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Customising my smiley recovery truck!..the story so far!!

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Postby dc1984 » Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:21 pm

Any updates on this build?
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Postby bezzabsa » Wed Apr 03, 2013 8:08 pm

That would look wicked with a camper body sprayed to match!!!
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Re: Customising my smiley recovery truck!..the story so far!

Postby DieselRox » Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:02 pm

Been out of cirulation for a while with Pneumonia and im slowly coming back to life cough cough lol. So last week i started looking at my truck again, i had planned on going down the ally body route, but after some thought i decided i could not justify it just yet, i then looked at ripping the steel floor up and replacing it with ally chequer plate, but on close inspection the steel floor has been seriously hard welded to the frame, i decided i ran a risk of twisting the frame doing this so im just running with what ive got, its open deck so hope its not to bad and im going to get some ally ramps folded and i will fab these at home. I will get it all weighed when its finsihed and go from there.
So here are some more pictures of my progress last week and today
Here is the body in high build primer.
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And painted black, we used stone chip for the chequer plate then painted over with 2 k black gloss to match the cab as per rest of body
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Then today we got the body back on my truck :D .... finally!!!
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I cut a section out for my ally lock box i have waiting to be fitted. this will go in here(i hope :) )
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More pics to follow!!
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Postby robbie.cee » Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:23 pm

sooo awesome! :mrgreen:
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Postby dc1984 » Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:14 am

Fantastic work mate
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Postby vanmanloki » Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:25 pm

Awesome dude 8)
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Postby BigMonty » Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:50 pm

its worth breaking down just to see that coming to recover me. 8)
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Re: Customising my smiley recovery truck!..the story so far!

Postby DieselRox » Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:06 pm

Hi All, thanks for all the comments! Im still off work so being getting some more done to the truck this last week. Got the seats over to the trimmers for the leather fit,gotto wait a few weeks for them to come back. I fitted the locker box(some where to put my bait!! :lol: :lol: :D ), the LED light bar, though i need a sparky to wire this up for me, and took the battery tray out of my donner van and modified, painted then fit, plus loads od snagging jobs, got the air suspension reconected to though i syill need to test this next week, needs a wash and polish, maybe a light rubdown and machine polish if i can convince my paint mate to come back for fun lol.
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Here is some pictures of my doner van, many parts available still, ive taken lights etc an put them on ebay.If you are in need off parts give me a shout on here.
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Postby hugger » Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:14 am

coming on mate looks dam tidy :wink:
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Postby pagan86 » Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:49 pm

Well in mate, looking good
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Postby Luke » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:26 pm

is that plate real :shock: :?: 8)

looking really good - wheels will finish it off 8) 8)
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Postby Munster Boy » Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:06 pm

classy truck 8)
love the RS bumper & quad lights, how much work is involved in modifying the bumber to fit?
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Postby Rumble bee » Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:22 pm

Looks good, I think it needs some green on the bed though, to tie it together :?:
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Postby AlanN » Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:34 pm

I was thinking the same, but shes looking real fine, especially with a nice bit of bling 8)
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Postby Luke » Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:40 pm

as much as i like euroliners i think alloys would suit this better :idea: 8) - if it was mine i'd fit the 5 stud mk5 hubs of the donor (keep your brakes) but get the studs redrilled to mk6 14mm (same as a 3500kg mk6) then fit a mk6 single rear wheel 3500kg back axle
then you could fit 16" transit alloys and legal tyres - it would look great on sportvan alloys but i doubt without the twin rear wheels you could get 18" tyres to be rated high enough for the weight :D
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