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EmDee Club Retro Rides Member Committer of Autrocities. Posts: 5,924 Club RR Member Number: 108	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]EmDee @emdee Club Retro Rides Member 108
	Jan 28, 2013 13:53:46 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	This looks nice. Wait a minute, it's got a rollcage - are those are plexiglass windows? Crikey, an SR20? That looks serious! Wait, is that a tube chassis? ERMAGHERD So after a bit of digging I've found a Speedhunters article - The owner/builder Nigel Petrie did a guest blog: www.speedhunters.com/2011/02/guest_blog_nigel_petrie_gt_gt_drift_hilux_build/ Then part 2 came in April 2011 www.speedhunters.com/2011/04/guest_blog_nigel_petrie_gt_gt_engineeredtoslide_drift_hilux_build_pt2/ Part 3 in June www.speedhunters.com/2011/06/guest_blog_nigel_petrie_gt_gt_engineeredtoslide_drift_hilux_build_pt3/ Part 4 in July www.speedhunters.com/2011/07/guest_blog_nigel_petrie_gt_gt_engineeredtoslide_drift_hilux_build_pt4/ And part 5 in September 2012 www.speedhunters.com/2012/09/guest-blog-nigel-petrie-engineeredtoslide-drift-hilux-build-pt5/ More at engineeredtoslide.com/category/ets-drift-ute/


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waveman1500 Posted a lot Posts: 3,743	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]waveman1500 @waveman1500
	Jan 28, 2013 14:33:13 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	This guy is a hero! That is the way to build a proper competition car, you start with a chassis jig on the floor and 40 metres of cold-drawn seamless tube. The fact that he went to all this effort for a drift car that looks like a white Hilux is awesome. ;D Edit: Reading through the blogs, it looks like he ended up closer to 65 metres of CDS tube. Nobody ever said that tube frames were cheap!
	Last Edit: Jan 28, 2013 14:39:37 GMT by waveman1500 2000 Honda VFR800 1990 Toyota Celica ST185 GT-Four - Motorsport car 2003 Nissan Stagea AR-X Four - The modern 2007 Ford Fiesta XR4 (ST) - The modern motorsport car

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rmad global admin Posts: 18,612	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]rmad @rmad
	Jan 28, 2013 16:12:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Super!


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joem83 Posted hell of a lot Posts: 7,042	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]joem83 @joem83
	Jan 28, 2013 16:20:09 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Sweet, glad it's finished now, saw some early build pictures but not seen much about it for a while now. Looks awesome though.
	1991 Mk2 Golf 1.8t 20v - Project Modus Operandi: 2) If you haven't got something constructive to say, say nothing

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SparksECM North East Posts: 1,309	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]SparksECM @surfingturnip
	Jan 28, 2013 16:59:01 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Awesomeness.
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skinny81 Part of things Posts: 92	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]skinny81 @skinny81
	Jan 28, 2013 17:03:33 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	thats awesome. makes me wish i knew how to use some 3d design software, must learn. And have a good tube bender. And loadsa money, and time.....


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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	Jan 28, 2013 21:21:14 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I'm currently a Deign Engineer, this has really got me thinking this drift truck is a work of art, you can see the thought process throughout the build and it is fantastically engineered. Envious to say the least, good job on finding it!!!
	Lipsmackin' Thirstquenchin' Acetastin' Motivatin' Goodbuzzin' Cooltalkin' Highwalkin' Fastlivin' Evergivin' Coolfizzin' Volvo. retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=128102

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jonovlov Part of things Posts: 232	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]jonovlov @jonovlov
	Jan 28, 2013 21:27:38 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Got air jacks and everything in there. www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4911730186632&set=vb.170733076282832&type=2&theater It's a fantastic build, got some of his merch too, great quality! I want to be able to weld like that.


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jonovlov Part of things Posts: 232	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]jonovlov @jonovlov
	Jan 28, 2013 21:49:14 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	After reading the speedhunters blogs, it turns out he only started TIGging when he started that chassis! Some skill there! More inspired than ever now, I'm GOING TO BUY A TIG machine and make EVERYTHING.


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duncanmartin Club Retro Rides Member Out of retro ownership Posts: 1,320 Club RR Member Number: 70	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]duncanmartin @duncanmartin Club Retro Rides Member 70
	Jan 28, 2013 22:56:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Wow. That its awesome...
	Current fleet: Renault Zoe R90 Recumbent trike project, semi abandoned

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waveman1500 Posted a lot Posts: 3,743	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]waveman1500 @waveman1500
	Jan 29, 2013 6:58:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Jan 28, 2013 17:03:33 GMT skinny81 said: thats awesome. makes me wish I knew how to use some 3d design software, must learn. He didn't design it in CAD though, he just imagined it in his head, laid it out on the floor and built it.
	2000 Honda VFR800 1990 Toyota Celica ST185 GT-Four - Motorsport car 2003 Nissan Stagea AR-X Four - The modern 2007 Ford Fiesta XR4 (ST) - The modern motorsport car

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meltedcheese Part of things Please, Don't Sqeeze the Volvo! Posts: 403	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]meltedcheese @meltedcheese
	Jan 29, 2013 9:44:14 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Really, that's even more impressive!
	Lipsmackin' Thirstquenchin' Acetastin' Motivatin' Goodbuzzin' Cooltalkin' Highwalkin' Fastlivin' Evergivin' Coolfizzin' Volvo. retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=128102

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prud Australia Posts: 58	Toyota Hilux "Drift Ute" [modern]prud @prud
	Jan 30, 2013 4:46:17 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Saw that in the flesh at Eastern Creek. One of the few cars that always had people two and three deep around it. Up close the work is incredible. Major props to the guy who built it in his shed.


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	Jan 30, 2013 11:27:48 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Very nice


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