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Sammio rat rod pick-up

micky1mo 21 Feb 2019, 5:21pm
Had a little time spare so I fitted the tyres.





They do need a 20mm spacer to clear the axle tie rods but other than that I like them. :biggrin1:

I have ordered a pair of 195x80x15 tyres for the front wheels which should give me the look I'm after. :icon_cool:
Dpaz 21 Feb 2019, 7:00pm
Fair doos they do look a bit lot awesome. 80s on the front should be right. With those tyres who needs springs? Respect!
micky1mo 25 Feb 2019, 6:54pm
Got the front tyres on.





Just about perfect for me! :high5:
molleur 25 Feb 2019, 7:49pm
And I like it too!
Dpaz 25 Feb 2019, 10:55pm
Looks just right, congratulations.
DaveP 26 Feb 2019, 7:49am
Like !
micky1mo 1 Mar 2019, 7:51pm
My trusty old FORD ANGER pick-up failed the MOT on tyres, hand brake, fog light and number plate light !!!

All now done so a new MOT was issued yesterday afternoon! :eusa_dance:

Which means I can relax and slow down on this build!
Dpaz 1 Mar 2019, 8:38pm
And here's me thinking you're building a new pickup because the old one was knackered, true fog and number plate light are very serious never mind now you will have two spare vehicles. A man after my own heart!
micky1mo 24 Mar 2019, 7:04pm
Today we collected the material to trim the dash, interior and the seats :lalala:



We also received the shortened prop shaft so I can now think about firing it up and getting it moving under it's own power!!
molleur 24 Mar 2019, 7:36pm
Perfect!
Dpaz 24 Mar 2019, 8:31pm
Perfect. Why can I never find old setees? Are they all being upcycled into Rat Rods?
Biggles 24 Mar 2019, 10:11pm
Free cycle in the U.K. has loads of people giving them away. Or just buy the Saturday paper, a large coffee and hang out on the local tip approach road and intercept one on its final journey...!
Dpaz 24 Mar 2019, 10:43pm
I just seem to have lost the knack of scrounging. Possibly because I have so much 'useful' stuff. I will look out Freecycle. Thanks.
Paul L 26 Mar 2019, 4:30pm
Obviously, I'm a big fan of re-using the leather from old sofas.

And I think that is a great colour for a car interior. :cool:
micky1mo 27 Mar 2019, 1:40pm
With a little bit of effort I have managed to fit the original GTE radiator.



Thoes of you who are fimiliar with Scimitar's will notice the front suspension bracing bar has been turned around leaving plenty of room for the grill surround to fit. :biggrin:



:rofl:
micky1mo 29 Mar 2019, 6:12pm
I added a make-shift ignition loom complete with charge and oil light.



Fitted a battery and a fuel line into a temporary fuel tank.



Pressed the start button and it fired-up with very little affort!!. :rockon::rockon:
It was not run for long as there's still no cooling system in place yet.:icon_eek:
micky1mo 8 Apr 2019, 4:31pm
Spent some time on the cockpit floor.





I would normally lay the floor in ply because it act's as a good insulator but this time I'v used steel around the gearbox tunnel so I can add some colour coordination to the interior. :icon_eek:
micky1mo 9 Apr 2019, 5:10pm
The truck cap it's self is very flexible so I reinforced it around the "A" and "B" post with 40x40x3 RSA.



The extra steel on the "A" post enabled me to fit a cross member to support the steering column.



I also fitted some extra steel around the back of the cab.



The O/S/F door also got some steel reinforcing .



I was a little worried the steel would twist the door out of shape but all seems to be OK when the door was placed in it's hole.



I might leave the fixing blots and screws around the "A" and "B" post in place :nod:
molleur 9 Apr 2019, 8:58pm
leave 'em in. Adds to the character!
micky1mo 10 Apr 2019, 7:17pm
O/S door now fitted and although I cocked-up on the hinges they work well enough !!!:icon_cool:







I'm well pleased with my first outing using these slab hinges so I'll try to fit the N/S door in the morning. :eusa_liar:
micky1mo 11 Apr 2019, 7:46pm
N/S door fitted and this time I no problems with the door hinges! :whoo:



I now have the major problem of fitting window glass to both doors and getting a wind screen to fit!! :help:
micky1mo 22 Apr 2019, 3:55pm
Sorted out the rear pick-up steel work.





I going to board the tub with wood but leave the top rails open.:becky:
molleur 22 Apr 2019, 4:06pm
Perfect! Great work.
Dpaz 22 Apr 2019, 9:48pm
Looking really smart. Though I don't suppose a Rat Rod should look smart.:-P
micky1mo 23 Apr 2019, 5:17pm
I been having a problem locating the battery. :doubt:
I was going to put it in the passenger's foot well but then I had a cunning plan.:icon_lol:

I remembered this photo.



I cut a hole in the original steel plate and made a battery tray out of some 40x40x3 RAS to lower the battery and reinforced the area.





But this left the battery standing proud which would interfere with the front cowling.




I then realized the battery might actually fit safely under the steering rack so I extended both the hole and remade the battery tray.



Now the battery simply sits on the tray and slides back under the steering rack keeping it well out on the way of the front cowling.





Job done. The battery is out of the way, power leads are short, it's still easy to get to, jump starting will be a doodle and there's minimal affect on the ground clearance besides that the tray being made out of 3mm steel will take a fair bit of kerb bashing



Next job is to decide how I'm going sort out and bring together the front grill, front wings and front lower cowling. :noidea: