Bantum Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) Subaru XT Coupe : Found someone with a creative licence who redrew this Vortex Ute : Add : Does anybody know who drew this ? And this is my take on it : Drew up another view of it : As far as doing the 'mod' for this I think it would be relatively easy : Remove the back seats, boot & turn it into a tailgate ( Optional to make a hard cover version as shown ). Cut the roof just behind the B pillar, then slide the rear window forward until it meets the back of B pillar + cut the side windows down to fit. Knock up some inner panels for the tray, then form up some ‘tube rails’ to go round the tray edges, turning up & over with a ‘roll bar’ somewhere near the B pillar, paint it red, and lastly put a few spotties on it. Bob’s your Uncle … Also finished drawing up the rear end opening : A few notes on this : Hinge for tail gate would need to be reinforced from behind & some sort of support to stop it from dropping down too far. The bar around the edge of tray could be 2x2" square box section shaped / rolled to suit. A smaller section used as spacers / connectors to frame ( I'd leave enough room to get your fingers in gap ) Removable hard top & latches not shown for clarity ... If anyone one wants to build it, let me know& will do some more accurate sketches ... P.S. - Mr Willy has a old shell that he's going to chop up, might get to see what it looks like ... Cheers, Bantum ... Edited December 22, 2015 by Bantum 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomRhere Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Nice sketches!!! Liking the concept of it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 XT6 wagon conversion: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/72109-xt-wagon/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NocturneVoyager Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 These are some NICE sketches! Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyhorse001 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I love the artwork! If you used the original rear window you'd have a mighty short box on your ute though Maybe use a leone/loyale wagon hatch instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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