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I've always liked cab-forward. Engine access pretty good?
Sounds like they tax anything that touches/wears on the road.
We have tow dollys that carry two wheels and also tow bars that fold away for storage and flat tow (no wheels off the ground). The steering of the towed vehicle is unlocked and always towed by the front.

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Miata UBJ: ES-2074R('70s maz pickup)
Ford IFS viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13225&p=134742
Simple Spring select viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11815
LxWxHt
360LA 442E: 134.5x46x15
Lotus7:115x39x7.25
Tiger Avon:114x40x13.3-12.6
Champion/Book:114x42x11
Gibbs/Haynes:122x42x14
VoDou:113x44x14
McSorley 442:122x46x14
Collins 241:127x46x12

So good! The whole cab flips forward so you're basically just looking at the engine between two frame rails - though you can also lift up the middle seat for minor maintenance or checks.

Flat towing sounds cool, I believe we're allowed to do that here as well but haven't looked too much into it. You usually see it with small vehicles behind RV's (or campervans, as we call them), and I think the vehicle has to be modified, certified, etc. to be legal here.

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Scratch built turbo V8 hot-rod in progress
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I've been preoccupied a bit over the last few weeks redoing our deck.

Before:



And now:



I also acquired a bead roller!



Test beads looked good and I noticed that it came with a large roller which looked about perfect to form the slats on the Jeep grill...



... and I promptly destroyed it Ah well, it's all a learning experience

Some other odds and ends over the weekend: I ground down the welds on the front guards in preparation for making the aluminium skin.



Then I fully welded and ground down the scuttle radius support pieces so I can better fit the scuttle.

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Nice deck. Some kind of maintenance free composite?

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Miata UBJ: ES-2074R('70s maz pickup)
Ford IFS viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13225&p=134742
Simple Spring select viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11815
LxWxHt
360LA 442E: 134.5x46x15
Lotus7:115x39x7.25
Tiger Avon:114x40x13.3-12.6
Champion/Book:114x42x11
Gibbs/Haynes:122x42x14
VoDou:113x44x14
McSorley 442:122x46x14
Collins 241:127x46x12

Thanks mate! I was considering composite but got talked out of it because it can get extremely hot in the sun, and the deck bakes in the hot aussie sun most of the day, so I ended up going with Merbau which is a hardwood timber. The boards are 140x19 rather than the original 90x16.

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Scratch built turbo V8 hot-rod in progress
http://locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=19549