hi guys ive not posted on here for a while ive been busy chopping my surf up.over the last couple of months ive done a 4 door pick up conversion,its not quite finished yet,still got a few little bits and pieces to do.but here are a few pics as to the conversion so far.
heres how it used to look.



first stage gut the rear end and tape the lines up prior to cutting.


starting to cut


back cut off.


in the workshop and the rear welded back in its new position



window glass fitted and the rear bulkhead beggining to be fabbed.




the rear end starting to get tubed out in ally step plate.


tonneau cover frame work going together.




got it outside to get some shots in.


some shots of the inside of the bulkhead.


reasr seats re fitted.

tonneau cover going on.




thats it so far hope you like.

 

Yep.....I'm jealous.

Why didn't you make any provisions for the rear glass to open up? Not knocking the lovely work at all....just curious.

 

thats one sick Surf. what kind of hybrid V8 do you have?

 

Excellent work. I can say this; you definitely have bigger balls than me to begin cutting up such a nice rig.

 

its a 5.0 ltr rover/tvr v8.with lots of go faster goodies bolted inside.

 

Yeah.....must have pics of that motor, mate.

They drink more beer than we do. More beer = bigger balls. Just ask Clint the Swampthing!...

 

yep heres some.

 

i did try and see if i could make the window go up and down.but it turned out to be to much of a pain in the arse.so i took the easy route and made it a permenant fixture

 

Sweet build. Very clean work. What kind of tires are those?

 

Wonderful, i nearly fell of my chair...

 

they are KUMHO KL71s,33X12.5X15.

 

my god what nice rig man very very nice

 

very nice work.

 

Very nice rig indeed.
Very unique too.

 

that thing is nice good work on the fab job

 

with all that lime green, i can see the swampthings influence!

lee

 

That's a freak'n nice rig man! I'm dig'n the duel snorkels with that motor setup!

 

thanks for all the replys guys.glad you all like it.i must admit it did take me a while to get the balls together to start cutting,but once youve started theres no going back.im pretty pleased about the way it came out,now all thats left is to fit gas struts to the tonneau cover deck lid and a bit of cosmetic tidying.then re-spray the back end.then find something else to do to it.

 

sweet rig, What do you mean by hybrid? do you have electric drives on the wheels?

 

he said its a 5.0 liter Rover/TVR V8..which means he has taken 2 different motors...and taken parts from both to build the hybrid V8 he has now...so no..he doesnt have electric motors on the wheels..LoL!...at least...i dont think