We started ripping it apart in December 2005. Within a month we had every panel off and we found most of the replacements on the internet. All had to be hand sanded to bare metal even mum stripped the bridging ladders before painting. Because he wanted to fit a high capacity load bed behind an extended cab, we needed to stretch the chassis. But there was a problem. Belgian law forbids this kind of creativity. The solution was to chop off the rear crossmember and make a new one that stuck out a little bit further than the original.
Crosmember we were really appalled at the state of the chassis. It was packed with mud from all the off roading we done. It filled three wheelbarrows. We made the new crosmemeber out of 8mm U section steel, and then welded a 6mm plate across the open side. The two tubes that allow me to pressure wash the inside of the chassis are made from 8mm tubes. The entire thing is completely watertight. We made the front bumper from a steel building joist, so it’s indestructible, too.
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