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I doff my cap to your initative sir you are without doubt a visionary dash looks great although me thinks you might have to take to the rest of it with the armoral and a big dollop of elbow grease WRT the seats if memory serves me correct Doug Hackney has a nice set of air seats in his truck...

Just thought Id bring this one back to the top of the tree so Alan doesnt forget hes got a following for his BEIGE truck rebuild Alan its been a while since your last update your not losing interst are you ? or are you re considering the color scheme :wings: Has the dash come back from the...

Hey Ben If your looking for a set up to keep your deep cycle or house battery charged may I suggest a folding panel of reasonable size to suit your requirements was thinking about a static set up on mine until i realised id always have to park in the sun for it to work, say bye bye to cool shady...

Interesting concept. Although wouldnt it be easier to just start from scratch, after all it sounds like your just building a box on a flat bed I did it on my 649 in light guage steel - http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/73458-BY-REQUEST-MY-FG-SWB-(the-20-cent-tour) just the basics...

They're so pretty

WELCOME and happy birthday, theres nothing else id rather be doing than washing my truck then sitting back and having a coldie a cab chassis, youve got a lot of dreaming to do now and to help you along, think of this one simple sound KA CHING $$$$$$$$$$$$$ but its all worth it

G day Ben without van and in near perfect conditions I have got about 17 - 18 L/100 which is on par with a landcruiser what will make you smile though at Lake Argyle we came across a bloke with a 200 series sahara towing a very heavy van he was content returning 35 L / 100 from his big V8...

with van in tow i normaly stick to about 90 kph "mitsubishi canter speed", which in reality is about 83 kph without van its about 100 kph (mcs) or 91 to the rest of you refreshments on average it was 4 cans of beer per day for 184 days, thats 24 cases of beer (30's) or about $1080 in beer but...

just a few numbers from our little jaunt to Darwin Laden weight combination van and truck - 9 T Distance by road from Bunbury to Darwin - 4160Km Distance travelled by odometer - 12006 Fuel used - 2750 lt Fuel cost - $4468.40 Average - $1.63 per lt Economy = 22.9 L/100km - thats 38 cents per...

I dare say they're not unfortunatley nothing can protect an innocent machine against a dufus with a screwdriver my point was some sort of guard would be essential maybe not the air stopping flap but a mesh grille would do the trick the condensor is in a vunerable spot and could fall prey to junk...

As one who once accidentaly put a screw through a condenser on a patrol, once the hissing noise stops and the place is covered with bright green dye you then have to go through the pain of trying to find a replacement part, fitting it then paying some robbing so and so to vac the system down...

Its not beige, its not far off though when we gunna get some more build pics alan

7K for a turbo if your going to spend dollars GO BIG will cost a tad more than 7K but you could put the "CHEV 6.5" decals on the bottom of your doors how cool would that be :victory:

Darwin No nice pictures no pleasant vistas not yet anyway we still have to start our sightseeing tour of the top end On a sad note I started my first day of full time work today, only 18 months to go IM NOT SURE I LIKE IT dont know how you guys do this every day of the week

Katherine Gorge about 26K's out of town in the Nitmiluk National Park the only way to see the place is by boat or you can walk but its a bloody long way and all uphill

http://www.4wd1.com/steering-dampers.htm Ben its the XHD second one from the bottom if your going to get one give me a yell ill send you some pics of my install for inspiration

http://www.bestwaterfilters.com.au/ Turtle check out the BEST range of water filters its what i use to pump water up from all kinds of sources its got all kinds of filtering medium and so far i havent died from anything so it must work the provision of two seperate systems domestic and drinking...

G day Ben WRT the catfish, weve been eating snapper, bluebone and barra all the way up the coast my vote bluebone groper wins hands down for taste the truck, runs like a dream, but because of the constant head winds my fuel economy has dropped a tad to about the 20L / 100 mark maybe a tad worse...

Thanks John but unfortunatley soon it all comes to an end, once we hit Darwin its time to find a job and pay for the last 12 months I will be taking my camera with me as we travel the territory and want to try and get into Ahnem land although dont fancy my chances plus Ive seriously gotta do...

We made it out of WA alive not sure I can say the same thing about the territory between the border and Katherine (470K's) dam near got killed by 1 cow and 4 landcruiser drivers - not all at the same time