I’m chewing an idea in my head for a project. What I’m wondering is, do any of the light trucks such as Toyota Dyna, Mitsubishi Canter etc, have ABS? Ideally I’d like a 4wd chassis with dual rear wheels and ABS. Ideas?
kazbanz,
Feb 10, 12:00pm
Mostof the later model stuff does have abs
intrade,
Feb 10, 12:02pm
late stuff yes also almost all 6 month C.o.F
skiff1,
Feb 10, 7:10pm
cheers, but maybe I was not clear enough. What I’m thinking is a donor chassis, as opposed to a truck per se
tweake,
Feb 11, 11:23am
what are you looking at making?
skiff1,
Feb 11, 4:30pm
What I’m sort of considering is putting a small Detroit (453t or similar) on a modern chassis and then dropping a 50-60s era British truck cab on. Commer Superpoise or j series Beford both appeal. I love the look of old stuff, but I like actual suspension and brakes that work. This is all pretty hypothetical but I’ve been spending more time in my workshop lately and I love utes. I saw a really cool Chevy on Deboss Garage along these lines, and thought that a British version would be more me.
intrade,
Feb 12, 4:03am
ok word of warning ! do your research before you do things laws are ultra tight now and certification may not be issued. I spoke to a mate who said he wanted a extra seat on his home build camper and the compliance cost was Eye watering. The chassi is the vin and for that emission and frontal impact rules apply . Thats what i think you need to research. My mb140 i just got has all 7 seats low volume certed . So well worth for me to fix it and there is a lot to do as i sort of anticipated times 2 already.
intrade,
Feb 12, 4:09am
I would like to know what and how and why you want to do what you want to do as it is not clear to me at all.
bigfatmat1,
Feb 12, 6:46am
Trouble is abs isn't really a stand alone system. Unless you adapt a configurable wabco system. Imo what you want to achieve would be a headache from a sparkies perspective. And headaches = lots of $$$
mrcat1,
Feb 12, 8:07am
Well if you want to put a Jimmy in it and put a Commer cab on it, you may as well just put a TS3 Commer engine in the thing, the are both an economic way to turn good diesel fuel into noise.
tweake,
Feb 12, 1:21pm
have you seen tomsoffroad dodge project they finished recently?
for things like abs you really need the whole factory setup. so basically a donor truck you can take the cab off and fit something else. i would think the hard bit would be getting donor vehicles thats about the right size to fit your cab.
have a look to see if there is aftermarket abs. there is aftermarket abs for trailers, i've never looked for it for trucks.
skiff1,
Feb 13, 1:48am
im just at the kicking rocks stage, and will do plenty of research before I pick up a wrench.
skiff1,
Feb 13, 1:51am
What- basically as described above. How- I don’t know yet, that’s why I’m asking questions. Why- because? I like making things, I think old trucks look cool, I like difficult things.
skiff1,
Feb 13, 1:54am
im comfortable that it will be difficult, my thinking is if I start out with a chassis already set up with the sensors and wiring for abs, then if and when we pull the trigger on ABS, we don’t have to re-do a ton of work.
skiff1,
Sep 14, 11:06am
definite preference for a Jimmy. Don’t know anything about TS3, but basic searches tell me that Commer bits are pretty hard to come by.
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