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06-24-2008, 08:25 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Orange Park
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|  CR01 Flatbed
I have been toying around with the idea of bobbing my FJ and sticking a flatbed on the back. I finally busted out the clippers and did some cutting for a quick mock up. The finished flatbed is going to look a lot different. I'm not really shooting for a true scale look just something different. I'm not sure what the bed material will be yet...(steel, aluminum, wood, thick lexan). I need suggestions since I've never done this before. Let me know what you guys think.     |
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06-24-2008, 08:51 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: clarksburg
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I like it , I think its worth investing a little time in the flat bed idea.Maybe make 1 from styrene . And the best way to join the cab back together is shoe goo with styrene backing it then repaint from the outside!! Big thumbs up!!! |
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06-24-2008, 08:52 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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...hmm....thats cool...interests me more than the stock body...Good luck with it...
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06-25-2008, 12:08 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: tauranga north island new zealand
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Why not just do a rollcage truggy style that would be kool.
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06-25-2008, 12:11 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: newport
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somebody has a green one on you tube done really nice So far yours is lookng good.  |
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06-25-2008, 12:12 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Between rocks and hard places
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That's a cool twist on the Landy
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06-25-2008, 01:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: in a basement in Kalispell, MT
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my votes for a fj45 box |
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06-25-2008, 07:47 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Orange Park
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Thx guys, I think I'm gonna try an aluminum bed with wood sides. It will be a while before I get a chance to work on it, but I'll post some progress pics when I can.
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06-27-2008, 09:15 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2008 Location: The great U.P. (Northern Michigan)
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that's looking nice already, finished product will look great
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06-28-2008, 10:43 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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What method will you use to glue the lexan together?
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06-28-2008, 03:47 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: crawlifornia
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that's what I like to see, a hacked up landy. That looks awesome. |
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07-01-2008, 09:18 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: norway
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don't you start mixing up Landys with Land Cruisers  Landys are short for Land Rovers (most often LR Defenders) - which are toys compared to Land Cruiser. RC4WD great Landys wheels are replicas of old Land Rover wheels. Any updates on the flatbed FJ40? | |
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07-02-2008, 04:59 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Orange Park
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I'll get some updated pics up tonight. Since I don't have much time (or patience) to work on my rig I ditched the eloborate flatbed w/ wood sides. I did find something in my garage that worked out pretty good IMO.
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07-03-2008, 06:43 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Orange Park
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I used a steel, top cover from an old CB radio. I think it turned out pretty good for a cheap and dirty flat bed. I still need to sand the bob joint and paint the body.       Last edited by 85sfarunner; 07-03-2008 at 06:57 PM. |
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07-03-2008, 07:11 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Columbus
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Very Simple and VERY COOL man. Good Looking truck.
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07-08-2008, 11:03 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Albany
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simple and verry nice
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07-09-2008, 12:41 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: south jersey
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i like that better than the original, maybe try a smokestack or a snorkle to go over the antenna
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07-09-2008, 07:57 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Orange Park
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Thx guys, I'll be adding the left and right bed sides soon and figuring out some hoops for a canvas top.
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07-09-2008, 10:23 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Zealand
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Now that looks freakin kool You just changed my mind about what I was going to do to mine and opened up a whole can of worms lol.Nice work, I like it without the white springs too |
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