Bobtail.

[Greebo]

for those folk that have often wondered what a bobtailed surf would look like......here ya go!

15 inches taken out of body and chassis.
new crossmember put in.
new bumper added using 3" i/d tube with 4mm thick wall bracing struts and a very strong towing eye.

all dents were a pre-existing condition

still at least as much room in the back as a disco!
and yes, it makes a huge difference off road!

[biosurf]

errmmmm.... pic please?

[gwh200]

cant see the pics !!

just red crosses

[Greebo]

opps sorry trying to link to pics i,ve not uploaded yet!!

[BioHazard]

Wicked

[BUSHWHACKER]

Ah, thats where the rear of stein went!

[biosurf]

looks good!
also you can now sit in the burgandy and black camps in the colour war!

[Greebo]

looks good!
also you can now sit in the burgandy and black camps in the colour war!

i think it will end up all black! the amount of "patchwork" she has on her I cant be arsed to keep buying the right paint!

[Nick V]

I like that. How long did it take and how difficult to get everything to line up?

Cheers, Nick

[Apache]

Puts me in mind of a Landcruiser of some description. Suits it.

[Greebo]

I like that. How long did it take and how difficult to get everything to line up?

Cheers, Nick

took about 3 weekends all in.

not too bad to line everything up, but it needed some persuasion in places!
trickiest bits are at the top and bottom corners as there is a lot of folded metal. so we cut of the bottom corners and plated them, and the roof line struts that run front to back are 3 or 4 layers deep, so to get the strength back in you have to cut back in layers then re-weld layer by layer.

only sad bit is that you lose the rear speakers! and the pockets at the back.

[surfenstein]

nice work,cant help but say it resembles a nivia cossack.why only take out 15" and not the whole lot.???

[Greebo]

nice work,cant help but say it resembles a nivia cossack.why only take out 15" and not the whole lot.???

any more than 15" and your into the wheel arches. I wanted to keep it as simple as poss and keep the truck usable as an everyday motor. that's why i decided not to go the pick-up route. I've basically still got a perfectly good surf but without the great big overhang that's such a hinderence when off roading.