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General Category => CF Bedford Art => Topic started by: mitchellgeci on April 28, 2009, 01:28:14 AM
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Hey guys!
Post up your bedford chops! Here is one I did of Jock's CF...
Before:
(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3060/notchopped.jpg)
After:
(http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/213/chopped.jpg)
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oh yeah baby. thats seriously awesome . come on jock , the gauntlets been thrown down now , you have got to do it.
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G'day
Back in the 80's the English Hot Rodding magazine had a picture of a lCFL van with a Vauxhall grill and about 300mm chopped at headlight level. It was lowered as well and actually looked really good.
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That's soo impresive, love the reflection of the chrome side pipes on the panel behind, what program are you using....? cheers Dano
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That's soo impresive, love the reflection of the chrome side pipes on the panel behind, what program are you using....? cheers Dano
Thanks Dano! I'm using Photoshop CS3. It's very easy to get some pretty cool results once you know your way around the program. It's got all the tools you need.
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The beddy is off the road at the moment getting some "Upgrades" and being prepared for paint!
I gotta have it looking like that! Wow!!!! :) :) :) :) :)
How the hell am I going to lower it???
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jock answer your phone damn it!!!
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New chop I've done of a beddy from google images. Tell me what u think!
Before:
(http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3042/bedfordnov2007002.jpg)
After:
(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2323/bedfordnov2007002chop.jpg)
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WOW !!!!!!!
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well here is what i want to do..
originally i wanted no recess but i think the recess looks good after seeing vans without it..
idea taken from the holden sandman..
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/jukeboxesrus/chopped.jpg)
what do people think??
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New chop I've done of a beddy from google images. Tell me what u think!
Before:
(http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3042/bedfordnov2007002.jpg)
After:
(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2323/bedfordnov2007002chop.jpg)
I think i want you to design my flare and grill kit:) thats sweeet.
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I am barring up! ;D
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I am barring up! ;D
i needed a laugh this morning! ill admit it.... you got me!
nice work on the pic!
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yummmmmm!!!
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The truth is,if we could produce a kit that lowered a van that much the youngen's would be all over em.
So a lowering kit,a power steering kit and a air cond kit please Ben!LOL :D
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nice van, but you could updated the mirrors LOL.
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regards lowering kit: would you rather fit;
A) new front chassis rails (could these be grafted to a sub chassis) and floor sheet metal retaining bedford steering and geometry, which I think works quite well
B) or try and figure out the steering geometry and modify an endless list of parts and Machining????
what do you think?
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that lowering kit is on its way guys i will post some picks soon so stay tuned!!!! 8)
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I'm tipping that the easiest way to lower the beddie is to attach aprons and skirts to the existing panel work as shown in the pic, take a close look and one can see that the side bottom panel and air dam have been extended down, that way you retain all the standard geometrics, ;)
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So I did a some chopping.... what do you think?
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_s4lQMG5rCSo/TIAay0u5-oI/AAAAAAAADgM/nwFvO891xa4/s1600/DSC01652_cf.jpg)
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insane!
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Damn,that things got it all goim on! :o
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looks the part I dunno about changing tyres tho.....a flat would be a bummer (pun) ahh ....sorry been a long day.........
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that is MINT ! lol in more ways than one
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Thanks guys. I will never be able to put such big wheels or lower it like that...
I will try to lower it a bit in the future, but I will have to get the drop spindles from Australia, as I don't see those any where in Europe..
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yes! ves! i love it i got to get this program mate brilliant more more more can you do mine what does it cost?
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cant buy drop axels anymore and from what i hear they werent that great anyway
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cant buy drop axels anymore and from what i hear they werent that great anyway
Is that true? :'(
Why weren't they great? Isn't that supposed to be the proper way to lower the front end?
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yes! ves! i love it i got to get this program mate brilliant more more more can you do mine what does it cost?
The software is only good if you know how to work with it.
Get me some good photos and I will do whatever you want with it.
