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Re: Dodgy mods
« Reply #100 on: March 14, 2012, 04:14:45 PM »
That Paj looks more like it has a toilet installed  ;D
As for the duct tape...what can I say...maybe its the lock when the toilet is in use...
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Re: Dodgy mods
« Reply #101 on: March 14, 2012, 10:29:20 PM »
after reading through this ... and having a few omfg moments ....a thought popped into my mind ....there is this ole fella(who i see all the time while out and about ) that drives around the streets of cairns in an old corolla wagon (i think) and he has an insulated cold room fridge door mounted to his roof racks ...he drives with his windows down every where he goes cause he doesn't need aircon cause the door keeps his car so very cool !!!!...... i might have to become James bond and set myself the mission impossible and try and get the kids to take a snap shot while we are driving about (but i betcha cause i have mentioned it .... i wont ever bump into him again  :-[ )
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Re: Dodgy mods
« Reply #102 on: March 15, 2012, 09:19:30 AM »
....there is this ole fella(who i see all the time while out and about ) that drives around the streets of cairns in an old corolla wagon (i think) and he has an insulated cold room fridge door mounted to his roof racks ...
Yeah.

He lives down the road from us.  :-[

If you think his car is good, you should see his house (That said, try and get a close up look at the corolla one day - it's seen better days). You always know when it's starting to get hot, because the coolite comes out and gets strapped to the car  :'(. His version of a tropical roof, ala the old desert landy's.

On the topic of dodgy things around Cairns, there's a Jackaroo that lives on Pease St, opposite the Brinsmead shopping centre. It's been cut down into a dual-cab, and had a chassis extension done to fit a full-size tray on the back. It's very obviously a home made job. I'll see if I can grab a shot of him at some stage - it's quite an interesting contraption. Full points for doing it yourself, but the result is, lets be honest, a bit rough.

On the topic of dual cab things - I followed a black dual-cab 120-series Prado down Mulgrave Rd last night. It *was* well done - by RWV. I'm still puzzled by why someone would cut down a Prado though - surely it would be easier just to buy a Hilux and live with the fact that you don't have coils in the back? For the $15k that a good chop job costs, surely you could do a 5-link coil conversion to the rear? Anyhew...

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Re: Dodgy mods
« Reply #103 on: March 15, 2012, 06:46:55 PM »



In NZ'd we use to call the Mk1, Mk2, Mk3, Mk4 Zephyrs  The Maori calculator....   Probably not allowed to say that these days...

This one is a Nice Mk4 Zodiac which was a up market Zephyr (4 head lights and a grill).  In fact the Mk 4 Zephyr nearly ended Ford in the UK as the v6 3litre motor was a shocker but what made the Zephyr even worst the spare wheel was upright in front of the radiator  ...  So they were Dodge from the word 'go'...

My Brother inlaw is proud of the fact that he never had a Mk1 but did have the rest, I remember his mk4 as a young lad :)    Just don't see enough of them around these days....  Thanks UTE 701   BTW a yellow Transit Van in the back  :)  V4 2litre they were a nice little motor....

 
 
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Re: Dodgy mods
« Reply #104 on: March 15, 2012, 07:28:32 PM »
let the Rice begin
number 2 is not so much dodgy but it could be if you look too close!
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« Reply #105 on: March 15, 2012, 07:40:51 PM »
Lol at number 2, That's what i call recycling.  :cup:
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Re: Dodgy mods
« Reply #106 on: March 15, 2012, 07:57:33 PM »
Hey , that's Werner Kroll in his DC 3 camper ...

I had forgotten all about him .

He lives at Samford not far from me .

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It was then that fate stepped in and Bill Chater, a marine plumber, set about converting the remains into a campervan.

In a workshop beneath the Story Bridge, Bill  married the fuselage to an  International truck chassis in 1950.

