Has anyone had a lorry transported? Is it hi - NOW BODGE 50 HORSEBO11OX THREAD (Now with added turtles)

[320touring]

#Winnah

[SiC]

There is a fair bit of head and headlining interfacing going on there.

[dollywobbler]

There is a fair bit of head and headlining interfacing going on there.

 

I dunno. It's no Oldsmobile Delta...

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Yeah I don't know if the seat goes up and down, could do with lowering it a little. Might change the seats for some more modern jobs when it's back from surgery.

[Zelandeth]

Dash warning lamps out of the Lucas parts bin I see...

[Junkman]

The lack of overhang at the back is still a bit weird though

 

Looks like there are provisions to tie sulkies to the back.

That could explain the short overhang.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

This just in from Al Bundy!!!

[320touring]

Did dodge platform share with Morris Oxfords?

[busmansholiday]

That's an impressive ammount of rust!

[cobblers]

shit the bed!

[Zelandeth]

This is a fantastic example of why wheel arch trims are a bad idea!

[clayts450]

Was that held on by spit and prayer ?

[wuvvum]

Not dissimilar to what I imagine lurks behind most chrome arch kits on W124 Mercs.

[Wingz123]

Not dissimilar to what I imagine lurks behind most chrome arch kits on W124 Mercs.

Thinking exactly the same as I was reading the above!....you beat me to it!

[Skizzer]

Bugger, fat finger deleted my post. Summary version: well bought, good luck, Al’s a hero.

[bezzabsa]

Mr Testicals you sir are a Leg end!!

 

Just spent 3 hours last night, and 2 today reading your Blue forum blog....

 

is the Bi finished??????

How the hell do you find all these cars???

How can you afford to do this?????

 

and can I come to France PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ

 

LOL

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Yo Bezza! That blog started 11 years ago, at the time you could get a decent Alfa 33 off eBay for £200 or a crispy Maser for £400! Bah, that makes me feel old.

[bezzabsa]

Yo Bezza! That blog started 11 years ago, at the time you could get a decent Alfa 33 off eBay for £200 or a crispy Maser for £400! Bah, that makes me feel old.

I'm 52 in August - Mind says it's 18 - Body just laughs, and creaks, a lot!!

 

Congrats on the madskilz yo. I can't even nail wood together, and there's you rebuilding parts that Aren't even there to start with!

[Timewaster]

So Bollox isn't actually Farage?

[colnerov]

So Bollox isn't actually Farage?

 

 

 They may be, you never see them together.

[busmansholiday]

I'm 52 in August - Mind says it's 18 - Body just laughs, and creaks, a lot!!

 

Wait until you've put another 10 years on that !

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Nigel Farage is probably my No.1 most hated person in the world, I am defo not him!!!

[Isaac Hunt]

I can smell the piss-impregnated plywood from here.

Smells like the stairwell of your local NCP car park

 

No bother, they converted the local public labs near me into a house !!!!!!!. I think where the Gents Urinals used to be is now the lounge.......guests round.....excuse me but your lounge smells of piss.........you also got to hope they don't remember it being public lavs and start pissing up your wall.

[Lankytim]

Can you lower the rear door and drive your Sherpa fastback inside it? (obv while with the ponymobile in motion)

[DodgeRover]

Nigel Farage is probably my No.1 most hated person in the world, I am defo not him!!!

Only the true messiah would deny his divinty*

 

* Monty Python joke, I couldn't resist we know how much Mr B likes* the B word that shall not be mentioned

[Timewaster]

Unfortunately for you Bollox, AS on my phone cuts the word TWAT off the bottom of your pic so it looks like some sort of Farrage Homage.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I know, it does on my computer as well!!!! I didnt when i first uploaded the pic though.

[cort16]

So what's the plan with that cab then? I'd think trying to re-cast the whole thing it out of die cast or attempting to 3d print a new one could be easier than trying to weld it up.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Well I mulled over options including a.) sacking the whole thing off, or b.) finding another cab perhaps.

 

For a.) I decided that any sub-£2k horsebox I find is likely to need serious welding in any case. I've seen loads on ebay that need their rotten cabs sorting out, and cos they all have separate chassis, the rot needs to get really chronic before it becomes an MOT fail. They've all had 20+ years of driving up muddy tracks and having gallons of horse piss sloshed through them so I figured I should be ready to pay for, or do, some serious welding whatever happened.

 

for b.) I did find someone on FB who had a mint cab in primer, for sale for £1000 delivered. It was quite tempting but to change the cab you'd need to take the box off, or at least chop the 'nose' off the box so the cab could be removed. plus you'd then need to remake the cut-through between the cab and the box. I cant do all that on the drive so I'd need to find a truck mechanic with access to a crane or telehandler or some other 'big tools' for lifting cabs/boxes on and off. That all sounded like a multi-thousand-pound disaster waiting to happen.

 

So, taking into account that I really like the size, shape and construction of this truck and that mechanically it seems really good, and that it cost piss all to buy, it was looking like a serious welding job might be the most straightforward option if I could find someone who wanted to take it on. I asked Al Bundy if he fancied getting involved, and he came up from Leicester to mine to have a look at it. He reckoned it was not as horrendous as he had expected from the pics, and gave me an approximate price, and reassuringly said he had seen and tackled worse!!! So we shook hands and now its down at his place so I am hoping he will just wade in and the magic will start happening!!

 

If he can sort the inner and outer arches and the front crossmember/cab mount area I reckon that will eradicate 2/3 of all of the cab rot (I bet there is some more in the bulkhead behind the dash) and hopefully get it into a state where it won't fail an MOT on cab rust. If it fails on any other bits I reckon i will be able to sort them OK myself on the drive so I will have the basis of something I can work with I think.

 

Thast the plan but i know myself from dealing with rotten old heaps that trying to forecast how far the rot has got in, is like trying to pay your gas bill with lottery tickets so theres always a chance that it will go horribly pear-shaped. I am relying on AB's skill and judgement now!!!

[loserone]

Just wanting to reiterate how fugging awesome this is.