mk6 Transit Beavertail Build

Build 1: Iveco Daily
Build 2: MK5 Transit

With this build im aiming for similar angles to this truck pictured, the body is going to be steel with alluminium floor and finsihed in radiant red! So should look good when its done!

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10511-1730.jpg

Been a slow starter this one as I am waiting on steel all bloody week!
Got the body off it on Monday and was bored yesterday so starting working out some measurements and cut a few risers to match the angle of the bed.

Going to pick up 2 lenghts of steel after lunch today and get the runners in place just for something to do while im waiting on all the steel to come which looks like it will be monday now :(

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http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10511-1530.jpg

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fitted plates to bolt on off the body
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10511-1530.jpg

made these ones to support a right angled piece which will support the very rear of the body and take the weight

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10511-1648.jpg

Your some boi, some talent!! Fair play to ya lad, you can make anything! Credit to ya, keep her lite :) Best of luck on this 1

Some man for the beaver tails fair play love lookin at ur projects :)

thanks!

Finally got something done today but only picked up 3 lenghts of steel, so ive used all them now and its back on hold now until monday.

I welded up the runners and sorted the angles. loading angle of 15 degrees so should be pretty good!

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10512-1845.jpg

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10512-1531.jpg


i dont normally fit the lights at this stage but had little else to do so ive got the mounting brackets in place now and will be using the original cross member off the transit and the lights will be fixed in place unlike my other bodies

Gave it a bit of a cleaning, needs a lot more! Going to paint this black and should look good against the red body and alluminium floor

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10512-1639.jpg

sizing it up

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10512-1940.jpg

bolted these brackets to it and then welded a bar to the runner coming down and to the brackets

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10512-1940.jpg

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10512-2059.jpg

also done the drop downs from the rear of the chassis i mentioned in a different post

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10512-2056.jpg

all done for today

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10512-1958.jpg

steel finally came today so been flat out since,

but before it came i gave the rear light bar another clean and stripped all the tail lamps off it so its good enough for paint now

also got the winch out of its box and made up some brackets to help with mounting it

brace i mentioned before

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10517-1631.jpg

corss members a week late!

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10517-1530.jpg

side rails getting started

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10517-1813.jpg



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corners at cab

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10517-2006.jpg



anchor points

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10517-1952.jpg

finished tonight with doing one side of the side rails

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10517-2159.jpg

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...10517-2208.jpg

pm a price on one of these please!!!!!

serious maths there :afro:

Savage work as always...

What would it be like loading a low 180 on one of these.
There a great Idea if it suits a low car.
Would be so much better than a trailer:cool:

pm me a rough price if I supplied the van?

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Originally Posted by johnbro

What would it be like loading a low 180 on one of these.
There a great Idea if it suits a low car.
Would be so much better than a trailer:cool:

pm me a rough price if I supplied the van?

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check out the first build at the start of first post..

anything is possible! that trucks prob extreme though..

anyone know the loading angle of a low 180?

this body im doing is 15 degrees

could always make extra long ramps to get better angle if was required

cheers derk