Dropped off the doors...

[MustangO4]

Well, I made this today. It is only tacked because I ran out of non shielded wire, so just tacked it up with nasty flux-core. Hope to finish it and do some doors this week. THe angles are nuts, so there is a lot of "cut close, beat to fit, paint to match" going on with this one. Oh yea, I have about $25 in pipe into it :-)

Even better, the wife said she would ride in it after seeing it!!!

In progress, checking level


Now just finish welding and grinding, clean it up and paint; gas cans and tire in the back????

[samneil2000]

Cool. Now just throw some cladding on it.

[Cobrajet]

I guess you can't classify this as a "grocery getter" anymore... maybe a "grocery spitter"

Now, back away from MY VX!!

[JAMAS]

Cool. Now just throw some cladding on it.

Or maybe some metal mesh.

[MustangO4]

Here it is all done. No tire, gas can etc yet. Still thinking about that....





And my all time favorate view!!!! I can back up now!

[Marlin]

How does it attach? BTW, love it! Oh man, can't wait to get back from deployment, I see tube doors and something similar to yours in the future. Rear facing seats would be rad as well!

[Vendetta]

That's the first time I've ever seen out the back of a VX.

Gotta hand it to you man, that took some doin'!

[Golfindoc]

I'm sorry but this is just WRONG!

[Marlin]

Umm, I think it is AWESOME!!! You can haul a pig or even goats back there now. I can see the VX wandering downa dirt road, hay flying out the back...lol. I dig it, is it going to be swing away? I would also be curious if it hurts your derparture/approach angles. Looks awesome, definitely a head turner.

[Triathlete]

Shouldn't affect the angles any...will rip the cladding off way before he hits the tube work, unless he is backing into a wall.

[Triathlete]

BTW...I think it looks good. Only thing I would have done differently is give the top tube a bend to mimick the hump of the door.

[MustangO4]

Thanks for the responses. It bolts onto the hinges and then on the latch, I just made a tab that goes over the latch and a pin you drop in through it. It opens, but is made very tight to prevent rattling, so it is not really designed to open all the time. You can just reach in.

[Marlin]

Something to consider, you might think of removing all the plastic junk and carpet. That would make it even more utilitarian. I was thinking this setup with a small job box type container to lock tools in and whatnot.

[Bob Barker]

LOVE IT! Really nice looking, perfect, I'm jealous!

How strong is the tubing? If stronger than the mounting points I'd be extra paranoid about rear end collisions, or backing into something. It would almost definitely crush the mounting points on the body, then it's a whole lotta work to get that lined back up if you ever wanted to put the rear door back on.

Not saying I wouldn't do it, because I WOULD if I had that skill, but just to be extra careful and cautious!

and I vote for matching size spare/tire in back! Either that or a rear facing seat, like a gunner turret on the bottom of an old WWII bomber!!!

[MustangO4]

That is a nice setup you have there. I was seriously thinking about flipping the seats around, but the seat belts are going to be tricky.......


And actually the whole thing is pretty strong, but I think it is not much more than the original door. It is 1 1/4" electrical conduit because I didn't know if I would like that and the conduit was cheap. I am not intending to use it in a demo derby.