thank i very Impatien to receive it , Yes i was thinking about that and i finally decided to dont put rear light,hope i don't regreted.

Have you thought about just putting some really thick epoxy paint on the cardboard and running it?  It looks pretty good as it is and would save you some weight. 

Lot of work since my last reply first. i built a winch plate for receive winch and new front bumper. I draw in carboard my front bumper and draw in cad. Finaly i remove all part and cab and did a flip with the cab for finish weld my floor restore, after i use body sealer for all joint and weld. I finaly paint with a epoxy primer and bedliner coating. i very like the result very clean. i did the same thing with the inside i'm at the sealer state. I remove all part from the frame and paint it with epoxy primer i also start sandblast my rusty part for final paint

Wow, you are moving right along.  Nice stout winch mount.  I would add another lower/upper brace to stiffen it up horizontally (triangulate).  I know the bumper will do that somewhat (depending on its mounts), but just my thoughts.  I like the slope on the bottom edge of whole bumper.  That will help sliding up onto logs and rocks.
Might want a couple more coats of epoxy paint on the cardboard to help during wet weather.

Looks really good PierPaul, I'm working on designing my (some day) to be made setup in a 2d cad program (ProEngineer) as well. What program are you using? I am going to design a SAS setup which once it's done I will share over here as well. (got the chassis and axles in it working out the links atm). The only problem I have is time 

Would you be willing to share your files so I can compare them to mine and see if my dimensions are a bit okay  ?

ed oorklep, my sofware is Solidworks 2008 and yes i share you my file no problem

ed oorklep, my sofware is Solidworks 2008 and yes i share you my file no problem

Send ya a pm 

some picture of my paint job ... next step was body

inside body primed

inside body coated

frame coated

all part sandblasted

painted (Monster energy Green )





missing on picture my a-arm was at welding

Looks great, thanks for the file. Now I'm gonna have to work on it again tonight  

Here's how far I have come so far:

View while working on it:


chassis by ed-oorklep, on Flickr

Quick render thingy


chassis2 by ed-oorklep, on Flickr

It's all designed to preserve the ride height I have now (with a 3" BL and 2.5" suspension lift) and 33"tyres.
I'll be working on the links and how to attach them to the frame now, and then steering will be the next issue to tackle...


chassis3 by ed-oorklep, on Flickr

Yours and mine in the same assembly, yours is the gold one, they're looking pretty much exactly the same so should be quite close to the real thing 

nice job, team work as about 3000 miles far,  i'm very interest in your sas design maybe you can share your file when you are done

rust , hah ,. that's nothing !  i have three trackers and my best one is twice as rusty as that one !,,,  non kidding! rust is a major issue and i can and do fix or replace the rusted metal , but dont let it stop you if you run into it   ! lotsa luck with the project , keep us in the loop

nice job, team work as about 3000 miles far,  i'm very interest in your sas design maybe you can share your file when you are done

Yeah, nice team work indeed  . I'll share my sas design when it's done off course.

Nice "rustoration", this is a really inspiring build. 

I'm in the last straight line, i finished today paint body part. (Note to myself, never retry paint a car in the shop) the result is not bad but im not very satisfied. I use paint gun and industrial black gloss paint, but it's a rig of trail . I hope friday i can get my steel for bumper and bolt for reassembled all parts ( i ordered zink plated bolts ) some pict of my body paint job and the part i'm the most proud, my  a-arm.

Amazing transformation. Thats a nice big shop you have there, so, are you retired? How do you find the time for all this?