Blimmey thats some serious work you've put in there, well done. Actually looking through your photos has given me some much needed inspiration to get that last stage of my traveller finished.
Keep up the good work.
The LCV's have a different type of arches you could use, probably mean welding a bit back in on the cut side but then you can always put the outer arch lower down than the inner, for styling as the wheel doesn't come anywhere near it. Have a look here to see what I mean...
Measure from the top of the tyre up 5 inches and set that as the hight. The bumpstops do actually get used on a standard car when potholes and speed bumps are involved. Thinking about it, there is qute a lot of space above the wheel that you could loose.
If you plan to keep it when finished...
Depends if you plan on lowering the ride hight? Not advised in my experiance, been there done that, raised it again.
Also depends on the weight difference between the original traveller and the new back end. Quite a lot of travel though.
Are you asking to know what hight to put different...
Cool project, i've seen this done very badly using a trav before, but it's real nice to see your doing this properly and making a proper looking pickup rear end, should be real smart when finished, I like it. I've owned, restored and modified moggies for the past 10 years now. The van / pickup...
Hello all,
I've been mig welding for years. Restoring and modifying old classic british recks is my hobby, usually Morris 1000's. I found this site a while back and through searching around found information that has not only improved my welds, but made it more enjoyable by being easier to...