Forum: Building Your Own
03-23-2020, 07:53 PM
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Update.
Sent in my app to the state with a check last November. I included several photos of the truck, sides, rear, front and even though not required, I sent in photos with the conversion as it sits, ie,...
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Forum: Building Your Own
01-01-2020, 10:41 AM
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Progress: pass through and rear bench revised
I removed the rear 2/3 bench bottom that folds and the one piece bench back that covers the full width.
This left a driver side single fold up seat only.
I modified the rear seat back by...
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Forum: Building Your Own
06-15-2018, 09:29 PM
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Update.
Seriously? Its June already?
Not much progress.
Found a broken wheel speed sensor, hope that fixes the ABS light.
Found a bad alternator, rebuild was cheap. Adding a third battery for truck as...
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Forum: Building Your Own
02-02-2018, 10:10 PM
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Brophy
Did you get the aluminum tread plate design, or, the solid aluminum with the anti-friction black appliqué?
The latter looks a little nicer, but may not be as durable. Very close in $$.
I'm not...
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Forum: Building Your Own
02-02-2018, 08:41 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
02-02-2018, 02:35 PM
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Steps...
I like those!
Not sure how or where they store. Will try and google image those and find the source as well.
By the way, looking at RV Electric Landing Gears.... I think one under each ramp...
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Forum: Building Your Own
01-31-2018, 05:30 PM
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Pass Through
Some questions, if anyone is following....
1) The bottom section of the wood walls where I cut the Pass Through had water damage. Obviously the walls were sitting in water, and wicked it up.
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Forum: Building Your Own
01-31-2018, 05:18 PM
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Long weekend, Pass Through.
Spent several hours on the project this weekend.
Regrets:
1) Wish I had more carefully examined the truck box to see what the material was made of for the actual walls. It turns out that it...
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Forum: Building Your Own
01-23-2018, 12:19 PM
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getting car into truck at dock height
Truck has arrived. Have looked up the specification on the lift, made by MBB who was bought out by Palfinger. I have an ILK 33 for which I was able to look up specifications. It is a cantilever lift....
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Forum: Building Your Own
01-19-2018, 03:31 PM
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RV-Lite, Car Hauler for track days...
1) Considering ditching the All-in-one AC/Heat unit to go with separate furnace and AC... .think it will do a better job. Not be cheaper, but for 115 AC I have more choices and get more cooling than...
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Forum: Building Your Own
01-13-2018, 01:12 PM
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RE: liftgate cars into truck etc...
Java230, VNLCoach....
I read quickly through the thread on that truck. Fascinating history. The guy in the Video who commissioned that truck, and used it for racing is apparently pretty famous...
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Forum: Building Your Own
01-10-2018, 11:51 PM
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Modified rear lift gate.
I love this idea....
There is probably no reason some modifications could not be done to enable me to use my gate in a similar fashion.
The Porsche being lifted has some advantages over my car,...
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Forum: Building Your Own
12-22-2017, 04:17 PM
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Plates and Title.
Well, got a new Driver License yesterday, and had a chance to review IL regs at the DMV. Pretty much going to have to have a friend drive the truck up from out of state with his Class C driver's...
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Forum: Building Your Own
12-20-2017, 08:32 AM
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Insurances besides Geico?
Anyone else getting insurance for their conversion?
Thanks for the recommendation. I think for the short term, I'll be happy to at least insure it in anyway possible, even if just as the truck,...
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Forum: Building Your Own
12-15-2017, 04:01 PM
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Insurance Headache?
Thank you for your referral to Pirate 4x4, that link in particular. You are correct, quite a few threads for me to review that are similar to my project.
Hey guys?
I gave the VIN to my...
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Forum: Building Your Own
12-11-2017, 12:59 PM
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Forum: Building Your Own
12-11-2017, 12:15 AM
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Forum: Building Your Own
12-09-2017, 05:34 AM
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Car Height
The additional space that could be gained by building over the car is a very good consideration. The car will almost certainly have to sit up on the internal ramps an additional 12 to 18 inches. ...
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Forum: Building Your Own
12-07-2017, 06:31 PM
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Track Car Hauler with Token RV aspect.
I've purchased a truck to convert to use for hauling a track car to and from motorsport events.
I broke from what seems to be tradition in this forum in spending quite a bit up front to get...
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