Johny5's stealth camper van

[Johny5]

I couldn't begin to imagine doing an ifs conversion . The solid axle swap is pretty straight forward.

 

[Johny5]

Got a the radius arm mounts welded on and started on the 4wd shifter.

 

[david.lemke]

I am likeing

 

[guidolyons]

I thought this was the stealth van?:elkgrin:
That's some serious Bling-Bling!:sombrero:

 

[david.lemke]

hows the build going?????
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havnt heard back from you on the pm I sent

 

[Johny5]

Getting a little closer , got the rear diff installed and drive shaft and brake lines in. Just waiting on the track bar mount and a couple small pieces and it will be closer to done .

 

[Johny5]

Here's a few more pics .
Got out and did a little wheeling yesterday and almost rolled but some how didn't .


Got the shock mounts welded in last week too .

Picked up an adjustable track bar and needed to make up a tool to make adjustments



This is a pic with the weight of the van back on the spring with a 35 inch tire I had lying around .


This is how I narrowed the ford perches to fit chevy springs . You could buy new perches easy enough but I just milled them down.

 

[DzlToy]

Buggy pics and specs? You don't see too many moon buggies, now that everyone wants a bouncer or U4. Kind of reminds me of the lime green centipede from the mid 90's.

 

[Johny5]

Here's the build thread for the buggy . It is a 90s Honda (acura integra ) front wheel drive engine and transaxle turned sideways
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/gene...ohny5s-single-seat-transaxle-buggy-build.html

 

[DzlToy]

I remember reading that when you were bulding it. Don't read the PBB anymore, but I will blow the dust off your thread for you.

 

[Johny5]

Got a bit more done tonight . Got the shifter made roughly how I want it . Will need a slight bend to clear things.




I was waiting on a couple pieces to come from plasma cutting . These were tricky to make with the contours of the frame but buddy got them almost perfect on the first try



Also got my transmission mount back in for the final time . It would be super easy to make this mount with out the bends , if I had made the end plates lower . It uses the factory bolts to hold it in place

Couple pics of the track bar mount





This pic shows what I did to be able to put a support bearing on the end of the sector shaft to help ease any load on the steering box
That tall nut on the right of the pic goes on the end of the sector shaft into a bearing

 

[guidolyons]

I'm diggin' the steering box support bearing. It might be the angle of the pic, but is there enough room to get the pitman arm on there?Is the notch wide enough or do you have to loosen the PS box to get the pitman arm on?

The track bar mount is :sombrero:

 

[Johny5]

The pitman arm will come off right now till I tighten it up and need to get a puller in there . It's 3 easy to get to bolts to loosen the box if I need to get a puller in there. Re vamped the shifter to get a boot onto it . I had an old honda CV shaft with good boots I cleaned up for a nice sealed shifter . I should of just bought a new one for the time it took to clean ,there cheap enough

 

[Pest]

One of the first projects was to replace the seats . I always like leather or even vinyl seats over the cloth . I'm usually dirty from work and wheeling .
Made up a swivel passenger seat base and got all the power seats working (had to remove the seat computer for drivers memory )

How's that swivel working out for you? Looks great! It looks so much better than the discount vans swivel people have been using.

Would you consider building and selling them? :sombrero:

 

[Johny5]

I'm pretty happy with the swivel seat base and I'm planing on making a couple up to sell ,probably early October at this point.