Hilux
ETS Drift Ute – Rolling along
The drift utes progressing nicely, plenty of time on the TIG and loving it!
ETS Drift Ute – Moving along nicely
Massive thanks to MCA Suspension artists Murray and Josh Coote for the coilovers, they are scheduled to arrive this week and bring it another step closer to rolling under its own spring pressure. Ever...
ETS Drift Ute – Reworked floor revealed
Hours apon hours of measuring, cutting and tig welding ive come up with my new floor, its all built to be strong and make sealing the cabin area easy. More on this later!
ETS Drift Ute – With knowledge brings reworks
This project has to be one of the steepest learning curves i have ever undertaken in my life. Coming into this build i always looked at tube frame cars as a dream, something far beyond what i ever tho...
ETS Drift Ute – The Reworks
With rain on the horizon i had to work fast, heres some pictures from tonights efforts.
ETS Drift Ute – 2 Steps forward 1 step back
After weeks of measuring and re-measuring i decided to rework the floor design. I have an RB25 gearbox for it and it was a tight fit in the tunnel, i couldnt “extend” the tunnel as it woul...
Metalwork Tools – Lathe time
My old friend from work who is a master with all things fibreglass (who will be doing all my FRP hilux panels) was cleaning out his late farthers shed when he offered me this lathe, i was all to happy...
ETS Drift Ute – Fuel System Revised
After throwing around a heap of ideas i have come up with a fuel tank design that will suit my chassis, the tank will sit between the webbing of the rear chassis work behind the passenger seat. The ta...
ETS Drift Ute – Tub time
Drove to Gisborne tonight to pick up my new tub, its a 250km round trip and now ill cut it all up and take 2/3 of it to the scrap yard. Leave the toyota writing on the tailgate?