I started out with a '95 Montero that i bought from motero, then got it running and driving. Soon after that i removed the interior then the rear glass. Next was the doors, wiring and the layout for cutting. Chopped it down in sections and changed my mind a bit on what i wanted to do, i was origonally gonna box in the cab with a removable rear window but i decided to just enclose the lower half of the cab up to the window line. The reason i'm going this route is because the LWB B pillar is really narrow and since i'm tall i can't just sheet all the way across otherwise i can't put my seat back far enough. This will actually work out better because i won't have an extra back glass to store. Anyways next I cut the center floor board to be the new lower rear wall and welded it into place, the new center wall will be made from something like a tail gate because i know at some point some will climb in through the back and it will need to be very rigid. I made templates for the steel to box in the 4 corners of the body, the rocker corners will be made out of a thicker plate to prevent colapsing on impact even though i will have sliders. The other thing i did was relocate the roof crossmember, the LWB origonally had 2 body crossmembers and i welded the larger one in at the end of the chop. This should help support the crap i put up on the roof rack and i might even weld the other crossmember in the center just for extra support even though i'm only planning on putting light stuff like sleeping bags and a tent up top. That's all for now i'll keep this updated as i go.


1999 Montero SAS'd on Kings and stuff

1998 Montero trying to get a V8 Swapped