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Here's a Golf I did a couple years back:
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs15/i/2007/008/1/f/CUSTOM_GOLF_by_OUTRIDING.jpg)
Same car...
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs15/i/2007/008/4/4/lowrider_golf_by_OUTRIDING.jpg)
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they were out of proportion and you have to move ball joints to get the camber right craig says. yes its supposed to be the proper way.
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So I did a some chopping.... what do you think?
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_s4lQMG5rCSo/TIAay0u5-oI/AAAAAAAADgM/nwFvO891xa4/s1600/DSC01652_cf.jpg)
What about a front view of the CF2 as there not many about to get ideas from :) please
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NOW, THATS COOL
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Yeah a front on view would be wicked
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b4 computers there was angle grinders and pop rivets
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regards lowering kit: would you rather fit;
A) new front chassis rails (could these be grafted to a sub chassis) and floor sheet metal retaining bedford steering and geometry, which I think works quite well
B) or try and figure out the steering geometry and modify an endless list of parts and Machining????
what do you think?
is the cab chassis strong enough to put under a van?
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i would like it in the weeds low please 6 inch chop &4 foot streach limo style yea thanks
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they were out of proportion and you have to move ball joints to get the camber right craig says. yes its supposed to be the proper way.
Ohh, that's to bad...
Can you post up a pic so I can see how they look?
If it's not to complex I might try and have some made...
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i would like it in the weeds low please 6 inch chop &4 foot streach limo style yea thanks
ummm,,, won't that look a bit strange.... chopped, dropped and stretched... OK.. lets give it a try...
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Is this what you had in mind?? ;D
(http://www.buga.com.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=24873&g2_serialNumber=1)
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now that looks real practical. id sugest putting 100 little rollers under the van so when you go to scrape everywhere you go it lifts the body up and rolls over it rather than scraping:)
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that should be done, that looks great and now l wonder if the engineers would pass it ::)
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fantastic mate spot on you are a genious incredible now to the build how do i do it who cares it HAS to be done , excelent, oh man what inspiration ,now does that look silly!!!! i think NOT!!! youve made my day thanks heaps
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i Fu#*^%$ love it mate i owe you a beer man thats great thanks again
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Man that looks SHITHOT I just knew a stretch Beddy would look horn in the words of that movie "BUILD IT AND I WILL CUM" ;) ;) ;D ;D Ive had a dream to stretch a lwb in all directions making it longer ,wider and taller then take a mould off it and build ausie campers I even got a good name for them WINADINGO'S not bad huh :D ;D
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Winadingos? or Winabimbos?
Sweet chops by the way
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Im not a big fan of dumped in the weeds, but the stretch and chop sure look fine.
Warren
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THANKS A TRUCK LOAD.... YOU JUST GAVE ME ANOTHER FLIPPIN PROJECT....... ::).
.....ssssshhhhhhh I'll get a quote from work..... ;D
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Now thats Cool
Warren :o
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oh yes, that is much pimp! 1 please
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is that a real one? or photoshop?
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I with Benny Boy,is that real one or photo shop? :o
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Benny - Benny - Benny :D My next custom Van is going to be a Photo Shop one, a lot cheaper and know one will no the differance
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I dont think its photoshoped, I think its real, if you look where the tailgate goes you can see the car beside it in the gap, most photoshop jobs arnt that good.
I think that instead of choping to the body crease line, a cut 3 or 4 inches higher would have made it look even better.
It looks like a SWB but those side doors look cut down, nice proportions but :D and suicide as well :o
Warren
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Mmm that and a nice fith wheel caravan - what a combo
Mmmmmmm
Warren
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The front wheel is photoshopped as it has standards on the front at the moment, the rest of the van is real. I took the photo today & cant stop looking at it! Still got a way to go but Im soooooo stoked!
...and it use to be a LWB but I got rid of the extra part behind the front doors to make a longer tray...
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AWESOME, give us some more pics, i want to see every angle. love it, it looks like moss st here in logan. We have a radiator place, on the same side of the rd, same st number. aawweessssome mate. mmmmm Hey we can't stop looking either. ;) ;D :D ::) :o :o :o
george.
