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Some amazing pics there. That trail cut into the edge of the cliff is amazing! Looks like the USA is a must for us! It's great that you are getting to use your truck properly too. It must be a good feeling knowing all the hard work was worth it!

Done! I'll send you some pics over the next few days! :)

It was exactly the problem I had. The front 'pivot' as you say falls right in the middle of the gearbox. I guess it depends how far off road you plan to go in your truck... I ended up having the outer fixed pivots at the front, and 3 central pivots along the length of the chassis. It still...

This is an interesting topic... I'm no expert, but when I was twisting my chassis as I too have deployed the 'use the chassis as a subframe' method, I found the twist axis to be pretty central between the rails. With the pivot line above the chassis rails it puts the chassis and pivots under a...

Yeah, I know your truck is stuck there. Do you have a plan forming to get it home? I wonder why Costa Rica is such a set no for RHD. I'd have never found a LHD truck here unless I imported one... tho having looked at my cab in depth I could fit another wheel and pedals on the left! ;)

With the chassis twisted in an 'off road' position to the max amount I'd like it to travel before risking contacting the body, I then cut some twist stop templates, fabricated some RHS stops, and tacked them in place. There are 3 per side in line with the rear pivots. With pretty well...

As I had the truck running and mobile, I had another job that needed wrapping up before the body gets removed for paint. I had to test the twist, and get the chassis as twisted as much as it can be before the side skirts contact the body, then devise and make some chassis twist stops. The front...

The trusty little tractor is pressed into action again and gets the door and frame close enough to the hole for me to lift it into the truck. Next up was to weld it in place! The hole was even the right size!! With the frame properly welded in, I lifted an old floor board up onto the bed...

Over the last week I've been working on a rear door that will also have two double glazed opening windows. First pic is of the door frame and door closed. Next up is the view with the door open. Trying to find decent catches that can be opened from the inside only proved to be quite hard, as...

When do you plan to get it back here to OZ?

I'm curious now... What's under the green shaded out areas behind the Mog..? ;) Are you planning to build your body onto the tray, and then have it demountable? (you might have answered this earlier in the thread).. It'd be a great feeling having the cab all painted and back on. That's lots...

Hi Jon. I have seen documentaries about the Darien Gap, including a thing years ago where Land Rover managed to drive two new Range Rovers through it, backed by Series Land Rovers... Recon it was in the late 70's... However, I hadn't realised that it was still basically impassable by...

You are teasing us with those pics! Magic place. I've just added North Cascades NP to our visit list (though I'm not sure how I'm going to go getting an RHD truck into the USA on a TIP...). Apart from obvious border checks, is it fairly easy for you to just drive across borders into South...

And now every time I look at the back of the truck, I too see Star Wars!! Thanks!!! ;) Anyway, back to it. I have one space left under the rear of my 'Imperial Fighter' Overlander. I have had Chris at Abber Tanks in Queensland make a tank to my dimensions. Here it is. Here's the carrier I...

Yeah, lots of scenario's to try! She has to be able to do most things.

Hi Joe. So, there are 4 forklift mast carriage rollers on the rear of the chassis, and they are far enough apart that the mast can't bind. Today is the practise to see if my wife can get a wheel off and back on the rear carrier, so I'll post a few pics later of the antics that ensue, and...

Cheers! Just got to muster the energy to finish it!

With the truck out of the shed and turned around, I could also finally see the rear of it and see what it looked like. I could also try the rear wheel lift out properly.

So, he last week has been spent under our truck reconnecting all the airlines after I moved the air tanks several months back. It's a job Ive been putting off for ages, but now needed to happen as I want to be able to move the truck... I should have just done it all straight away but it was a...

It's more about having the power to pull out and overtake when needed. At the moment the truck is geared to do 95-100kph flat out with 220HP... If I gear it up to do 120-130kph flat out and cruise nicely at 90-100kph then I'll probably need 300hp to be able to do that comfortably and with...