Buggy build from KIA Sportage to Shooting/Farm sidebyside

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john40981

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Hi all, I have just finished my latest project. We had an old 1988 Mitsubishi Triton ute at our farm that the gearbox crapped itself and I couldn't justify the price they want for a side by side to replace it so I decided to custom make something that would do what we wanted. It started it's life as 1 1998 KIA Sportage 4wd wagon and after taking to it with the plasma cutter and MIG and a few months work at weekends it turned out OK I think.
It's great on the farm, my wife likes driving it and our dog likes getting in the back and so far works good for shooting so my boys claim. Has roof mounted spotlight, LED lights in the back as well as the LED work light, gun racks for two rifles either side, removable/tilt rear tail gate, so the lazy dog can get in and out. The high post at the back is to hold onto to get in the back when we go spotlighting and I have made a piece that goes into it to hold the back legs of an animal in the air for my son to skin ( he seems to like that sort of thing??)
I am happy with the way it turned out, just hope the old KIA's up to the task mechanically, so far so good. We have named it "Penny" and there is good reason to name it that. Do any of you watch "Big Bank Theory" can you guess why we named it Penny??
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How it looked before
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Stripped ready to cutup, hope you like all our safety gear for plasma cutting:laughing: we are in Australia remember, were stupid I mean tough over here. :thumbsup:
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Hacked up :eek:
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ready for paint
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The finished build. :cool2: I've put huge mud tyres on the back since this was taken that lifted the back 3". I will find a picture of them and post later.
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   / Buggy build from KIA Sportage to Shooting/Farm sidebyside #2  
That thing is awesome!!! Is it 4wd?
 
   / Buggy build from KIA Sportage to Shooting/Farm sidebyside
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That thing is awesome!!! Is it 4wd?
Yes, has a transfer case so it has high and low range 4wd. Looks good with the huge tyres on the back now too, I will post a picture of that tonight when I get home, I don't have that picture here at work with me.
 
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Check out those huge headlights!
 
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looks like a lot of work for a farm buggy, but it sure came out nice!
 
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Great job! I am jealous, and can understand not justifying the cost of a side-by-side. I think they're completely out of line price-wise for what they can do. And the ones I've been in sounded like they were about to have a scrap iron fit. Even when new. With this rig, you can go faster, pull more, haul more, and probably get parts easier and cheaper. Plus you have the satisfaction of custom making it yourself. Nice build bud!
 
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Great job! I am jealous, and can understand not justifying the cost of a side-by-side. I think they're completely out of line price-wise for what they can do. And the ones I've been in sounded like they were about to have a scrap iron fit. Even when new. Nice build bud!

Yes, side-by-side prices are expensive, you can buy a brand new road car for less money, not sure why they are worth so much. This build cost me about $3000 finished. Just hope the motor or gearbox doesn't give any problems in the future after so much work on the body.
It was to be a father & son project!!! Guess what, it turned out to be a father only job as two sons that were all keen at the start, found many excuses to be busy every time I had time to work on it.
I was looking forward to building it with them but it probably went smother by myself and I enjoyed the build but was glad to have it finished.
 
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They forgot to fix the steering wheel, it's on the wrong side ;)
 
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They forgot to fix the steering wheel, it's on the wrong side ;)
It's the land down under remember, were lucky it's not upside down;)
 
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That is really an awesome build, Good work!
 

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