di0n Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 About two years ago I bought a 1979 B1600. The floor, pillars, doors and anything else made of steel was rusty. It was running but the brakes were non existent. A few months later I bought a 1982 B2200 diesel ute. It had no motor or box but the brakes were working fine and the cab was in reasonable nick. (No pics of this one sorry) I stripped the cab off the chassis and started rebuilding it. Turns out the cab was worse than expected, but 6 months later it was painted and ready to go back on the chassis. While i was bolting things back together I was offered a pink stickered 1980 B2000. It was lowered on 17s with new shocks etc. So after some negotiating I bought that too. I stripped the cab off, bolted my good cab on and am just in the process of getting it warrented. Heres some pics:- My 1st ute Rusty floor Cab painted and back on chassis I resprayed the white rims and got smaller tyres Look much better than before My latest purchase Had to try the little wheels on it. This is it now. Ive had to remove the big wheels because the wof guys wont pass it with them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
di0n Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Ok so I had forgotten I even had a project thread. Thought I better update it. Heres a couple of pics of what it looked like shortly before it blew up 1 year ago... Need some wider wheels for the back coz these sit way out from the chassis. I've since bought a MX5 B6ZE engine for it. Gearbox bolted in sweet as. Just made up some mounts... Gearbox in Original mounts New mounts Side view My brothers sussing out the wiring. Dunno how he does it... Another engine pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
di0n Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 Ok so the engine and box are mounted. Sorry about photos, shed was really dark. Fuel is now hooked up, running prelude external pump. Gearbox has moved forward an inch so I'm having a driveshaft spacer made up today. My brother seems to think he can get the wiring done by the end of the week (fingers crossed)... Things left to do: Hook clutch up Cut gearshift hole bigger Put blocks in rear and shorten front springs Build an exhaust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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