45 Troopy - rebuild

[Mark Auer]

 
What are you saying about Oupa wees! 

[Jonathan Tee]

an adventure drive may be needed!

That gets my vote 

[John Taylor]

Picked this up from Kempton Park today. The rust is really, really bad. Will need a genius to resurrect this - rechristening this Rusty from here on in.

Plan is still to fully restore the cab and modify this onto an 80 series carb frame.

I have a donor 80 which actually runs like a champ so that side is sorted, just need to see whether Rusty can be fixed

I am appealing for help if anyone has spare bits of metal (cabs, bonnets) from 45/47 bakkies which i can use as donor metal and any general thoughts

Engine runs strong but will be going to a farm bakkie I have

Assuming there is a way forward here i also thought it would be interesting to keep tabs on the costs of the build to see just how much this bankrupts me. So far I have:

Cost of Rusty:                  R25k
Cost of 80 series GX carb: R38k (fully on the road and running beautifully - also a bit rusty)
Cost of transport:             R4.5k

Happy to hear all thoughts and advice

[Jonathan Tee]

Glad you have it, now the work begins

[Theo Marx]

Congrats ! 

[Adolf Hüster]

  On your build up! 

[John Taylor]

Its been ages since i got this but the vehicle is now stripped and the rust is pretty terrifying.

In order for this to work i am going to need a complete donor cab from another 45 bakkie. If anyone knows where i might find one with only limited rust please let me know. I need pretty much everything except doors but would be happy with any bits and pieces

[Rudi Hinze]

Are you still going to put the cab on an 80 chassis?

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[Adolf Hüster]

45's are getting really scarce, but often driving around through different car dealer areas might help to spot one. Unfortunately they all want top dollars, even for a very bad one.

[John Taylor]

Rudi - Plan is still to put it on the 80 series base. I have already recycled the troopy engine and other bits into a farm diesel which i am going to sell to my dad

Adolf - too true about top dollar. If it comes to that though i will have to cough up but i really need to find the under seat fuel tank so that i can get the diesel off to the farm (and raise some cash)

[Rudi Hinze]

Thanks John. Do you intend to use the chassis once the swop is done?

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[John Taylor]

Hi Rudi, I am using the 45 chassis, engine etc to build a farm bakkie. I'm looking for a cab and it may be the case that i have to buy a full vehicle to get one; in which case i will let you know

[Rudi Hinze]

Thanks John! Will appreciate it. There's a guy in Memel collecting rough Cruisers and selling the spares/vehicles. Look on junkmail and you should find him. A relatively rust free cab you won't find easily, equally so front fenders. Good luck!

I have an itch to make a toy J4 Cruiser with a big engine, huge tyres and strong US diffs so I can actually play with one instead of keeping the ones I have clean.

Ironically, I have all the bits needed apart from a chassis. Contemplated making a full tube frame jobbie too so may end up doing so if I don't find a chassis.

Something like this (apart from the colour):



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