Grommet is Now a UTE.............

[sclarke]

YAY..................

Ive done it..... in less than a month Grommet has become a Ute....

Before
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/04/302.jpg


Current
Ok it needs paint and a tailgate

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/02/78.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/02/79.jpg

Clarkie

[rangieman]

nice :D

[DiscoTDI]

Looks great, good work:cool:

[incisor]

so i take it the series truck cab etc fits straight on?

[mark2]

I've just finished doing this to my 110 also -mine started out as a wagon....
Is that a series cab back under the Defender cab roof?

[UncleHo]

G'day Incisor:)

No, Series truck cab won't fit, that is a 110/defender one, windscreen's different, and the roof line profile is different as well;)

cheers

[hiline]

looks good steve :D

but them bricks look ordinary :angel:

[Phoenix]

Didn't clarkie say that it was a series 3 back wall?

[incisor]

yeah it is, he says so in another thread that i diddnt read till after this one :P

[easo]

Have to be a series back cos it looks like it takes only sliding windows.

[D110V8D]

It looks crap Steve.:p :p :p

Burn it.:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[seqfisho]

Clarkie,

Since you are doing so much work on the car I'm guessing things are all sweet on the home front these days;)

And there is peace in the world:angel::D

[hiline]

Clarkie,

Since you are doing so much work on the car I'm guessing things are all sweet on the home front these days;)

And there is peace in the world:angel::D


no such thing in Clarkies world :p :p

[LandyAndy]

Nice job Clarkie.
Remember earlier the questions about using a series windscreen?????
Have a look in "readers rides" Leiutenantrover has a pic in there A rolled Defender wagon repaired with a series roof.
Andrew

[sclarke]

Series Rear Cab.
Defender Screen, Defender Roof.....

[VladTepes]

Interesting. One of these days I'm going to convert my ute into a ute, with some series bits.



(Think about that for a while. It's not a typo)

[Jamo]

Very nice!:)

[barney]

Have to be a series back cos it looks like it takes only sliding windows.

No, it's a series back because the sliding window has sharp, square corners, the oneten has rounded corners.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/02/52.jpg

[sclarke]

See barney is on the money

[D110V8D]

And dont you just love that Ifor Williams canopy!?



I know I do.:cool: :cool:

[LRHybrid100]

And dont you just love that Ifor Williams canopy!?



I know I do.:cool: :cool:

Top canopy - looks better everytime I see it!!!

LRH

[sclarke]

mmmmm i might have to invest in one.......

BARNEY..............................

[barney]

those poor bastards in W.A. won't know what's hit them. 2 ifor-williams canopies in the one year?

[dobbo]

Clarkie

Just a thought, you have a roof and walls from the car, why not just cut them back a bit and rivett in a bit of sheet aluminium. Instant canopy, from what you've done allready it proves your more than capable of doing a bloody good job and a canopy would cost next to nothing to make up.

[D110V8D]

IFOR WILLIAMS!

Get me one while you're at it. I might just make mine a ute.:angel: :angel:

[barney]

he hasn't got the roof any more, it now lives in sydney at lrhybrid100's place.
canopy's cheap anyway, only $750 to australia. takes 10 mins to fit or take off. too easy

[dobbo]

well that kind of kills that idea then doesn't it

[UncleHo]

G'day Sclarke :)

Any Series H/top Ex-wreckers would do, you could then fit in reverse or forward, and just make the front partition the way you want, could even fit sliding window, to make crawl or talk through ;)

cheers

[dobbo]

could even fit sliding window, to make crawl or talk through ;)

cheers


what you mean like a shagging wagon, does he need the encouragement?

[sclarke]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm

But then if it looks like a wagon, i should have kept it a Hard top.......

i do like that idea thou.....
might look at several options... if its ugly i'll scrap it...

[sclarke]

OK guys....
Latest Pix......

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/03/267.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/03/268.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/03/269.jpg

Needs the Simex on

[hiline]

it looks very plain at the moment :angel:

not being rude steve

[sclarke]

needs a winch bar, simex, sliders, roll cage and then it will look right.....

[walker]

Very nice! :D :D :D

Now why didn't I do that. Would be alot easier than trying to convert a Rangie.

[sclarke]

Just for Ray's comment i pulled the Alloy bar off and put the STD bumper on.......

i might not use it off road you know... might just be a Cafe racer....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/04/308.jpg

[hiline]

looks much better that bar looked stupid:angel:

[rangieman]

looks much better that bar looked stupid:angel:
What he said:D

[hiline]

What he said:D


copy cat from Ballarat went to school and got the strap :p :p

[rangieman]

copy cat from Ballarat went to school and got the strap :p :p
:p :p :p :p :p :p ;)

[VladTepes]

Modified by Farm Ute Car Kits Engineering Design

LOL. Good one Clarkey.

Remind me - what engine does Grommet have ?
(from the pic looks like a 300Tdi ?)

[hiline]

LOL. Good one Clarkey.

Remind me - what engine does Grommet have ?
(from the pic looks like a 300Tdi ?)

clarkeys own words


We have a 1994 Landrover Defender Hardtop, 300Tdi R380 with about 320k on the clock

[VladTepes]

Well there you go then.

[hiline]

good guess from the pics :D ;)

[shorty943]

Right, that's it. As much as I dislike it, I am going to use IE, to find these bloody photo links. For some infuriating reason, not one photo, if in the thread, or a single link, shows up in my Firefox browser. One of us is doing this not right, can't be me, I'm never wrong, some times I may not be correct, but I am never wrong.:p

Shorty.

[FenianEel]

Quote:
Modified by Farm Ute Car Kits Engineering Design


LOL. Good one Clarkey.

Looks good Steve,

But did you think of getting it modded by Farm Ute Car Kits Universal or Farm Ute Car Kits Yass, Orange & Ulludulla

[shorty943]

Yep. I think the Grommet ute looks alright. Some lights, and a big black chunky bar on the front, cherry.
Strange, IE showed me the pictures, but would not let me log in to the site, Firefox logs me in automatically, but won't show me photo's posted in a thread.
Computers, bah humbug.
But, Grommet looks just fine to me. Hmm, I wonder how my panel van S3 would look with a Dakar style sloper back.

Shorty.

[VladTepes]

Shorty it would look like **** (rubbish, as no doubt my original word will be auto censored ! LOL)

[shorty943]

Vlad, see post #47

Shorty.:D


Yehah, I did it. All it took was to specifically tell Firefox to allow images from this site.

[sclarke]

Now i have a tail gate......
SPECIAL........

do i go tradional drop down or Hinge like a Wagon???

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/03/257.jpg

Clarkie

[jbell110]

I went drop down on mine, great to use as a table, but a
pain to get stuff out with a 4" lift & 36" tyres! plus drop
down was easier ;)

cheers Jeff

[incisor]

i had a swingaway conversion on one of my trucks... was and utter pain in the petush... go drop down...

[sclarke]

Like this????

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/03/249.jpg

Clarkie

[Disco300Tdi]

Like this????

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2007/03/249.jpg

Clarkie

Nice flaps :) :)

[sclarke]

Thanks..... they will last about 1 week off road........:o