We get sent all the Australian 4wd, camping and caravan magazines at work as we advertise in a lot of them, but some how I missed the article Ed spotted and posted a link to above.
Yeah good article! Not hugely accurate but still good.
Will get Stu to come out once we've got it all assembled with the new paint job and solar panels and get another magazine article.
We dropped the car off at the panel shop today and he said we can have it back in about a week. Hes going to bring a colour sample in for us to confirm were happy with the bright yellow hes thinking of using.
We picked up the cage and tubes from the powder coaters on the way back and they've been coated a nice shade of grey which should match the wheels nicely.
It must be a great feeling to be involved in this exiting project Ben, I remember getting that feeling of job satisfaction when I worked for a theatrical company building lighting equipment and something I had built was used in a West End production. Some of my stuff was used in shows like Cabaret, Hair, Evita and a lot more.
When we first started I wondered if it would even work and if it would end up looking OK. Thankfully my boss has given me pretty free rein to design and develop it how I have. Its great to be so trusted and have so much freedom.
I found some self adhesive non slip tape that we some times stick along rock sliders and thought it would be perfect to cover up a couple of holes in the tops of the sills and to stop the paint getting scuffed.
Fitted a UHF aerial.
And flares.
Fitted a glove box and shelf.
We got a new windscreen fitted.
My boss wanted to cover up the batteries in the back.
Cut and painted some 1/2" marine ply.
Added some rubber clamps to hold the other poles.
Parked it out the front ready for filming and photographing.
The auto electricians have now wired up all the panels so we are keen to do another test run with the trade plates as we havent tested it with the new motor configuration, extra batteries in the back and solar panels on the roof.
We also need to get the screen fitted and all the sensors to monitor amps, volts and temps of all the batteries and the motor.
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