Soon as the whiteboard with garage measurements came up, we all went “such a spreadsheet engineer”

Try dropping the air out of the tires it might give you the clearance you need to get it out of the garage or find some smaller tires with the same stud pattern. Might save you pulling your garage apart.

This is mint. Yeh heavy on the detail is good. Like what you’re doing and why is great.

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Haha cheers mate, I’ll go heavier for the next one.

Good video Richard. Looking forward to the progress and the next installment.

Epic plans! Excited to see it all come together. Great editing/explanations as well!

awesome build. looking forward to seeing it on the tracks one day.

cheers for sharing your experiences!!

Nice one, can’t wait to watch this build unfold. I’m in the process of collecting parts for a similar build.

Love the 80 / 45 always wanted to build 1 very keen to see how this pans out!!👌🏻

This is a build I'll love to do one day too! But I have a new couple of builds of FJ45's to get through first. Thanks for sharing!

Good luck mate .Tuning in from NZ

Mate you did a great job speaking one of the best build videos i have seen in a long time cant wait for many more

@DesignedandBuilt

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate!

This is awesome! Keen to see the project progress

*Looking forward to seeing more videos!!*

Looks like an awesome start! Go heavy on all nitty gritty details. Subbed up and eagerly awaiting the next instalments as this is one of my dream builds.

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Check the next video out! Tried to go heavy on the details

Subbed ... :) Good luck with this cool project Richard ... :))))

Good luck mate this is gonna be a weapon, definitely coming it for a trip when it’s done with ya 😉

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, sounds good 🤙🏿

I have 40 series shorty that I rolled last year. I was playing with different ideas for it, but just recently settled on converting it into a ute and swapping chassis for 80 series. Love the engineering bit and the fact were starting with a checklist. My first video, I am sure will see each other more often ;)

@DesignedandBuilt

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Paul, best of luck with the build!

Good proyect 🤘🔥 congrats

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Love it man keep going

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Hamish!

Fellow engineer with the dream to build something similar. I loved the original plan list. I reckon continue to refer back to it to keep structure to the build. Continue to show wins and losses. Force yourself to keep a video a month. Have a game plan for the channel after the build. I think it'd be really cool if you built on your eng background through the build and document the build as an engineer, focusing on any custom design work etc that you do. Also I'd love to get more detail on what's involved to get the car engineered and approved, please document how you're doing that and what's involved. Subscribed!

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Hey James, cheers for the feedback. I'll try to do a video a month, and you're right, I need to think about after the build. I was thinking about doing some trips but it's not the same as car building. In regards to the custom design I definitely plan to document and focus on it, but annoyingly that won't start until the later episodes!

I planned to do this exact combo this year in 2021 and then this pops up 👌

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

yeah send it.

Holy shit I had no idea anyone else was crazy enough to take something like this on I'm thinking an fj45 on an 80 series with an ls2

Mate... My brother just put me onto this. Good work man. I like what's going on! Keep it up 👍

@DesignedandBuilt

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!! Glad you enjoy it.

Please keep it up.

Cool video buddy.. Lawrie's a good sort isn't he? You're lucky to have his expertise on a build like this so you're in good hands.. I wish I had his brain to help with my 55/80 build. I'd considered a video series on mine briefly but theres not enough hours in the day to do everything AND produce regular videos.. good luck and looking forward to seeing your progress.

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

He’s a good soul that’s for sure! I am so glad to have his expertise, would be scratching my head without him!

Hi Richard, I only stumbled across your channel the other day, I hope you don't mind but just a few of my thoughts and idea after being a automotive and mechanical engineer all my working life, I'm 64 yrs old now so I know a thing or 2. First of all I'm really impressed with Barra's and the easy power they make and second putting one in a 40 a match made in heaven, my first thought was, get the engine running to make sure it's OK and as soon as you've done that, and your not going to like this bit, pull the engine back out, strip down the front timing cover a fit a NEW oil pump, I've watched A LOT of Barra build vid and the original oil pump is always mentioned as a fail point as it's just isn't up to the job, remembering your potentially going to put the truck on some pretty extreme angles, driving on LONG, HOT, corrugated roads so spend the money, do it once and do it RIGHT !! Also if your going to run high boost I'd do head studs, if not don't worry about it, and just one more thing, keep everything simple and as easy to fix as possible because when you break down WAY outback, you'll understand why, I traveled extensively through the outback and broken down for the strangest reason and keeping it simple and straight forward, WORKS. Seeya Rob

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Rob, cheers for the feedback, really appreciate it. I think you’ve got a fair point and when I pull it down to paint the chassis I think I’m going to do it. Trying for a stock setup so I won’t bother with head studs for now!

