It was a little tired and needed a good dose of loving to bring it back up to being a reliable, useable truck.
We also had a few ideas that needed trying out, and not wanting to try prototype products on a customers vehicle this single cab was the perfect choice.
The plan always was with this truck to get it reliable, try a few things on it, use it for a event or 2 then sell it on to a new owner that would hopefully have a good reliable, useable, unusual vehicle and this is exactly what happened.
It was bought in around Feb '07 and taken straight into the garage for a check over, it was found to be as expected really, MOT'd and on the road but with lots of small problems that really wanted attention.
In the following weeks it recieved...
•New front brake discs and pads.
•New clutch.
•New viscous coupling.
•Gearbox oil, front diff oil, brake fluid changes.
•15" Merc steels and 215/15 Colway MT's
•2WD front coil springs.
•20mm spacers fitted to rear springs.
•AVO adjustable, longer rear shock absorbers.
•Porsche CV joints (stronger and have more articulation)
•New clutch.
•New clutch slave cylinder.
•refaced exhaust manifold (was warped) and new gaskets.
•New VW Truck style mirrors.
•New wishbone bushes.
•Poly bushed front end.
•Stainless steel braided brake hoses.
•New CB and antenna.
•Chicken rail added to dashboard to stop passengers hurting themselves!
•Front fog lights.
•Headlight washer style grille.
•Recovery points fitted to front crossmember.
