1200rallycar wrote:
ive been wondering what a 1200 would look like with a flat bed on the back instead of the whole ute enclosure thing, or maybe no back at all, just to emphasise the small size


Ive seen one. A bloke on the south side of Brissy had a rearender that just took out the tray sides on his ute, but did not touch the chassis/suspension rails. He has tags on it so I guess it is legal. Looks really cool. He has some good HP as he has custom rear wheel arches and 225 on the back and still seems to struggle with traction. The ute looks really cool, but his alloy tray is longer than std styleside length but is still makes the car look heaps smaller.

thats what i was thinking, it would make it look soooo small

what made me thin of this was nispares aparently cant get any rear quarters anymore, and i thought, oh well mayaswell go flat bed, wood would prob look best, on the back

Quote:Interesting idea. This is easy for a 520/620 with separate body and frame (what we call a truck in the US) -- some guys just bolt a wood platform on. But with the unibody construction of the 1200 ute it would be a little different ... just get the grinder and welder out, I guess. You would likely lose some torsional stiffness, since it's flat. That's not good for traction or for roadholding. But for hauling it opens up new possibilities for extra-wide or long loads.