22/03/2026
Some progress on me of my personal builds.
Worlds first 6 door Colorado, stupid I know, but I like to push the boundaries on “you cant”.
Currently 4x4 RG Colorado, soon to be 2x4 pre runner.
Purchased a 2016 RG Colorado dual cab, then purchased a complete 2022 Rg Colorado extra cab, began cutting things apart and joining the dots.
Two completely mint chassis cut in odd half’s.
Cut the dual cab ex amount longer than the centre line,
Cut the extra cab chassis ex amount longer than the centre line and joined the two longer halves of chassis together.
This resulting in a 6.5m super truck!
Cut a standard dual cab tub up, extended that also.
Have began remaking the tub floor with standard notching and ridges,
Have relocated the rear tub wall that sits closest to the bodies rear firewall, and will be hand making both tub skins to be 100mm wider each side with a new arch shape to accommodate the 37x12” wheels I purchased.
Remade and moved all tub / body mounts.
Car still runs, does all it should.
Waiting to locate a decent GU patrol rear diff, an 8 Speed auto BMW gearbox which I’ll have manualised by Leeson Engineering and Fabrication & 8speed Au.
With the front end I’ve been fortunate enough to build a long distance friendship with Morgan Clarke from MCD1 Fabrications in America and I’ll be picking his brains to design a one off set of billet hubs as well as upper and lower control arms, he’ll also be giving me a tonne of suggestions on suspension geometry’s, arm design and lengths and over all chassis setup in order to be able to Pre run this big sucker down K'gari - Fraser Island at ridiculous speeds.
This truck will run a full chromoly roll cage, 6 bucket seats, 180degree turned centre seats so all rear passengers face one another, we’ll be running inbuilt headsets for conversation, buggy whips, and the full catalogue from stedi lights!
A massive thanks to all who’ve gotten involved especially Ampol Australia with the support they’ve shown my riding over the past year.
This started out as a wild idea between myself and one of my best mates while we got stuck on Stockton Beach for 6.5 hours in 5 story sand dunes!
Looking forward to getting this done, and if you think it’s unachievable just know I built a 6 door, 7 meter bumpside F100