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General Category => CF Bedford Chat => Topic started by: petrolhead on September 25, 2010, 10:46:41 AM

Title: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: petrolhead on September 25, 2010, 10:46:41 AM

Has anybody fitted a HZ subframe to a Beddie? That way you would have a close to standard track RTS suspension vented disc brakes comon stud pattern engine mounts to suit 6 or 8 so no engineering required for the mounts and you can have power steering and the steering can easily be attached with a "Drop Box"
Regards
Petrolhead

Title: Re: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: Bedfordcrazy on September 25, 2010, 12:40:16 PM

correct me if i'm wrong, was the hz a monocock [ whatever the bloody spelling lol  ;)] you would need some serious engineering to connect the 2 together without stripping the hz to attach to the beddy. Am i wrong ?

george.

Title: Re: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: restoreid on September 25, 2010, 03:32:23 PM

And it's about 6 inches too narrow

Title: Re: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: petrolhead on September 25, 2010, 11:21:22 PM

I thought they had a half chassis could be wrong as for too narrow doesn't that mean wider tyres HE HE HE
Regards
Petrolhead

Title: Re: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: gazza on September 26, 2010, 06:24:49 PM

just put a bedford body on a u,s chev van chassis running gear , brakes, v8 sorted job done,,,,,,

Title: Re: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: pickmeup on September 27, 2010, 05:12:30 AM

The chev van is 9 inches wider. about 17inches longer.
The body looked weird.
Kinda 34ish on a model A if ya know what I mean. :-\

Title: Re: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: Heavy Judy. on September 28, 2010, 12:28:00 AM

The chev van is 9 inches wider. about 17inches longer.

That's a nice piece of info thanks pickmeup.

Don't suppose you'd know the measurements of the F100 - 150,
I've been mentally disturbing myself for sometime now, thinking along
these lines but I'm going cab chassis so it's a different "box of bits".
If you or anyone has toy'd with any type of cross breading I'd luv to hear about it.
4X4 is then another option.
also,..like...  would a F100 or Land Cruiser  etc front end or diff fit ?

diff fit ...hard to say...sounds like a kiwi word.  ;D


cheers
mark.

Title: Re: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: rossie on September 28, 2010, 06:44:27 PM

l'm not a 100% but it's my belief that the f100, is what was used to do the 4x4 conversion

Title: Re: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: Jeff on September 28, 2010, 07:25:33 PM

"diff fit, diff fit, diff fit, diff fit", .......not hard at all.

Title: Re: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: Heavy Judy. on September 28, 2010, 11:22:41 PM

Quote from: Jeff on September 28, 2010, 07:25:33 PM

"diff fit, diff fit, diff fit, diff fit", .......not hard at all.

now it sounds like a kiwi frog with a speech impidimint,  ;D

Anyway's, here's a Valiant on a Landcrusier. not F100 but interesting.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170542268909&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170542268909&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT)

cheers
mark.

Title: Re: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: Bedfordcrazy on September 29, 2010, 10:44:30 AM

Awesome judy, but i'm bias, i just love my 4x4s. I used to race dune buggies and 4x4s, next to bedfords, that is my other passion. As soon as my van is done i am getting my buggy finished.

george.

Title: Re: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: BlackBedford on September 29, 2010, 01:20:28 PM

G'day

It is not a Bedford and I have posted it before but here is a Ford Transit van converted into a dual cab on a Nissan Patrol chassis running a V8 on Gas, and with a huge 5th wheeler trailer:

(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb11/blackbedford/DSCF1535-s.jpg)

Title: Re: HAS IT BEEN DONE?
Post by: Heavy Judy. on September 29, 2010, 07:54:18 PM

thanks for the comments guy's, I used to race buggies myself George, in the Mallee region. Best time of my life.
Here's another Tranny. I cant work out if it's mounted on a F350 or has just used parts.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250693945626&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250693945626&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT)