It sure is, or the 10th time round!

We fly out on 27th April at 0230am....

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"Not Speeding Officer..........Qualifying"

All the best my friend,god speed and have fun

Cheers Hallsey

A bit more work done last week, got the old subframe out and put the
new one in ,got one side of the suspension in









Hope to have it rolling tomorrow

Cheers Hallsey

nice work, Hallsey....

Sure looks easier with the front off!

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-James.

Toyota 4EFTE Powered Minivan.
102 Kw @ The Front Wheels....Oh What a Feeling!

Another Masterpiece from the House of Hallsey!!

I doff my topper to you sir!!

Cheers,
Tricky

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"Not Speeding Officer..........Qualifying"

Should that be "From the Hall of Hallsey"?

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-James.

Toyota 4EFTE Powered Minivan.
102 Kw @ The Front Wheels....Oh What a Feeling!

Na from the man cave

Cheers Hallsey

Or as my wife calls it "Man Land"

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Well we hav'nt touched the car for about a month as i have been working
on the other mini

Got a fair bit done today, as you will see by the pics the van is no longer
a van

I have always wanted a ute and when we decided to build a hillclimb car
the extra length of the van would suit,then i thought a ute would look tuff
so here we go

First we measured up the roof and decided where we would cut the roof
after setting the seats up and making plenty of room for my lanky legs



Stripped the back windows out and took the barn doors off



We welded the frame hoop in



Then we sliced the end of the rear quarters out one at a time and put the
top brace in,we didnt want the slopping forward van rear end so we are
having it flat which i think looks much better



After welding both braces in it was time to cut off the roof



Out with the trusty plasma and away we go







I cut just below the window line so we can use the window opening for
the rear window





Wolla A ute







A couple of shots of the motor






Cheers Hallsey & Dave

Wow! That is a brave step to take.

Yep no turning back now

Cheers Hallsey

It looks like you are going right way about it.

I like.

As I was reading through I thought I'd have to tell you to wedge the rear out so it would be vertical like the real utes but then I saw you had already thought about it , such a good idea, it makes them look so much better.
Are you concerned about rigidity of a ute or the lighter rear end?

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.

I love it, I love it, I love it.

Perfect proportions with the lengthened cab and vertical back end.
Can't wait to see it finished!

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-James.

Toyota 4EFTE Powered Minivan.
102 Kw @ The Front Wheels....Oh What a Feeling!

Hi kennomini
Yeah looks much better,not concerned about the ridgidity
once the roll cage goes in, i'm building it into the tray area and having it cross braced, as for the rear end we'll put some big arse camber brackets
and a bag of concrete

Hey James i promise to put the angle grinder away when you come down

Cheers Hallsey