Nissan Patrol 4x4 (Africa)

Next was to test it at flex.

Front looks fine, but the back is cutting it close, and this with no real load...Might be lifting the canopy even more

Looking better! But there was some rubbing on the front mud guard when turning. I removed the guards for now and will make a plan at a later stage.

Things went slowly for a while, but a friend of mine wanted to swap his tyres and offered me 4 Cooper ST Maxx 285/75R16s for an absolute bargain.

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Thanks guys, appreciate the feedback! Round about now we were in the the thick of lock down and I ran out of steel. Once restrictions eased and I could buy more steel, I set about building a work bench. Working on the ground was killing my back, and not being able to clamp work pieces down was givin...

Very impressive. Maybe one day when I'm big

At this point it became apparent that I had made a slight miscalculation in terms of clearance. My original plan had been to have the tanks dropped lower, in front of the wheels, with a raised section for an arch. But to clear the secondary tank I had to move it back a little, and to give space arou...

Next were the bases to support the water tanks in front of the wheels.

From that point I started to weld up the base frame.


My plan is to have water tanks up front, and a drawer down the middle that pulls out the back. I reused the frame for the tanks that were built into the Isuzu.

Some rubber insertion between the steel and the chassis.

With lock down underway I started on building a canopy. Before everybody tells me I should've used aluminium...I know it's lighter...I know it doesn't rust....I know etc. etc. But I can't weld aluminium, and I wanted to do this myself. I built a canopy for my previous Isuzu with a steel frame and al...