof and sides .
Decide how short you want it,and mark it up.
Drill out pop rivets drivers/passengers heads.
Remove sides and cut the rear half panel leaving an overlap (about 4 inches) You don't cut any of the front panel so you will be using the holes in that to pop the lap on to.A bit of sealant when you do.
You have to cut the gutter so a bit of careful cutting of the lap section is needed so that the gutters butt up. Pop it and weld the gutter.
Side panels cut from rear then i got some alloy angle and popped that on the rear corners.
Then cut rear door in half use top as lift up door with gas rams off an old hatchback and hinges on the top.I used normal front door hinges but ground them down so they are flat on the backs.
Remove the roof and sides .
Decide how short you want it,and mark it up.
Drill out pop rivets drivers/passengers heads.
Remove sides and cut the rear half panel leaving an overlap (about 4 inches) You don't cut any of the front panel so you will be using the holes in that to pop the lap on to.A bit of sealant when you do.
You have to cut the gutter so a bit of careful cutting of the lap section is needed so that the gutters butt up. Pop it and weld the gutter.
Side panels cut from rear then i got some alloy angle and popped that on the rear corners.
Then cut rear door in half use top as lift up door with gas rams off an old hatchback and hinges on the top.I used normal front door hinges but ground them down so they are flat on the backs.
landynutter
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Ran out of room...
Then make a rear bulkhead out of some box section, about inch by inch.Weld it up bolt it in.I've used the bottom half as the tailgate but side opening.
Havn't finished it yet need some sheet alloy for rear bulkhead frame and fit the gas struts .
I will put a couple of pictures on when it's done
Then make a rear bulkhead out of some box section, about inch by inch.Weld it up bolt it in.I've used the bottom half as the tailgate but side opening.
Havn't finished it yet need some sheet alloy for rear bulkhead frame and fit the gas struts .
I will put a couple of pictures on when it's done
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