kle
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I started to build a low budget HotRod and try to get it street legal in Germany. That´s not so easy. Please excuse my bad English, school is long ago... It depends on a 1980 Chevrolet LUV / Isuzu KB / Bedford KB that I found at a German yunk yard.  It was cheap, but many parts where missing. Thr frame is good, the rest VERRY rotten. Good basis for the project. Nobody would restore it also it´s very rare in Germany. BTW: Does somebody know experts für Bedford KB in the UK? I have some questions... My plan: I will take the front from a Framo V901/2, a small truck from the GDR  But that´s a long way. For the back I organized a fire department trailer from the former GDR.  I like it, because the doors look like doors from a refrigerator   The missing windshield is no problem. I wanted to get an older look, so I decided to build a split window. So I got some rotten parts from VW T2 buses.   The roof must be much rounder, so I took the roof of the Framo   I think I´m on a good way - for a photo I added the front, not yet welded on the car:  You can read the hole story at my German blog www.fusselblog.de/category/coldrod/ |
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Last Edit: May 24, 2024 9:48:32 GMT by kle
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May 24, 2024 11:20:17 GMT
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Very very interesting machine.
Please keep us updated?
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jamesd1972
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May 24, 2024 11:21:17 GMT
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Interesting !
Be good to see how you get on with this. Liking the back doors.
James
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Stiff
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May 24, 2024 12:17:18 GMT
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Interesting ! Be good to see how you get on with this. Liking the back doors. James Me too! It would be cool to open one and pull out a bottle of milk and some eggs  |
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owen
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May 24, 2024 13:28:11 GMT
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I like it, the split screen looks good
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kle
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May 24, 2024 22:07:20 GMT
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I like details. The rear doors will get small windows. To support the refrigerator look I organized badges from old BOSCH refrigerators.  I wanted rims that don't´t look like offroad wheels, what was not so easy because I wanted 7J15 and the LUV has the bolt circle most used by offroad vehicles. I found rims from SsanYong Korrando.  But it was impossible to find hub caps that fit to the rims. But I found cheap metal bowls in the right dimension.I just had to bend the edge.  With cheap coins from temu I think they look very cool   |
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brachunky
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May 24, 2024 22:24:22 GMT
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This is going to be one interesting build! Nice choice of components. What's the plans in the engine department?
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kle
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This is going to be one interesting build! Nice choice of components. What's the plans in the engine department? Unfortunately, I need an engine with a catalytic converter because otherwise I'm not allowed to drive in the German city where I live. There is an exemption for classic cars if they are in their original condition. But the ColdRod will be a far away from that. Normally I would have to do a very expensive emissions test with an engine from another car to get the emission class into my documents. But I argue like this: The Chevy LUV was built by Isuzu and has a rigid frame. The Opel Frontera A was also made by Isuzu and has a rigid frame. I hope to avoid the emissions test this way. So I use an engine that was also available in the Opel Frotera. The engine is called C20NE, 2.0l, 115hp and it was also available in the Opel Omega A with 2WD transmission and controlled catalytic converter. I hope that the brakes from the Opel Frontera fit the Cevy LUV, then the German TÜV will accept it.  I haven't found a cardan shaft yet for the engine and I don't yet know whether I can use it from the Omega. But I hope I don't have to have a new one made. |
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kle
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There are a lot of problems getting the car street legally in Germany. Example steering wheel: An American Grant steering wheel was installed when purchased.  There are no German documents for this steering wheel. But I want a steering wheel that looks like a car from the 50s. I still have a Petri steering wheel for the VW Beetle / Karmann Ghia from the 70s that the German TÜV would accept. So I'll probably convert the steering column to a VW Beetle...  |
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Darkspeed
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Looks like a previous owner worked in a bottle opener factory...
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kle
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Looks like a previous owner worked in a bottle opener factory... The bottle openers are from me. I had allready build a HotRod out of a Framo V901/2. This was the car I started with:  I startet to build withoutbthinking to get it street legal and that was the result:   It could not drive and I showed it on different shows. I had hard discussions with the German TÜV how to get it street legal and there was no chance. So I take parts of the first build and started again, because I don´t want a car, that only can be moved with a trailer... I learned much by the first build and the other cars, that I build inbetween. These cars I also build are meanwhile street legal in Germany:   |
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Last Edit: May 25, 2024 9:22:28 GMT by kle
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kle
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kh97
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May 25, 2024 12:06:21 GMT
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good luck, interesting project!
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