Hello H.A.M.B Been lurking here for what seems like years , Been wanting a COE since I was a kid really finally got one Day it arrived at my workshop . some big 7.5 tonne axles on it with air brakes etc , all gonna come off and make a 4 link rear, custom front arms on bags , kool engine been slung in it though , Bentley Turbo R 6.75L with a TH400 , should move it along alright , will stick some more progress photos later , Anyways Hello from Wales , UK , Regards Gary
Congratulations! Looks like it is in great shape. Lots of collective knowledge here and on FTE. Regards, Mark.
Will bring this up to date with whats been done so far , with some photos and stuff , True to the sellers word he throw a copy of boxes in the cab that came with the truck when he got it in 2011 , I went trough them just before i left tonight and am so happy with what i found These emblems weren't in any of the photos i had of the truck before i brought it and have been trying to find a set for sale to no avail. Gave the cab a good clean today and cut back the original paint and brought it back to life a bit and gave it a coat of wax, painted the bonnet badge, found a kool label on the back of the seat from the garage it was sold from , just up the road from where my 240z is from funnily, free'd up all the window and lock mech's also the front fresh air flap in the scuttle ,
Did a but of CAD for the cmper pod back polished up the old badges brought some bits for the Bentley engine = Not cheap Strider the cat approves though got it into the work shop to start the work got all the front off
bit more CAD for the back mock up ew screws and I have the mock up ribs set up for now, may need to tweak the rad, drop it down a bit, but not to bad
A bit more water jet cutting and CAD to mock up the rear 4 link , may notch the ch***is to go lower or Z it , may not , think its low enough for me , bags should give around 8" lift , Any advise or idea's gladly taken , I'm in the UK so not to many COE builds over here , Think that's up to date now , working on airbag mounts for the rear now , then can finish of the CAD for the fron arms and stuff Cheers Gary
I don't need to convert to RHD in the UK , some people do though ,but it has never bothered me being LHD,
bit more done , it goes up and down now bit more work mounting the shocks then i can tke it all apart , fully weld and give it a cot of pint , then onto the front
about time I updated this , the front suspension is all built and on , it now does this plans changed a bit from the airstream back for now as I need something to drag my hill climb car around So been cracking on with building a bed for the back to
here's the bed I fab'd up on the back, sort of a 53-55 F100 bed but scaled up to suit the size of the truck and should be just big enough to carry my car to, some side lockers in there to hide the air tank and room for tools and stuff Bed by Gary Man posted Jan 3, 2022 at 10:16 AM DSC_3583 by Gary Man posted Jan 3, 2022 at 10:23 AM also made up an exhaust with a cut out and a handbrake mech coz didn't have one DSC_3287 by Gary Man posted Jan 3, 2022 at 10:30 AM DSC_3517 by Gary Man posted Jan 3, 2022 at 10:30 AM
that's weird will have a look at the settings, think it was the permission settings , cant seem to upload phots to a post anymore so had to upload them to the gallery should be ok now ?
https://youtube.com/shorts/8wvTH4wyuEc?feature=share After 673 days it runs , fought me all the way but it now runs !
been a while here's some up to date pic's got my old home made bender out and starting making a canvas tilt for the back got some old army Bedford RL truck canvas , doesn't fit to bad , Also the Bentley Turbo engine has been refusing to run properly so got a Ozzie 351C and C4 to go through and stick in as a last resort so i can get it out and use it this summer
Ozzie 351? From Australia? That must have been one helluva shipping price tag. Great to see the progress! Bentley or Ford, I'm sure you'll be driving it this year.
Thanks I hope so. the truck is nearly there now , but its only the engine that's holding it back really, The 351C was already here in the UK lucky enough from a Falcon XE the got broke from rust a few years ago, Got offered it and thought it would be a bit deferent, its got the Ozzie 2V quench heads to
The Cleveland and C4 are now all rebuilt and all fitted and it now works after 3 years of building I finally drove it down the road for the first time , and nothing fell off still got a list of all the little jobs to finish off but now it drives thats a m***ive motivation to get them all done , https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum.../5194617-5a6a11c2cdaa882ed655d7f8488e9fad.mp4 https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum.../5194615-196d8588e7b7d2db2d75f4948b45b6ae.mp4
Been a while since I update this so here's a few photos from the Annual Pendine Sands VHRA Hotrod event a few weekends ago, Ended up changing out the front clip to a P30 one as was unhappy with the steering lock and found one over here for decent price, engine is all run it now and feels strong, even took it to GoodWood motor circuit for RetroRides show last month, Pendine VHRA 2024 by Gary Man posted Jul 2, 2024 at 10:18 AM Pendine VHRA 2024 by Gary Man posted Jul 2, 2024 at 10:18 AM Pendine VHRA 2024 by Gary Man posted Jul 2, 2024 at 10:18 AM Pendine VHRA 2024 by Gary Man posted Jul 2, 2024 at 10:18 AM Pendine VHRA 2024 by Gary Man posted Jul 2, 2024 at 10:18 AM Trucks now done 1750 miles & It's great fun driving it around, A few more jobs to do but gonna save them until winter and just run it about for Summer and enjoy it, Might change the diff ratio to get the RPM down on the motorway but apart from that is going alright so far
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