Jente
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Hello,
As promised to some of you guys I met @ Lincomb I decided to share my project on the forum.
About two years ago I bought an original HJ61.
Having my friends of Cruiser World living and working close by, I test drove a few cruisers both 60 and 61.
I decided to go for a 61, as I was afraid I would regret not having the 12-HT under the hood after a while.
Eventually this 61 came across and I decided to go for it.
First job was to get it MOT worthy which involved some welding to the chassis, and getting all brakes to function.
It took about 5 days of work, and the MOT certificate was there.
In the weeks that followed the gearbox has been overhauled, as the fifth gear was no where to be found. In the process I decided to also overhaul the transfer case, and install a new clutch plate.
With the suspension being worn out, I installed a second hand set with new bushing and greasable shackles.
Her first try-out was in the German pay and play site Furstenau:
I was real happy about the car, and after this trip we started preparing to go to Wales with 5 cars, where we met up with Iwan and Matt
I made some mods to the interior allowing me to sleep in the car.
We had a cracking time in Wales with approx 400 miles of greenlaning
Unfortunately not all went well, as one off the guys made a roll on a very steep hill going down.....
lots of duck-tape and ratchet straps made it more or less road worthy again, so we could continue
The cruiser luckily made it back home in one piece, and plans could be made to make her last for the next few decades.
I'm still in the process to sort out the hundreds of pictures being made since I started working on the cruiser.
What started as patching a few rotten spots is now ended up in a body off restoration! Main goal is to get rid of ALL rust , make her reliable for on-road trips and make her well prepared for the more serious off-roading trips.
I'll sort out all the pics of the last 8 months and get you guys up to speed as to where I am now:
The cruiser is still called 'she', 'it' or 'him' as a proper name for the car is still missing
Hope you guys appreciate watching this build,
Jente
As promised to some of you guys I met @ Lincomb I decided to share my project on the forum.
About two years ago I bought an original HJ61.
Having my friends of Cruiser World living and working close by, I test drove a few cruisers both 60 and 61.
I decided to go for a 61, as I was afraid I would regret not having the 12-HT under the hood after a while.
Eventually this 61 came across and I decided to go for it.
First job was to get it MOT worthy which involved some welding to the chassis, and getting all brakes to function.
It took about 5 days of work, and the MOT certificate was there.
In the weeks that followed the gearbox has been overhauled, as the fifth gear was no where to be found. In the process I decided to also overhaul the transfer case, and install a new clutch plate.
With the suspension being worn out, I installed a second hand set with new bushing and greasable shackles.
Her first try-out was in the German pay and play site Furstenau:
I was real happy about the car, and after this trip we started preparing to go to Wales with 5 cars, where we met up with Iwan and Matt
I made some mods to the interior allowing me to sleep in the car.
We had a cracking time in Wales with approx 400 miles of greenlaning
Unfortunately not all went well, as one off the guys made a roll on a very steep hill going down.....
lots of duck-tape and ratchet straps made it more or less road worthy again, so we could continue
The cruiser luckily made it back home in one piece, and plans could be made to make her last for the next few decades.
I'm still in the process to sort out the hundreds of pictures being made since I started working on the cruiser.
What started as patching a few rotten spots is now ended up in a body off restoration! Main goal is to get rid of ALL rust , make her reliable for on-road trips and make her well prepared for the more serious off-roading trips.
I'll sort out all the pics of the last 8 months and get you guys up to speed as to where I am now:
The cruiser is still called 'she', 'it' or 'him' as a proper name for the car is still missing
Hope you guys appreciate watching this build,
Jente