Nice

I have to take my garage door out over the bump stops to get my 40 into the sed too haha

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Haha they are surprisingly tall!

G'day Mate, Great Video,.. love it! I've had 3 x 45's (9 cruisers all together) and loved them all... I've always wanted to do a conversion mod, but time....... Hey you specifically mention that you recommend the '94 chassis, but not the '95. Any chance you can explain why ?? Differences?? Thx

Awesome build man. I'm from the US I saw my first 45 30 years ago when I was thirteen and fell in love. unfortunately almost impossible to find one here and if you do the price is astronomical. Aqualu out of Canada is now producing an aluminum 45 tub that bolts onto a 80 which I think will be my next build, I can't wait to watch your series.

@DesignedandBuilt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and good luck!!!

Id say your best way to beable to move the cruiser in and out would be to get cheap old low profile 16inch tyres on your wheels and that should take at least 2 or 3 inches out of the hight. I had the same issue but also had an archway so what did i do nocked the arch out and put a new lintle in and lowered the floor so now have 2.5m hight through my carport, wasnt cheap but now ill have no dramas at all.

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

2.5M sounds like the dream! If I get desperate I'll roll it out on the low profile tires, looking to park it in there permanently and don't want to let air down/put stockies on every time!

Is a hard one moving the roller door. You are very limited by the sheer size of the door when it is rolled up. You might be better off with a low profile sectional door. I had a cruiser 45 previously with 35’s and I had a taller than standard door and still only just fit it in. Love the series already. I am in planning stages of building a gq/45. With six litre ls based motor

where did your mate source the body mount rubbers and sleeves for your chassis mounts? Huge fan! you're an inspiration for my 45-80 build I just started, cheers

Just saying if it's a 1994 chassis what year are the diffs because they are 15 inch rims and in 93they changed to the 16inch rims for the bigger brakes

Good first vid, plenty of details is a must, such as how you got your measurements for placement of the new cab mounts, engine mounts etc. Cheers.

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Noted :)

@tailgategang6499

3 жыл бұрын

@@DesignedandBuilt yeah this is also what I’m hoping to see more of too, specific measurements and how you came to get them

Did you get the 35 engineered

Put it on the smallest wheels/tyres possible to clear brakes and get it lower

This would be a much better video series if the build was complete and you uploaded a video every hour! Liked subscribed and am looking forward to the next video. Have a 74 model in my yard and am still deciding what to do with it so looking forward to seeing this take shape.

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks mate, I’ve got enough footage for another 2 episodes, feel free to come around and edit it yourself if you’re keen on hourly uploads 😜. Without knowing much about it, the 74 series seems like it’s prime to drop a Barra in it?

@brenyirish7767

3 жыл бұрын

@@DesignedandBuilt the cab has a bit of rust so if I was going to redo the cab and chassis/donk swap I'd probably start with a better condition cab.might have to go resto on this one. Rebuild the 2f, tidy it up then sell it to fund the next build.... who knows.

Cool vid man. Want to chop an xj Cherokee into a dual cab and put it on a patrol chassis

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Would be a cool build for sure!

hey mate would u be able to send me to link to the body mounts for the 80/45

Im pretty sure the guy down my street had Lawrence's 45/80 in his yard at one point.

What engineer do you use thanks

Great build can I ask you where are you getting a lot of your information from to help you the build like parts and web sites about conversion

@DesignedandBuilt

2 жыл бұрын

Hey mate, really good Facebook group on it! 40 series 80 series chassis! I get all my engine parts though barra the world.com

It's an awesome video!I have fj45 and fj40 I would like to change it chassis with 80series, is there a difference in the frame 80 series from 91 to 97? I want to build one it's like your truck Im look for about measurements fj45 cab on 80series, Im from Libya , the Libya has hardest landscape, dune , rockes and hug sand of desert .I love adventure with fj45 .

@DesignedandBuilt

5 ай бұрын

Not really, just for registration reasons in Australia we have to use earlier ones! Good luck with it.

You know, instead of hacking up your garage door you can always just let thr tyres down then pump them back up when its out. Unless you're wanting to take it in and out a lot. My old comp truck I had a bare set of rims that I used to bolt on (firstly because I didn't want it sitting on treps for months at a time but mostly because it didn't fit through the door)

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Nathan, yeah that’s a good point, I will likely do that initially and see how much I end up taking it out, I’m sure my neighbours would appreciate the compressor blasting at 6AM when I’m leaving early on a trip 🤣

@1one3_Racing

3 жыл бұрын

@@DesignedandBuilt air on board! No compressor needed!

