Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:42 pm
I don't know if this counts as cool, but this is the current toy I tow with my Astro:
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Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:49 pm
Need more info on that muzzy! Very cool.
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 5:08 pm
Darn right that's cool. I would go so many places and have so much fun with that thing.
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:04 am
thats definitely not a stock smart cabriolet. what are the specs on it? looks like an awesome trail buggy.
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:36 pm
definatly not stock. Just a body mod to another vehicle?? or???
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:01 pm
Thanks, it is a lot of fun, built it really for me and my son to go wheelin' in, don't have the kind of trails over here that most of you guys do .... 
I guess it's kind of a body over, felt like a lot more work than that though. I started off with a wrecked Smart Roadster, lengthened some Suzuki Jimny main rails and threw in some Jimny axles, a 1.6i tracker engine and auto 'box, hi-lo transfer box and a lot of work. The biggest problem was getting the chassis rails up into the shell enough to look right but still keep the engine under the hood line (Smart engine was in the rear!) Wanted to make it look as 'factory' as possible. Lot of fab work, new trans tunnel, bulkhead, transfer box tunnel, cooling system, cut down dash and heater box, wiring loom, suspension pickups, mounts, winch bumper etc. etc. I won't bore you with the rest. Painted it in my single garage with rattle cans. (good job the panels all come off!)
Anyway, hear's a couple more little pics, don't want to hog the thread.
Cheers
Neil
I guess it's kind of a body over, felt like a lot more work than that though. I started off with a wrecked Smart Roadster, lengthened some Suzuki Jimny main rails and threw in some Jimny axles, a 1.6i tracker engine and auto 'box, hi-lo transfer box and a lot of work. The biggest problem was getting the chassis rails up into the shell enough to look right but still keep the engine under the hood line (Smart engine was in the rear!) Wanted to make it look as 'factory' as possible. Lot of fab work, new trans tunnel, bulkhead, transfer box tunnel, cooling system, cut down dash and heater box, wiring loom, suspension pickups, mounts, winch bumper etc. etc. I won't bore you with the rest. Painted it in my single garage with rattle cans. (good job the panels all come off!)
Anyway, hear's a couple more little pics, don't want to hog the thread.
Cheers
Neil
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:06 pm
It looks really good. What kind of differentials and transfer box did you use?
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:58 am
Diffs are lower ratio Jimny Automatic ones. Original transfer was a stock Jimny, current one is an SJ410/Samurai hybrid that gives me a pretty much standard high range and about an 80% reduction in low range.
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:30 pm
Outstanding, Muzzy! I'd drive that in a heartbeat!
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:59 pm
I always liked this one...
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/JebBlanchard.htm
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/JebBlanchard.htm
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:50 pm
Oh, don't worry, that counts as COOL! Luv it!muzzy5.0 wrote:I don't know if this counts as cool
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:21 pm
How do the automatic diffs work?
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:45 pm
Really like that, I've always been one for ticking off the purists !!! Bet that gets 'em going at the MG owners club.... suicide doors too! Anybody done that on an Astro?doyoulikeithere wrote:I always liked this one...
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/JebBlanchard.htm
Guess you've gotta know what tunes you want to listen to before you set off.
Sorry, talking at cross purposes there. The diffs are out of an Jimny with an auto trans, standard open diffs, just with a lower ratio. She gets around tighter without a locker.timelessbeing wrote:How do the automatic diffs work?
I normally bug out before the car does !
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 9:24 am
Re: Other cool vehicles
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:58 pm
Really cool form of independent suspension in the Pinzgauer.
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