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Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 4:12 pm
by krick3tt
Great job. When I was younger I wanted a 4X VW. Got stuck a lot...the VW thought it was a 4X.
Can you still get the engine out if you need to after the build?
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 1:47 pm
by Rocky Mountain Westy
krick3tt wrote:Great job. When I was younger I wanted a 4X VW. Got stuck a lot...the VW thought it was a 4X.
Can you still get the engine out if you need to after the build?
Thanks for following along. Engine removal won't be a problem. The front doors are almost 4 feet long! I spoke with Jim at Goatwerks the other day. It is awesome that he has spent the time to refine these engines and get some more power and torque out of them. I will be using his Fuel injection maps this year and hopefully next year I will be spending some real money on a big bore kit and other refinements.
Does anyone on the Colorado front range have a 2.7 engine in there 710? I would like to drive one or ride in one.
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:28 pm
by Rocky Mountain Westy
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:01 pm
by Rocky Mountain Westy
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:38 am
by M Wehrman
Nice work!
I need more equipment....and a bigger shop......and a REALLY good story for my wife!
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:57 am
by MadMax
awesome work! Man, wish I had that metal break. WANT!
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:07 am
by undysworld
Just checking in. Any progress to report?
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:26 pm
by Rocky Mountain Westy
undysworld wrote:Just checking in. Any progress to report?
I haven't touched in probably a month. Tomorrow it is getting tarped and pushed outside. Too busy working on other peoples projects. Stupid bills...
Anyhow, it will probably get another couple weekend blasts befor summer and then it will probably go into storage till fall.
Thanks for the interest though.
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:24 pm
by undysworld
Gettin' on towards fall here. Any new news?
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 8:10 pm
by Rocky Mountain Westy
Just getting back to update with some pictures. This is probably two weeks worth of progress. I already had all the floors cut, I just welded them in. I hade the passenger side fender made as well. I have been working on the skeleton of the inner dash, which will tie in with the center console. It is going to be totally cockpit style with a center divider console that will come up to armrest height. or there abouts. So I made brackets and mounts for the steering and the pedal cluster which tie off the dash support. There are some pictures of the floor perimeter structure. The floor is totally flat on the outside and the structure will be welded in on the inside. The floor is going to be 2 or so inches thick with insulation board and diamond plate aluminum floorboards that bolt in. We reinforced the a pillars and tied into the structure of the lower hinge. It is going to be super tough. We made a nice little filler panel for the passenger side.
I would say it is looking good. What do you think?
Here is the pedal assembly and the steering shaft. The pedal assembly is out of a Vanagon. The pinzgauer brake booster and master fit it perfect and live under the speedo pod. Hopefully the Vanagon clutch master works with the Pinz slave cylinder. The bore is just a tiny bit smaller.I modified the stock Vanagon pedals and I will make my own gas pedal. The steering shaft is the original Pinzgauer that I cut and added to swivel joints to. The original Pinz steering wheel was probably 10 inches further back orginally.
Here are some pictures of the floor peremeter. There is going a big sheet metal cap those goes in the nose and is 6 inches tall and will go along the front floor structure. It will basically make a half moon shelf that is six inches deep and six inches tall off the floor. It will make the nose much stronger. I spot welded in a little 90 degree angle at the base of the nose along the radius.
Here are some pictures of the A pillar supports. There is a metal block that is welded to this upright and slipped in behind the lower hinge
The next piece will be the front inner nose cap. Than it is time to start building the console. The seat position feels awesome.
The Splitzgauer might look like a Splitty on the outside (maybe), but it definitely will not look like one on the inside.
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:28 am
by undysworld
Thanks for the update and new pics. This is one of my favorite threads here.
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 7:58 am
by waterdog
i loove the fact that the aircooled engine is part of the proyect...
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:35 pm
by M Wehrman
Would be really easy to fit electric power steering....
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 8:47 pm
by undysworld
What's up with my favorite Pinz project lately? Any progress?
Re: My Pinzgauer is undergoing a civilian face lift
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 6:57 am
by undysworld
Any progress?