mk1 bullnose crew cab project

[JustTrying]

Bit of a 'blood bath' but that looks a useful mod. Gives good access into the rear for tools. Was the access between the seats before?
I have a crew cab hilux (4 door) that the rear seats fold up into the rear of the cab giving an open storage area. Nobody has sat on the rear seats. Only ever used for tools and materials.
Are you fitting the window in the door to match the offside?
The side doors can have a buffer fitted to the wing to prevent damage as the doors fold right back against the body.
If you shorten the rear door this buffer would need to be on the passenger door. May need that area strengthening/supporting to avoid a dent.
I am not sure if a door stay is available for the standard side access doors.

[oldskooler]

Bit of a 'blood bath' but that looks a useful mod. Gives good access into the rear for tools. Was the access between the seats before?
I have a crew cab hilux (4 door) that the rear seats fold up into the rear of the cab giving an open storage area. Nobody has sat on the rear seats. Only ever used for tools and materials.
Are you fitting the window in the door to match the offside?
The side doors can have a buffer fitted to the wing to prevent damage as the doors fold right back against the body.
If you shorten the rear door this buffer would need to be on the passenger door. May need that area strengthening/supporting to avoid a dent.
I am not sure if a door stay is available for the standard side access doors.

originally the double passenger seat tilted forward for access to the rear seat same as a 2 door car, but that wasnt going to cut it for me.....

im actually blanking off the window on the drivers side to match the door.....my mates mk2 crew cab is done this way and i like how it looks...

yep, i think ill manage to fit some sort of check strap to the side door rather than fit a buffer outside all going well..

[oldskooler]

Wow that's brave!! looks good though. Be interested to see the detail of fitting the engine you are looking at for it.

yep, it was a case of sticking with it once the first cut was made lol!!

the engine conversion will be straight forward enough, as im using the svo plate, flywheel and exhaust manifolds from a 2.9 mk3 ambulance so i can bolt up the mt75 box to the late bug eye scorpio 2.9 lump with no issues...a mk3 gearbox crossmember will bolt in with a small mod, leaving just a pair of engine mounts to be made up.....i actually have a pair of factory mk3 2.9 engine mounts also, but id need to mod the chassis legs to take mk2/mk3 mount carrier brackets to use them, so id rather keep the mint mk1 diesel carriers and fabricate a pair of mounts to work with them instead i think...

[oldskooler]

ive also been making pretty good progress with the right hand drive conversion....


















ive decided to run a mk2 transit loom so i can have column mounted controls to make it a bit more practical......ive had the column cowlings on along with the switches and they dont look too much out of place....

i upgraded to a blade type fuse box that will mount up on the kick panel and modded the loom to work with the original mk1 dash clocks....got it all laid out on the floor and everything tested ok....

















so thats the loom more or less ready to drop in after the cab is painted....out in the engine bay the headlight looms could do with shortening a bit but that will be easy to do later....

[samedog11]

At this rate it will be ready for next summer. What colour are you thinking of?

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[Chug]

Nice! Are you gonna graft the red side with the window opening you cut out onto the cut down side door?

[oldskooler]

At this rate it will be ready for next summer. What colour are you thinking of?

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yep, im gonna keep the push on through the winter anyway, and who knows, i might get to launch it next summer!!

for a colour, im thinking something period like the dark navy they used to come in, or maybe a green in the old castrol shade, something like that....

[oldskooler]

Nice! Are you gonna graft the red side with the window opening you cut out onto the cut down side door?

the plan is to blank off the window on the right hand side, same as my mates mk2 crew cab which i like the look of...

[oldskooler]

been a while since ive posted an update, but ive been making some progress....

after a lot of sizing up we got the side door narrowed and trial fitted...will need a bit of fettling on the hinges but im happy to say its worked out well...














ive also got another big part of this build sorted in the last week, making the trip to sapcote commercials in birmingham to collect the bespoke beavertail body i had them make for me.......

a mate also needed a body for a mk2 transit he is building so we got a good deal on the two bodies....i have to say im very happy with the look of it and cant wait to get it sized up on the truck so i can figure out the exact amount ill stretch the chassis and locate the axle etc....its also nice and light,....just over 200 kgs

the body is roughly the same overall width as the body on my mk3 truck, but it tapers in at the front so it will be flush with the sides of the mk1 cab....it was great to be able to spec the size i wanted.....












still a long road ahead, but getting there slowly!!

[Luke]

nice and light probably still have more payload than a modern transit would