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61 split ute

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A while back my mate Bruce called me an told me about 2 splitty utes in Ararat, an asked if I wanted one, they were really bad rust wise an basically it was just a cabin with a good roof and a back piece, the chassis was rusted thru and it came in two pieces. I have a chassis jig that I made using a chassis that Cooper lent me, so here is what I have done
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Tried to get a bay window irs to work but could not get it to work properly, I wanted it low and also want the tyres to be narrower that what the bay window ends up being. So I bought a whole 944 rear set up , and swapped out the tortion housing,and raised it up about 20mm, then made a chassis to join it all back together
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Rear piece sat back on and started to join it all back up
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Love your work buddy
Thanks for posting your latest project
Look forward to watching this build
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Last couple of days I have been welding the chassis back together, bit of overkill on the tube size, and bracing, and got it to roll out of my shed today
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So plan is, Porsche 4 wheel disc brake, tub the front, raise the beam into the chassis, 2.1 waterboxer engine, heater and air con. I told Brad it was going to be OG paint but I don't think there will be anything left, so SWR, and hoops an tarp. Ian
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dam fine work there mate :)
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You’re sick in the head.....I like it.
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Very cool!
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That's awesome work :D
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That’s awesome
it’s got nuffin to do wiv yer “vor sprung Durch technic” ya know!
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Looking great Ian. My 62 is still available for reference measurements if needed, although it looks like your past that now.
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:shock: smashing it out Ian. Looking killer :twisted:
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Great work, love it
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Some of the work you folks on here can produce blows my mind.
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