G'day all. a brief rundown on ECLECTIC also known as IT throughout right up. It started life as a 1976 KOMBI windowed van. from the front to the back
Unknown front roo bar
Honda prelude seats
modified momo steering wheel
Mercedes Benz headlight washer wipers
Dash instruments 2inch digital LED tacho oil pressure temp volts oil temp fuel level electronic speedo yet to be decided
VW bus front beam with new plates to move the beam tubes 8cms apart to allow for 4x4 spindles
Holden rodeo front spindles brakes freewheeling hubs
Holden Commodore IRS differential 3.08 ratio
half shafts modified cut shut rodeo commodore welded together until have money to have a set made
Daewoo power steering rack with shaft facing forward
Holden Astra electric power steer pump
Mitsubishi L300 steering column & bevel box with shaft
Brake & clutch master cylinders Toyota Tarago under dash
remote vacuum brake boosters mounted under front floor
Gear shifter Tarago 5 speed
Transfer case shifter L300 modified
Hand brake lever Toyota Hi Ace
Console aluminium toolbox cut & modified
Engine box made out of 2 new power circuit board boxes
Water pump Chevy v8 electric with a back up Davis Craig unit for breakdown
Engine 1995 3.9 discovery standard apart from home made headers
Dellow conversions bell housing with McLeod concentric clutch cylinder
Toyota Hi Ace diesel alloy case 5 speed
Intermediate shaft to transfer case made up using vw Toyota & Nissan parts
Transfer case Nissan 720 4x4 divorced unit 2 hi neutral hi 4 low 4 nice unit for this type of light off roader
Electrical work is modified rover engine loom the rest I'm doing myself from front to rear every circuit will be separate for ease of replacement incase of frying a section so there will be cooling hlamps tlamps engine dash assembly accessories (radio heater power steering pump etc)
Rear suspension standard VW bus with spacers between the hub carrier & spring plates to allow for the thickness of the cv adapters between diff centre & VW KOMBI CV joints
Rear Commodore differential IRS 3.08 LSD ratio
Rear brakes Mitsubishi Pajero with axle baking plate flange machined to fit onto VW hub carriers & VW hubs drilled to 6 stud off road pattern
Radiator unknown aluminium unit mounted in the old engine bay.
Fuel tank range rover long range unit.
2 Fuel pumps mounted out of harms way with an XJ6 fuel pump switch over electric tap for emergency change over if needed.
2 in line diesel water separator filter assemblies.
Heater is the small unit from under front seat of 60 series land cruiser.
Windscreen wiper mechanism modified Peugeot 307 overlapping type to give better than standard sweep.
rear bench seat out of Kia Carnival.
Pajero rear wiper washer.
15 inch off road rims painted to match the yet to be decided colour.
in rear engine bay a slide out battery & toolbox mounted to the rear engine hatch so it slides out with the assembly instead of hinging up.
Holden Rodeo rear bar tyre carrier combo
SO THATS THE RUNDOWN TO WHAT ECLECTIC IS ABOUT
I will start to post pics on Monday need a break now friends coming over for a bbq & prawns. Have a good & safe new year everyone especially where there is the ever present threat from the undesirables of our modern world
ernie