svenmate
28th September 2010, 07:41 PM
This thread is picture heavy so I shall let them do most of the talking.
I bought it as a standard st141 with the intention of making it a mint daily. So I lowered it an inch or so, put some 14x7s on it and then, sadly, it got defected 3 days after for 'too low'.
Defect. Bummer. So I made it low low (because I could) and drove it as shown below for a few days until the defect ran out.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53927.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53928.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53929.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53930.jpg
I was uncertain of it's future and tried to sell it, but didn't want to get rid of it. It was then that one of my best mates offered to give it a home on his farm, just an hour from where we live.
I couldn't pass it up :)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53931.jpg
It resided on the farm for a few weeks until we had holidays and time to play. During which, we decided to do something different with it, something that not many people do, something that would be fun, something that would be cool on many levels. Like.. make it a ute?
So we did.
With the help of Kieran (Squish_m8), My brother - Carl (Tbone) and myself, we began work..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53932.jpg
Kieran hard at work :)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53933.jpg
We began by removing the interior and boot
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53934.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53935.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53936.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53937.jpg
Was a lot of interior to remove :)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53938.jpg
All done
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53939.jpg
Next, we drew the straightest line in the world.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53940.jpg
Dun dun dun dun dun dun BZZZZ
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53941.jpg
And so the fun began :)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53942.jpg
Bzz
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53943.jpg
Not sure who this is but damn is he sexy.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53944.jpg
Convertable
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53946.jpg
Mwa ahaha
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53947.jpg
And then a bit of touching up..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53948.jpg
And.. its getting there
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53949.jpg
Since the rear had no vertical support a cage was in order..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53950.jpg
Nah, just kidding. We found some steel lying around.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53951.jpg
With a comfy couch..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53952.jpg
and a rear brace..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53953.jpg
Featuring my quality welding..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53954.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53955.jpg
And then we took it for a burn :D
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53956.jpg
Isn't it beautiful?
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53957.jpg
Plenty of room, comfortable and great airconditioning.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53958.jpg
I bought it as a standard st141 with the intention of making it a mint daily. So I lowered it an inch or so, put some 14x7s on it and then, sadly, it got defected 3 days after for 'too low'.
Defect. Bummer. So I made it low low (because I could) and drove it as shown below for a few days until the defect ran out.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53927.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53928.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53929.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53930.jpg
I was uncertain of it's future and tried to sell it, but didn't want to get rid of it. It was then that one of my best mates offered to give it a home on his farm, just an hour from where we live.
I couldn't pass it up :)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53931.jpg
It resided on the farm for a few weeks until we had holidays and time to play. During which, we decided to do something different with it, something that not many people do, something that would be fun, something that would be cool on many levels. Like.. make it a ute?
So we did.
With the help of Kieran (Squish_m8), My brother - Carl (Tbone) and myself, we began work..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53932.jpg
Kieran hard at work :)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53933.jpg
We began by removing the interior and boot
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53934.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53935.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53936.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53937.jpg
Was a lot of interior to remove :)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53938.jpg
All done
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53939.jpg
Next, we drew the straightest line in the world.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53940.jpg
Dun dun dun dun dun dun BZZZZ
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53941.jpg
And so the fun began :)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53942.jpg
Bzz
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53943.jpg
Not sure who this is but damn is he sexy.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53944.jpg
Convertable
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53946.jpg
Mwa ahaha
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53947.jpg
And then a bit of touching up..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53948.jpg
And.. its getting there
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53949.jpg
Since the rear had no vertical support a cage was in order..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53950.jpg
Nah, just kidding. We found some steel lying around.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53951.jpg
With a comfy couch..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53952.jpg
and a rear brace..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53953.jpg
Featuring my quality welding..
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53954.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53955.jpg
And then we took it for a burn :D
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53956.jpg
Isn't it beautiful?
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53957.jpg
Plenty of room, comfortable and great airconditioning.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/7/4/53958.jpg