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here is a video of the tub van / chopped thingee the yellow van there are pics and video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVhom_rRVo&feature=grec_index (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVhom_rRVo&feature=grec_index)
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The hardest thing in a roof chop is getting the screen cut so the easiest way around this to lay the screen back that way you still have a standard windscreen and a more streemlined look
Regards
Petrolhead
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Petrol that depends on how much you are taking out of the roof, l personly recon it is easier to cut. One of the major things to concider is the glare from the screen due to the angle. But they all look cool ;D
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Finding somebody to cut your screen is almost impossible and fitting plastic is a no,no thats why I suggested laying the screen back, as for glare what angle are the screens on newer vehicles
Regards
Petrolhead
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Thats why l said it, the glare that comes of my wifes car, an AU, should not have left the factory. Any real glass joint can cut the glass, We have a pilkintons, l think thats how you spell it, one of the bloke who works there does it after hours, he has even done it on EK's and early chevs(54) and fords(52 and53). Flat glass can be done at home on a kitchen table. It's not that hard, alot of people are just scared of breaking the glass (its not a mirror). Making a 2 door EJ holden we laid the glass back and lowered the roof, it was the hardest thing l was involved in, all ridges have to be cut and modified to the angle of the glass, or custom rubbers
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WHITE LWB PHOTO SHOP VAN PHOTOS I CANT SEEM TO FIND EM ANY ONE DONE ANY MORE GRAT INSPIRATION TO BUILD A UNIQUE LOOKING VAN CHEERS GUYS
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f*** THAT WAS LOUD GAZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now back to our normal volume..
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f*** THAT WAS LOUD GAZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now back to our normal volume..
CRIKEY ! I thought some one had stolen the white LWB. :o
mark ;)
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SORRY MATE ill try not to be so LOUD MATE i just get so EXITEDwhen im talking about BEDFORDS N, VANS!!!! Sorry its a cruel sickness ive, had since my dad took me camping in the u,k, when i was 4 years old sorry NO CURE
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Keep it down GAZZA youl wake the other campers :D
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why not a windscreen and its souroundings ( steel frame)
from anouther car and graft it in
just as wide but not as tall
say a 4x4 etc....
wont have to cut it then...
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f*** THAT WAS LOUD GAZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now back to our normal volume..
CRIKEY ! I thought some one had stolen the white LWB. :o
mark ;)
Rippa Rita! LOL
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why not a windscreen and its souroundings ( steel frame)
from anouther car and graft it in
just as wide but not as tall
say a 4x4 etc....
wont have to cut it then...
there isn't anything as wide as a bedford, nor the same or similar shape
the judge sunk the original screen into the firewall
that yellow uk drag van laid the screen back
i'm hoping to get mine cut down
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Do you think the insurance company will give you free replacement glass cover when you finally insure it? ;)
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I doubt they would insure it as an every day driver, and the hot rod cover you can get only gives you 5000 k's a year
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Hey Busy, mate i had a look at the pics in your album, and let me say, between you and rogue, you guys are the kings of kiwi beddy custom, awesome mate. I remember the first time i saw your site showing the build, and that was years ago now, how far is your van off being finished, i mean do you have all the fabrication done and its ready to go back together, or are you still fabricating, not that i would think there is much more you can do to it, it is a custom show van. Is it going to have a flash paint job, airbrushing or a plain paint. I can't wait to see you and rogues fully painted and side by side, will be a great day for custom beddy's.
george.
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Thanks George, plenty more talented people than me out there, Rogue, Jeff, Garry, Bas ... all craftsmen
yeah my van has been going on a bit unfortunity, I'm not building it for a show van, I'm just building it *add reason here - am sure there was one*.
