Who has a Pickup with the Flat tray ala Aus style?

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Ja.....and so we go forward......my bakkie needs a bin otherwise it would have looked like that a long time ago :salute:
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Unfortunately I think that would have to be built on the coil cab chassis as the leaf spring hangers are quite far behind the rear axle.

And the coil cab chassis was never sold here. Plus the balance will be terrible.

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Peter Connan wrote: 24 Jul 2019 11:58 Unfortunately I think that would have to be built on the coil cab chassis as the leaf spring hangers are quite far behind the rear axle.

And the coil cab chassis was never sold here. Plus the balance will be terrible.

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Ag damn. Why cant things ever be easy.
Let me do some googling to see how the guys have done it with the leaf spring ones then. Im guessing they can still get it a little shorter than the standard bin though
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I drove arround for a week with no bin ....it was amazing :lol:
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You can remove at least 400 from the back
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Cool, ya, I saw that on some google images too, should definitely be able to get rid of the overhang quite nicely
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I have a sneaky plan for my diesel GU wagon... There may be a little weight loss program in its future :biggrin:
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Jaco Loubser (Bossie L) has a '82 Safari which he converted to a platbak and looks good. Below pic is from his Instagram page and I totally didn't ask for permission to post it :)
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