78TurboBrat Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 I was thinking on how to have some fun, being that i have three wagons to use for parts here. and had an idea of taking one of them and cutting the top off right behind the rear seats, and making a wall with a slider window, and making a bed out of the back of the wagon. Has this sort of thing been done before ? of course i would have to work on the tail gate some to make it workable, but thats what welders and cutting torches are for. yeah and i know the BAJA is a 4 door brat, but to make one out of an older wagon would be cool. And drop an ej2 into it. Give me some ideas or some pics if you have some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSoob Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 off the top of my head.. ask oddcomp.. he just chopped his gl... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenaissanceMan Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 No! you cant do that! that was my idea! I am in the process of doing that to my ea81 soob right now. Well anyway. I was gonna do that and throw an exo-skeleton roll cage over the whole thing. I'll let you know in about 4 weeks how it turns out I was thinking on how to have some fun, being that i have three wagons to use for parts here. and had an idea of taking one of them and cutting the top off right behind the rear seats, and making a wall with a slider window, and making a bed out of the back of the wagon. Has this sort of thing been done before ? of course i would have to work on the tail gate some to make it workable, but thats what welders and cutting torches are for. yeah and i know the BAJA is a 4 door brat, but to make one out of an older wagon would be cool. And drop an ej2 into it. Give me some ideas or some pics if you have some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78TurboBrat Posted July 21, 2004 Author Share Posted July 21, 2004 Im just hunting for ideas on to do something different. like i said i have plenty of parts and metal and time to think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet82 Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Take Pictures during the process! Inquiring minds want to see!:cool: UnHatched did that with his hatch. So Would that be a Bratch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subawoohoo Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Take Pictures during the process! Inquiring minds want to see!:cool: UnHatched did that with his hatch. So Would that be a Bratch? yea and this one would be "bragon." heh heh heh i like. i was thinking about that idea too but alas, i cant yet so, keep us posted! tyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddcomp Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 ahem... hehe i have a wagon i hacked up 85 dl to exact now on the weld stuff back up stage of it... i do have pics hit me on msn or something if curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Range Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Seen one, at Missoula Auto Salvage, 82 GL wagon, back cut off @ rear doors, plywood rear divider with 12'x18' cheep sliding window, there was a square stock tubing cage to support the r-struts, krylon blue, still had manure in the back, class-less act all the way... Do it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddcomp Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 mine shall not and will not involve manure of any kind nor wood of anykind! yes it will be reinforced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baccaruda Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 there's a brand new brat slider on ebay for cheap right now, FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78TurboBrat Posted July 21, 2004 Author Share Posted July 21, 2004 very good and mine wont have any manure in it at least from any animal, but it might be used for carring those blown up ford and chevy motors i have to swap all the time. Yeah you can send me some pics on yours that you are doing, i am thinking about ways to make use of the wagon after i cut it off that way. but i am still in the brainstorm ideas, but i was thinking about cutting it off tonight just so that i can get some ideas on how i want to put this together. after i get done swapping calebs motor tonight i will paint the hood scoop on his car to match the white of his car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushbasher Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 I bet you could cut it up then graft the rear hatch back into the cab at the rear doorline(with use of a sawzall and mig welder ) and then just use a mesh tailgate type thing. The problem is that the rear seats stick past the rear doorline a bit so the rear passengers heads might be on the glass unless you lean the seats for ward or give them headrests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78TurboBrat Posted July 21, 2004 Author Share Posted July 21, 2004 as for the seats, was thinking about using 4 of the front seats, 2 in front and 2 in the back, might give me more room, dont know just yet.have to play with it first. and build a console for the middle in the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddcomp Posted July 22, 2004 Share Posted July 22, 2004 mine is cut back enough so the front seats can recline as i often get too tired to drive home after work in the morning and take a short cat nap off the road i took out the rear seats compleatly and the back doors will be welded shut to help reinforce the body i did cut and reuse the window section of the original wagon tailgate makes for one huge back window oh.. and this all being put back together with a stick welder and alot of patience but i did pick up something that should make it alot easier i hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78TurboBrat Posted July 22, 2004 Author Share Posted July 22, 2004 As Caleb is my witness i made the first couple of cuts on the wagon tonight, made them somewhat a little higher than what i want, so i can go back and use a cut off wheel to cut it where i want. I am going to keep the back doors and seats and drop my panel there, thinking about a window, not sure what i am going to do, i may take the time to build a frame that i can make a rear window that would be able to moved up and down like a powered back glass. so amny ideas just have to wait and see what happens. But am going to work on getting the top cut off tonight and things arranged that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zefy Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 i was thinking of doing that... but i didn't think of calling it a bragon... i was going to call it a braja... copywrite! copywrite! anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78TurboBrat Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 Not sure what i am going to call it. but am thinking about how to do things so that it will be completely different and have use of all the available space of the wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddcomp Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 i may get mine done before wcss .. but i doubt it need sheet metal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78TurboBrat Posted July 23, 2004 Author Share Posted July 23, 2004 I guess that is what is good about having a body shop that i work out of, all those fenders, hoods and doors at my disposal for metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4RnrRick Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 So is there any finished picture of these 4 door brat conversions???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
operose Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 if you live where there is snow, and a large hill, you could use the chopped off roof as a very large and heavy sled. but I hear that this is quite dangerous from people that have tried it with car hoods, as there is no way to stop, and you build up tremendous momentum going down hill on a large smooth piece of heavy metal plus your body weight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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