The buggy with no name

[Henry]

This is a bit of a spin off from my V8 fiat panda project.

Decided that i now want a winch truck sort of thing Lets see what evolves from my shed, and my scrap pile

Chassis pushed into the workshop. (200tdi)




Followed by the removal of the fuel tank for a quick gas axe session





I have started by cutting 10" out of the chassis.

Pics









Made the inserts for the chassis.

In True Welsh farmer pikey style.... they used to be part of this...












A hour of cleaning, lining up, measuring, then measuring again got me where i wanted it....

Then a good day on the welder later and we have this...









Followed by a 200tdi and box. all bolted in.




Next jobs,


Fit pedal box
shorten rear prop
build floor
plan cage


Henry

[mayhemmiller]

loking smart so far can't wait to see where you go with it

[Brooem]

Why not front and rear steer it? God knows how mind!

[turbo-tom]

Why not front and rear steer it? God knows how mind!

maybe hydro steer aswell

[Henry]

Well a bit more done today!

Been so busy recently, i planned to do the underbody protection before the cage went on, but sadly never got round to it!

The day came where i was booked into see Guss at http://www.uptotheaxles.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Myself, Guss and Kev managed to knock the bulk of the cage together, and i must admit i love it, and take my hat of to the both of them!

Ill let the pics do the talking...





















Next job will be to rip out the stand that seat was put on, build some rock sliders and a bulk head.

[turbo-tom]

so no fiat panda body shell ?

[Henry]

No, but i might have the panda bonet and grill on it

[Henry]

Done a bit more today over lunch

put the top of the bulk head in




And mounted the pedals, but not quite happy with them so when i have an extra pair of hands, ill try and move them back a bit.


Henry

[ScottieJ]

Any progress Henry?

[Henry]

Funnily enough scott yes there has been some progress


Bought 2 lengths of pipe from FWB (coed poeth) and they sent me the wrong ones! I only found this out as i was bending the front wings! Not happy. So one length went back and i decided to use the other. It looks a bit crap but you will never see it once the pannles and bonnet are on

Myself and Kev bent the front, and put that into position. Fitted the pedal box into its final position. Took the steering out of the fiat panda (before i scrapped it) and cut that around to make it all fit nicely in!

Following this i put all the pipes on for the radiator, turbo and intercooler; Throttle cable went in along with the fuel filter and oil cooler pipes.


Not many pics but this is how it stood yesterday








Might get chance to do the brace in the roof of the cage today, see how time goes. Henry