trendkill Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Looking to 'King cab' my 90 within the next week or so. I have a standard truck cab & a full 90 van roof (with side windows) to butcher up & make right. Cant use the van sides as side panels due to them both being fitted with full length windows! Id like to have the rear of the cab with the round windowed corners and the back window (off the truck cab) Does anyone also know some windows that will fit the sides? Im thinking of maybe extending it by 15" or more... Any help appreciated! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 simple rectanguler plain glass try your local windscreen fitters, some will supply & cut to your required size & supply the seal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trendkill Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 I'll try that, thanks!! Anyone have pics of your/friends king cab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyboy Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I'll try that, thanks!! Anyone have pics of your/friends king cab? Have a search in the "Members Vehicles" section. I'm sure I've seen them done in there. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I'll try that, thanks!! Anyone have pics of your/friends king cab? mines a 110CSW, I don't know of any kingcab 90/110 locally to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiWhite Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I did mine in 2004. Done for challenges to add some dry storage inside. I used rear windows for the sides. Someone used to sell a fibreglass section you could fix to a chopped down standard roof. North off road? DSC00062a by Scgwhite, on Flickr Body cappings were cut and shut backwards and rivetted on. Lower bulkhead was the original, again moved back. DSC00077 by Scgwhite, on Flickr Inside - I used a standard truck cab roof but it was a bit of a bodge. Side panels were folded by a local sheet metal fabricators. DSC00075 by Scgwhite, on Flickr DSC00071 by Scgwhite, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COLVERT Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Hi, I am doing one just right now. If you have a 90 van roof you can use that roof to fabricate the new roof. I will upload photos to show you how. You will need some aluminum welding. But not too difficult. The different from SiWhite's will be the height. The height of a van roof is some 2 or 3 inch higher than that of a truck cab. Colvert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trendkill Posted October 15, 2010 Author Share Posted October 15, 2010 Colvert, How are you getting on with yours? - My 90 roof has Windows either side so I'm looking for some van sides. If you have a pics of the build so far then get em' up! Many thanks! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trendkill Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hi, I am doing one just right now. If you have a 90 van roof you can use that roof to fabricate the new roof. I will upload photos to show you how. You will need some aluminum welding. But not too difficult. The different from SiWhite's will be the height. The height of a van roof is some 2 or 3 inch higher than that of a truck cab. Colvert Any pics of how your getting on Colvert?? Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 I did mine in 2004. Done for challenges to add some dry storage inside. I used rear windows for the sides. Someone used to sell a fibreglass section you could fix to a chopped down standard roof. North off road? Body cappings were cut and shut backwards and rivetted on. Lower bulkhead was the original, again moved back. Inside - I used a standard truck cab roof but it was a bit of a bodge. Side panels were folded by a local sheet metal fabricators. It was North offroad that were selling the fibreglass roof bits . Nice to see some more pictures of my truck in its old guise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLineMike Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 i used a north offroad section to build mine, full build pics here http://www.mud-club.com/galleries/Xtremeteam/5964-Kingcab-build/ & when i painted it here http://www.mud-club.com/galleries/Xtremeteam/6104-kingcab-painting/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSN Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 I converted my 90 hardtop to a kingcab for challenges so I could have some storage inside and not have the seat so vertical which is always the problem in truck cabs. Hopefully attached are some pics. I just peeled off the rear section then cut out a big chunk from roof and sides then riveted the back part back on. Chopped a small section off the rear door then it fitted in fine. Made some panels for the corners and some extra bolt holes to hold it all down. Probably if I was organised, I might have got some little windows for the sides to give more visibility but it is not bad. I left my original bulkhead in place so easy to revert to other roofs if just get a replacement. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnover4x4 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Give brookwells a ring, I got a rear bulkhead from them at a jumble for 20quid. makes life easier when trying to fill in the new void below the rear window. Have a look on ebay for a old series catflap door. I cut my old full door down which is a bit more hassle. If your carefull its possible to take a full door apart & just use the top half. The skin was in to parts on mine then I just folded the lower edge of the skin over the new lower frame. I did take pics. ill try &find them & post them up. Treebloke did the conversion on his, if you do a search should turn up some results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnover4x4 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 IIRC, mudstuff used to sell windows for the sides, Im pretty sure they were jcb items? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 If you mean the triangle-ish windows for hard tops, I don't think they sell them any longer. Worth a call though. I know D44 sell them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trendkill Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 i used a north offroad section to build mine, full build pics here http://www.mud-club.com/galleries/Xtremeteam/5964-Kingcab-build/ & when i painted it here http://www.mud-club.com/galleries/Xtremeteam/6104-kingcab-painting/ Neither of the links work for me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Both work here . Blocked at work or something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trendkill Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 So they do! Goddamn firewall carp... Do you have any pics of the roof itself? - The main it i could do with seeing is how the full length rof was cut down and fitted to the back end of a truck cab one... Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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