Daniel's 1984 Pajero Shorty Camping Build

[kreyzgym]

This thing is great. Good work

[Daniels_Paj]

What happens if you roll it?

Real neat build though! Am liking it

Haha fair point, but in all my travels I've never come across a track hectic enough for rolling to even cross my mind. Sure there's plenty of those tracks, and back when I had a lifted gu patrol on 35" claws I would seek them out and had a lot of fun, but kinda 'been there done that' now.

The Paj is setup for touring/camping, and while the tracks that take me to my campsites do need 4wd, they are usually more rough and boggy than angled.

[Paj man]

Nah I was referring to more if you roll due to a crash - probably even more important to have them secured if you're touring rather than hectic wheeling. Just imagine where those draws could end up after a 100km/h car roll.

There was a safety advisor I worked with at mainroads out in the goldfields who would attend all the crash scenes. He said his son was killed in a rollover when unsecured the car jack hit him in the head.

[Daniels_Paj]

Nah I was referring to more if you roll due to a crash - probably even more important to have them secured if you're touring rather than hectic wheeling. Just imagine where those draws could end up after a 100km/h car roll.

That scenario hadn't crossed my mind, so definitely something to think about, cheers.

I think rolling an early 80's fourby at 100kp/h would probably be pretty fatal even without the help of the drawers, but I'm all for reducing the risk for the odd chance it isn't! I may finally fulfil my plan of anchoring them to the rear seat mounting points.

[Daniels_Paj]

Took the old girl on yet another camping trip over the weekend. Feels strange to have finally got to the end of the 'to-do' list, sure more things will undoubtedly pop up, but for now I'm just having an absolute blast using it for what I built it for

[Daniels_Paj]

Took advantage of the nice start to spring we're having over here in WA and headed north for the weekend camping on the dunes

[cruisn06]

Clean rig mate. great work

[Drewan]

Why do Yellow SWB pajeros look so @#$$%&$# good

[Daniels_Paj]

Well it's been a little while since I've done anything to the Paj, so I think I'll finally get round to putting some proper latches on the rear drawers and MAYBE some aluminium stripping around the edge of them purely for looks.

I'm undecided on the edging... I think it could look pretty neat, and make them look more like drawers when shut rather than just two random handles haha.

Would love some opinions/ideas

Here's the general idea...

[awbeattie381]

Personally I dont think you need the edging around each door, but the latches look good!

[Turorit]

Personally I like the existing setup, no change needed

[Daniels_Paj]

Camping trip to Honeymoon Pool last weekend