@1one3_Racing

3 жыл бұрын

On that, I was harvesting in northern NSW and guys there had the sickest trays! Built in to thr headboard was a retractable air line and water line. It had a 45 litre water tank with pump and spray nozzle and some cool under tray storage with little doors. They were farm trays but honestly weren't that big and there's no reason it couldn't be made into a tourer tray.

Howd you go about knowing where to weld the body mounts to?

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Hi mate, yeah I didn’t I paid for that knowledge. I think if you buy the mounts of McKinnons cruisers he’ll be able to tell you!

Envy your skills… just noticed that the crankcase (holds the most oil ) on your barra engine is on the aft part of the engine contrary to all barra engine I saw. Is that an aftermarket so not to hit when the axle goes up?

Random question, seens you used most of the qu patrol running gear including diffs and transfer case would it have been easier to have used a patrol chassis and made the 45 cab it the patrol chassis??? Either way your doing an awesome job im a welder fabrictor by trade my down fall is not knowing how to use cad

@DesignedandBuilt

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Dan, absolutely fair point. I don’t know that it would have worked on a patrol chassis to be honest. I think there is only 50mm difference in wheelbase. I think the Barra and ZF are the problem! I personally think the 80 series chassis is better with mechanical design. The rear coil towers and the front radius arms for example are better on an 80. I have also heard of a few people snapping patrol chassis. Thanks mate! I’m definitely the opposite haha, know cad but no idea on welding and fabricating.

Good afternoon I am from Moz, I had an accident with my 100 series and I would like to use the engine in a fj45 single cable chassi. I removed the 2F engine. Is this something you recommend ? Suggestions

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Celio, I'm not an expert in either of those engines. Maybe see if the swap has been done before?

Nice one mate 👍 gonna be mint when it's finished 💯% if you don't mind me asking what sort of price was the cab?

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Riley, I got it as a package deal with the chassis. It is harder to find cabs without any running gear in them, keep your eyes peeled for unfinished projects in the facebook groups. I looked at some FJ's which ranged from 5-10K and realistically couldn't find without rust for 7-10K.

laurences dads truck looks like the front right tyre is on wrong way looks to be but what do i know

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

I'm honestly not really sure on the correct orientation!

What body mount rubbers are you using mate ??

@pauldavis1890

10 ай бұрын

yeah i am curious on this too

Great Job Rich. What car will it be on the rego papers? I was told in NSW it will be considered an 80 series. That rego goes off the frame. Is that the case in Vic?

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Rich, great name ;). Yep that's correct, will be registered as an 80 series Ute conversion in Vic!

@richcook9808

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm contemplating something similar with a series 3 Land Rover and a Disco or Range Rover.

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Would be a cool build for sure!!!

Can this build be done using a 100 series chassis?

@DesignedandBuilt

6 ай бұрын

It would be hard/impossible to get registered due to the newer chassis year and ADR's.

How did you set up the steering system ? Are you using the original 80 series set up ?

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah 80 series steering box with a different intermediate shaft!

@claudeseide9209

3 жыл бұрын

@@DesignedandBuilt thanks for the reply. It will help a great deal !

@claudeseide9209

3 жыл бұрын

@@DesignedandBuilt what intermediate shaft did you use ? What mods did you have to do to it to male it fit ??

let air out of the tyres when you need to get it in and out.

Put smaller wheels on it for the building process to get it in and out. Or let air out of the tire.

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s a good idea mate! Air out of the tires might be a good temporary solution, would love to roll it in and out freely though!

“Leafs aren’t that great offroad” All the ln106 owners: 👁👄👁

Good good watching watching then the peanut starts welding vertical down. Learn to weld boys

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry boss, just a bloke having a crack, won't let it happen again.

Should have put it on a patrol chassis, Barra gonna eat those centre’s

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

We’ll see how they go I guess! Worst case I can always swap them out, trying to keep as much Toyota as possible!

@benwilkinson7181

3 жыл бұрын

@@DesignedandBuilt fair enough mate

Not bad mate. We should do a video together

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe when I’m out driving!

Anyone know Lawrence's business name//contact? Thanks.

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

LCS 4x4, check his Instagram!

Just go convertible mode and drive it out

Did you say you’re are a mechanical engineer? How come you can’t engineer it yourself? Sorry I know nothing about your industry, that’s why I’m asking.

@DesignedandBuilt

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, you have to be accredited by Vicroads to do it, not really sure what's involved but it's not something I can just do easily. I would basically need to go into business to do it and I don't have the experience to just sign off other peoples cars.

@1mach28914u1

3 жыл бұрын

@@DesignedandBuilt Ok. Thanks for the reply.