Hummer replica

by hoppy on Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:31 pm

As requested, some pics and info on the Hummer build


I started with a 1984 MK Patrol, 158,000 km

by hoppy on Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:33 pm

I stripped it, sandblasted and painted the chassis

by hoppy on Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:36 pm

All the suspension, steering, tie rods, shackles, bushes were renewed.
15x10 alloys and 35x12.5x15 Pro comp X- Terrains were put on

by hoppy on Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:43 pm

I found a 75,000km 2002 VX commodore for the motor, box, wiring etc



Motor all mounted, this model of Patrol uses a remote Transfercase, so all I had to do was get a small shaft made to go from the auto to the transfer


I had to change the drivers side exhaust manafold to one from a VS, cause the VX one came out to far and hit the chassis, the VS one hugs the block

by hoppy on Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:45 pm

The new body, in primer



and mounted on the chassis

by FREAK on Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:56 pm

by hoppy on Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm

I will post more build pics soon ( they are not on my laptop), but for the moment here are some pics from a day out with the photographer from 4WD Action mag

by hoppy on Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:18 pm

The hummer was recently in issue 2 of 4WD custom action Magazine.

by hoppy on Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:20 pm

The write up

by Leilani7 on Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:32 am

Great work there, looks tough and how cool is the mag write up

Umm your could almost say your ver Hicle ,as the yanks say, is a Hybrid??


Have you heard of Arnie's, as in the Govenor of California, enviromentally friendly Hummer??

by XTREME 01 on Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:59 pm

Great stuff there Hoppy.

Yeh - how's the write up - pretty cool.

It is a nice rig tho after all

by BADTMPRD on Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:30 pm

These things are trick love them!! Congrats on write up.

Im thinking of one with a stroked LS1 V8

by FREAK on Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:23 pm