I have finished modifying it (hopefully), am in the process of the panel work now. I still have to build the dash and engine cover but everything else is pretty much done, back 2/3 I've wired up, just the dash to go, and with the air con unit it's a nightmare, all fuel, brake and water lines/pipes are in, engine runs, just don't want to drive it yet - else i wont stop driving it lol
My friends reckon get sponsorship from the energy drink companies or sound places and paint to suit but I'm thinking more of finding an up and coming airbrusher, someone trying to break into the scene and let them show there stuff so can hopefully get them a foot in the door. I just want flames on it somewhere
I get inspired by coming here everyday, everyone here is different and has some great ideas, lots of great vans on here, that's what makes it so great.
edit: Ok i just thought of something I might be changing, the more I look at the side of the custom van the more I miss the CF window inserts, so if I do anymore mods it will be putting them back in, oh and I haven't finished the bonnet, that might be split in two yet (opening sideways)
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Didn't you flatten out the side panels on the custom? If so and you decide to put some glass back in, frenching them would look really cool.
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I wont put glass in, just thinking about the original recesses
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Put a mural over it and you'll never notice they've gone.
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Hi busy...I was looking thru your gallery as well, and was wondering wether you unpicked the whole wiring loom from commy and installed it into the Beddy? and if so , was there any modofying of it at all? ;D ;D ;D
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John, John, John. You know the golden rule of modifying a Beddie.
"The only thing that fits straight in a Beddie is........" :P
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I put the main dash bunch in the dash area and worked from there kinda
If anything I only extended bits of wiring.
Starting from the back ...
I put the plug that joins the main loom in the engine bay and if memory serves the length was good to the very back panel (thats where i joined into the bedford tail light wiring), I left the reverse lights wire there incase i wanted to use it later on but removed all the other wires the commodore has (rear demister, boot popper ...), the fuel tank wires I just bunched up instead of shortening them.
pretty sure the engine harness was untouched
i mounted the main fuse box on inner guard (heaps of wires shoved into the guard area).
I think I extended the wiper motor wires, front speaker wires, shifter and trans bit.
A lot of it i was able to move around within the bunch and just retape it so it came off the loom where I wanted it.
It was a Calais so had all the bells and whistles, I have two interior lights in the van and already had door switches so wired all that into the commodore loom which is cool as the interior lights stay on for 10 secs or so after you close the door, also needed for the built in alarm. I have kept the wiring for the doors, but haven't used them yet, the plugs end at the edge of the dash, so if i ever wanted to put in electric mirrors, electric windows, central locking, door light the wiring is all done.
I've also added some things, the cig lighter for example ends up down by the shifter (is plugged), i left the plug there but tapped into the loom and put the cig lighter up on the dash, and also put in a dash light in the dash compartment (used a number plate light)
In short, a little bit here and there ;)
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Thanks for that Busy...I intend to utilise as much from the donor car as i can. When i do eventually get to start my van, expect a few dumb questions for a while until i can sort things out myself ;D ;D ;D
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A lot of work busy, but worth it if you want the luxuries. Because we gutted all the old worn out wiring, we are getting my sparky to build a complete new harness, it will have every last plug for all the gadgets. My sparky tells me it will be xy, but it will be heavy duty and will out last the van, and in years to come as all the new electronic gear comes out i will be able to just plug them in, and no rewiring to be done. And yes i will be having all the bells and whistles, i can't resist. lol ;D ;D
george.
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would be cheaper to adapt an existing loom
the VN commodore loom I used for example is made for the mtr/computer and has warnings for oil/brake/water .... which has to be programmed, thats on top of the warning dash lights, and being fuel injected ....
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The problem i had with my VP was, that the only luxury item it had was the power mirrors, thats it, even the dash cluster was crap, so to get all the warnings and lights and stuff i just decided to create a whole new loom from tail lights to headlights. I am lucky my sparky only works on custom looms these days, and so far he has built me a new module to give me cruisecontrol. The other side of the coin is being in a wheelchair i have chosen to go new just for reliability, the last think i want is to be breaking down, so i am doing what i can to reduce that risk, by not overloading an old loom. I think my 06 cruiser has spoilt me also. ;) ;D ;D
george.