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Re: Dodgy mods
« Reply #107 on: March 15, 2012, 08:06:02 PM »
In NZ'd we use to call the Mk1, Mk2, Mk3, Mk4

The Mk4 is ugly, still thinking of buying a Mk1 one day, had a Mk2 years ago, had a modded 6 with triple su's before I transplanted a 460 big block which I had in an XT falcon (was nice to be able to change the spark plugs without ripping the motor out) and got to drive my exs grand fathers mk3 zodiac around when w went back to NZ. Her uncle was Denny Hulme and Ford custom built it for him when he was racing F1 in England (so I was told). They were innovative cars for there times....or is that just the kiwi coming out in me.
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« Reply #108 on: March 15, 2012, 10:13:10 PM »
let the Rice begin


Are you sure you want to see what the Japanese do to their big vans ??

Well , here's one example .... ???.



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« Reply #109 on: March 15, 2012, 10:37:31 PM »
BaahahahaahH!!!!
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Re: Dodgy mods
« Reply #110 on: March 17, 2012, 12:07:05 PM »
What about the World's smallest Camper .... ( cutaway photo )


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« Reply #111 on: March 17, 2012, 01:36:11 PM »
What about the World's smallest Camper .... ( cutaway photo )




That's not a dodgy mod - that is WAY cool. What more do you need? ? ? ? ?

Maybe just make that shelf above the head a fold-up one or a bit shallower, could hurt in a wake up moment!
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« Reply #112 on: March 17, 2012, 08:57:53 PM »
HO spare me  >:D >:D
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« Reply #113 on: March 17, 2012, 09:03:07 PM »
This is a pretty dodgy mod :)

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Re: Dodgy mods
« Reply #114 on: March 17, 2012, 10:31:32 PM »
Now that has got to be dodgy, surely Speewa could have bean better painted on better than that. ;D

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Re: Dodgy mods
« Reply #115 on: March 18, 2012, 06:01:24 AM »
 :'( oh come on guys I was looking at doing something like that for the cape trip to save my paint work on the camper
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« Reply #116 on: March 18, 2012, 06:43:33 AM »
Why are the untalanted so crule about those of us that create things of wonder  ;D ;D
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« Reply #117 on: March 18, 2012, 07:43:22 AM »
That's not a dodgy mod - that is WAY cool. What more do you need? ? ? ? ?

Maybe just make that shelf above the head a fold-up one or a bit shallower, could hurt in a wake up moment!

Would love to see somebody try the Cape York run in something lime that. I wonder how far they would get.

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« Reply #118 on: March 18, 2012, 07:54:36 AM »
Would love to see somebody try the Cape York run in something lime that. I wonder how far they would get.

From memory you hit a couple of klm's of dirt road, not far from the Banana Farm when leaving Lakeland heading to Laura....... reckon that would see it done, or being a trike, it might be prone to a little lay down on its side once it started to get a swerve up from the corrugations ;D
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« Reply #119 on: March 18, 2012, 08:06:20 AM »
My Mudflap is designed to deflect the gibbers as ejected from the rear. Floats along at about 100mm off the ground at 100KM . Dose the job well .  :D
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« Reply #120 on: March 18, 2012, 08:18:52 AM »
My Mudflap is designed to deflect the gibbers as ejected from the rear. Floats along at about 100mm off the ground at 100KM . Dose the job well .  :D

Ahhhh, don't worry about those havin'a go at ya...... people get all wound up when they are jealous!..... I reckon it's a work of art..... if i could be so bold as to make a suggestion...... add some random strips of silver tape, some cable ties (of different thicknesses) and fencing wire...... this materials always give a certain abstract quality to otherwise already sensational creative projects. :cup:
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« Reply #121 on: March 18, 2012, 08:22:17 AM »
You think l know stuff nothing about Art well let me tell you " l know Stuff All " :-*   :cheers:
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« Reply #122 on: March 18, 2012, 09:03:18 AM »
All you need is a metal blade attached to the bottom and you could grade all the tracks you drive on :)
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Re: Dodgy mods
« Reply #123 on: March 18, 2012, 10:24:45 AM »
All you need is a metal blade attached to the bottom and you could grade all the tracks you drive on :)

Nah...........just swap the "P" and the "W"............. ;D
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« Reply #124 on: March 18, 2012, 10:25:49 AM »
Nah...........just swap the "P" and the "W"............. ;D

Well spotted ;D

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