Dave's la(te)st buggy build...

Oops :dry: My finger slipped yesterday...

I've been watching "Alaskan Offroad Warriors" on the Blaze channel on Sky, and in episode four they all got stuck in a boggy section... so as I plan to get back to some serious regular greenlaning, I figured there are always 'lanes where there's no (pesky) trees to winch off, so I ordered a,,,



... ground anchor off eBay...

In fairness I think I only used my old foldable-spade one a few times with my previous Jimny... but it's nice to have in the back just-in-case and keeps me self-sufficient too... winch / strop / snatch block / anchor...

And I thought before I paint the buggy, it'll need some mounts on the back 'cage' diagonal elliptical tube for the 'arm' of the anchor and somewhere to bolt the 'spade' too...

:woohoo:

X8GGY wrote: ...On the A-pillar I'm planning on rounding the corners of this steel plate and welding it along the right hand edge to the snorkel tube... on the left side I'll drill three holes through the plate, and then drill through these into the 'cage's A-pillar tube and then weld nuts into the A-pillar tube so that the snorkel can then be bolted to it... (I'll shape the plate a bit to make it look nicer too of course )

Something like that?

Just as the lorry arrives!

X8GGY wrote: Oops :dry: My finger slipped yesterday...

I've been watching "Alaskan Offroad Warriors" on the Blaze channel on Sky, and in episode four they all got stuck in a boggy section... so as I plan to get back to some serious regular greenlaning, I figured there are always 'lanes where there's no (pesky) trees to winch off, so I ordered a,,,

... ground anchor off eBay...

In fairness I think I only used my old foldable-spade one a few times with my previous Jimny... but it's nice to have in the back just-in-case and keeps me self-sufficient too... winch / strop / snatch block / anchor...

And I thought before I paint the buggy, it'll need some mounts on the back 'cage' diagonal elliptical tube for the 'arm' of the anchor and somewhere to bolt the 'spade' too...

:woohoo:

So is this what you might call mission creep?

Arse! In fact beepety Beep! (Can’t use naughty words on a family forum!)

I ordered some bonnet struts from China a good while ago... and being as I’m trying to finish the bonnet area at the moment, and the Post Office quietens down on a Saturday afternoon, I thought I’d get them out of the stock room and have a look at them, partly as I was worried with bonnet mods whether they’d take the extra weight of the LED light bar pod, etc... although I’ve cut holes in it and narrowed it too... Anyway, the nitrogen struts are mega stiff and it should be fine...



Very nicely packaged and good quality..,



The strut connects to the brackets via these ball and sockets, secured by that little spring clip...

Right, I’m doing this on the Post Office counter in between serving the odd customer (and believe me some of them really are! Odd that is :woohoo: )

Anyway... Boing! Off springs one of them clips...

And...



Under me is a £2500 super secure roller safe... it’s bolted into the base via an electronic solenoid system that only an engineer can release. And the base is bolted into the floor under the safe... go on, guess where the spring clip went?!... Yup... into the inner depths of the safe!!... Fudge!!!



So, anyway, they’re assembled and I’ve nipped our to the garage to check how they fit (as my wings have been redesigned), and they’ll be fine, but...

... don’t look too close at the last photo... or you’ll notice the top Left bracket’s ball and socket is now secured with a bent paper-clip!!! :lol: :laugh:

Necessity is the mother of invention!

Lambert wrote: Necessity is the mother of invention!

Yup, my lovely assistant suggested colouring the paper clip in with a black marker pen... !