ute to van conversion..

[ozbox]

last year i purchased a wb ute running a 350 chev t400 and on gas which was a real pig but still registered but not engineered because it was done 20 odd years ago....i then purchased a windowless wb panelvan with a good body and then swapped the bodies......the rest of this story will interest nsw guys...

i was just gunna leave the ute rego with the van body but decided that i should be able to do a blue slip for body variant and weight variant..after a couple of calls to blue slip places i found someone that knew what i was talking about...so yesterday i had it blue slipped for a body variant and weight change and the wb ute is now legally a wb panelvan in nsw with no engineers cert and without having to do a new registration....mind you it looks like an hj van as i got rid of all wb stuff...should have it painted and signwritten within the next couple of months but at least its legal and i can drive it....

[Ramble]

Well there you go.
I was always under the impresion that the chassis number dictated what the finished product would be as we tryed put a one tonner chassis under our 1952 dodge sedan and the RTA told us that it would be rego'ed as a one tonner.that was a few years back. go figure

[ozbox]

chassis does dictate rego...ute and van have the same chassis so doing a body swap is only changing the variant and weights on the rego papers as wheelbase is the same and you are not changing the chassis number..

[Ramble]

Arnt the chassis about 130mm differnt between ute and van though?

[ozbox]

ute and van are the same chassis and 1 tonner is about 6 inches longer.

[mazdragon]

what...only 6?

[ozbox]

what...only 6?

i could lie like most men about lengths....

[Ramble]

i could lie like most men about lengths....

Ive been known to "extend" the truth a little

[ozbox]

and here we are before the painting stage..

[Ramble]

Looks really good so far, what dash have you got in it? Are the hj-hz same as the WB?

[ozbox]

wb is the same dash as in pad and instruments as hz...im just running stock instruments and will put in some aftermarket gauges for temp and oil...im not fussed on a gts dash for this one as it will be a signwritten daily driver...the muraled hq will get all the goodies..