My 1985 Sherpa

JET-6 · Post by **JET-6** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:18 am

Guys just wanted to show you what you can do to a Sherpa even when everyone tells you nothing will work, well i found wheels, tyres and all needed to make the car look tough

There wheels are 2007 Honda Jazz wheels, the only mods to fit them was tap the rear coil area flat in the rear gaurd and machine the brake drum hub flange down to 55mm, the front had no issues at all

The tyres were quite hard to find in OZ, but after some research in found Federal made them, there size is quite rare in OZ, there 155/55r14

Then some adjusting of the coils to get the ride height down and done, a sweet sitting Sherpa

Painted the bumpers satin black to break up the yellow a bit, and the tint, mmm

Modified the dash to hold a CD player in the factory spot, i had to drill out all the spot welds on the heater controls and choke mount and mover them all forward 25mm, then refit, CD fits perfect now, made alloy plates to go behind the rear side panels to mount the speakers to, and it sounds great with only rear 6x9's

JET

Bumpty · Post by **Bumpty** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:36 am

That looks good enough for Ali G to drag his mates in at the 40k zone!
Very well done with the exterior, looks swish.
Any pics of the interior/dash though?

JET-6 · Post by **JET-6** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:54 am

The interior is stock, granny owned and as new, im not going to touch it now i have the stereo in, and that just looks stock in place of the AM radio it had

Post by **Alex** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:39 pm

looks siiik! love it!

alex

Chris_Rogers · Post by **Chris_Rogers** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:54 pm

that looks like my old one. the mats I have ( when I get time to send them to you.) were made for that color car. so they will drop straight in.

JET-6 · Post by **JET-6** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:07 am

Sweet as Chris, cant wait to hear from you

Matt

fleaborg · Post by **fleaborg** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:58 am

thats a hell of a sherpa you got there man.

JET-6 · Post by **JET-6** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:49 pm

Cheers, just putting central locking it it as we speak, i hate having to lock the back door with a key

Chris_Rogers · Post by **Chris_Rogers** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:58 pm

you have no choice on the rear. keylock is integrated into the barrel.

timmo · Post by **timmo** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:38 pm

i spotted the beasty sherpa saturday in b'dale, see me in the RS?

edit: i chased but couldnt match the sheer pace of sherpa power

JET-6 · Post by **JET-6** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:04 pm

Chris_Rogers wrote:you have no choice on the rear. keylock is integrated into the barrel.

Wanna make a bet Chris, i am making a slide mech to fix that issue, will take some mucking around, but it'll work

It will be a slide driven by an actuator, the slide will have a hole in it at the unlocked point where the pin from the barrel will go though to open the door, in the lock pos there will be no hole, and the pin will hit the plate!!!

JET-6 · Post by **JET-6** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:05 pm

timmo wrote:i spotted the beasty sherpa saturday in b'dale, see me in the RS?

edit: i chased but couldnt match the sheer pace of sherpa power

Na never saw you, im too fast around the corners, lol, now i have the coils tied in anyway!

Chris_Rogers · Post by **Chris_Rogers** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:08 pm

JET-6 wrote:Wanna make a bet Chris, i am making a slide mech to fix that issue, will take some mucking around, but it'll work

It will be a slide driven by an actuator, the slide will have a hole in it at the unlocked point where the pin from the barrel will go though to open the door, in the lock pos there will be no hole, and the pin will hit the plate!!!

this I want to see...

that beat me on both of mine!

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:19 pm

future mods suggestions

a drop tank
a 1.5" exhaust

JET-6 · Post by **JET-6** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:22 pm

Chris_Rogers wrote:this I want to see...

that beat me on both of mine!

Ill get pics once i design it!

JET-6 · Post by **JET-6** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:23 pm

steptoe wrote:future mods suggestions

a drop tank
a 1.5" exhaust

It has a 1.5" exhaust already, got that in prep of the turbo(shhhhhhh dont tell it yet)

And tank mods are on the card already

Thalass · Post by **Thalass** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:07 pm

I've never seen a Sherpa look so good! My brother's one was a piece of crap, especially after he rolled it.

Nice work.

JET-6 · Post by **JET-6** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:01 pm

Chris_Rogers wrote:this I want to see...

that beat me on both of mine!

Here is the barrel mods to do it, changed from a sliding plate to the rod, all the was required was a 35mm stainless hose clamp, a 6mm bolt, and the rod that come from the central locking kit, bit of cutting, some drilling and tapping

Not much to look at but you cant see it anyway, its very strong, im very happy with it so far, check the pics

The rod slides inside the hole drilled in the 6mm bolt, its threaded into the hose clamp and the lock, then the hose clamp is done up to shift the thread a few thou and it locks the bolt in the right location, this can also adjust the preload and the shaft, little bit of locktite once ive re-installed it and it will be sweet as

JET-6 · Post by **JET-6** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:09 pm

Ok got the rear door installed, well it worked out very well indeed, have a look at the pics, some 3mm alloy plate and some screws and bobs your uncle, tests out perfect, now just to do the front door and im done!

EDIT: Just got one of the doors done, came up sweet and system is working well, just the drivers door to do and its done, then wire the interior light to the drivers door, needs a switch put in

Bumpty · Post by **Bumpty** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:30 pm

Looks to have done the job done well, you look to have done the job well!
Future mods read to be exciting

look forward to them...