DAKAR 4x4-body Conversions

[fuoriserie]

I like the idea of a 4x4 body conversion kit, especially if it's based on a cheap used Suzuki Vitara or your old Landie.

With plenty of used examples around, it makes sense...

What do you guys think?.

check here:

www.dakar4x4.me.uk/gallery/gindex.htm

[steve_d]

Eliot on here has one. He also does the Megasquirt efi.

It's quite common to see it now but when they did their first show they caused quite a stir when they dumped many tons of dirt in the middle of their show stand and parked the demo Dakar up the side of the pile.

Steve

[ferg]

You learn something new etc etc...

I googled 'Challenge Anneka' and discovered that her car WAS a Dakar, whereas I had always thought it was a Rotrax....

[eliot]

ferg said:

You learn something new etc etc...

I googled 'Challenge Anneka' and discovered that her car WAS a Dakar, whereas I had always thought it was a Rotrax....

Which is sadly no more - it was burnt by some activists or something and then dissapeared from the salvage yard before it could be rebuilt.

The rotrax was the original shape, Barry Chantler liked the shape but hated the base car which was a cortina - so he enlarged it and made it fit a Range Rover. All sales are now handled by a guy called steve - www.dakar4x4.me.uk/ - and the club website is www.dakar4x4.co.uk/index1.htm

There was never a suzuki sj based conversion - Steve would buy up old Rotrax's and put the body onto a Suzuki.

My one is a bit mental - sporting a twin turbo 5.7 chevy:
www.mez.co.uk

Eliot

Edited by eliot on Monday 1st January 22:01

[fuoriserie]

eliot said:

My one is a bit mental - sporting a twin turbo 5.7 chevy:
www.mez.co.uk

Eliot

Edited by eliot on Monday 1st January 22:01

I like it, but gas mileage must be worrisome with twin turbos..!, I's prefer a lowly turbodiesel

[eliot]

fuoriserie said:

I like it, but gas mileage must be worrisome with twin turbos..!, I's prefer a lowly turbodiesel

well beeing a range rover, your engine options are plenty. It's my second car, so I dont really care about consumption. (well I do, but there's not much i can do about it - so i live with it.)