how low can a beddy be dropped

[Bas NZ]

Hay David, there's no chance of our vans rotting away, as we have been working on them for years now, don't get a chance to sit around and decay..............

[vintageholden]

i,m not having flares....
i want the wheels in the guards as per the blue van i posted.....

any details on the chassis mods...
how much was cut out and what reinforcments were done...
thanks

[Dano]

Merlin.......Hurry up with those kits boss!!!    chop chop!!....

[outriding]

This is another lowered CF done back in the day, the CBS Supervan.
The front and rear is jaguar suspension, heavily moded up front.

"The jaguar suspension has one or two adaptations for its use in the CF. The front utilises the stock Bedford springs in the Jag wishbones, mounted on what is still essencially the CF crossmember despite heavy hacking-about to acheive the low ride height. A 3/4" EN16T steel anti roll bar is mounted in Rose joints. At the rear, the Jag components had to be widened by a massive 10" to put the fat wheels out in those arches.  Extra Rose-joined radious arms are fitted as a precautionary measure."
- street machine 1981

[BusyKiwi]

i,m not having flares....
i want the wheels in the guards as per the blue van i posted.....

any details on the chassis mods...
how much was cut out and what reinforcments were done...
thanks

You'll have to square the guards to get that type of effect.

I've dropped my custom van 4 inches and had to cut the lips of the bedford wheel archs so can turn etc, and thats with standard springs.

By what I've heard about your engineers and road worthy etc you'd probably at minimum have to put in a front sub frame if you want to drop it, the standard rails aren't strong enough to support big mods and if you do cut into it then your crumble zone changes (when you have a head on, the part that folds up). I put a full chassis in mine

[Bedfordcrazy]

My 2nd attempt, would it not be easier to do what someone here is doing, and build a complete new rolling chassis, with all the latest technology, and then drop your modified beddy body down onto it, that way you can get all the geometry right and airbag your body. Having read all the post here so far, regardless of the method, dropping seems to be a massive job.

For me i like the high look, but i am bias, i love my 4x4s, and a 4x4 beddy will be my next beddy project, already designed it, now just have to find the money to finish this van, then find the money for my second van. lol  yep....

george

[BusyKiwi]

Have a look at the picture on this page on my site
http://munchtech.com/bedford/van17.html

shows how high the floor comes up when you drop it 4 inches, and because of the roof chop my seats bolt to the floor and steering column is angled like a car and a lot of the inner guards are modified to suit, still using standard height springs (van sits about 160mm off the ground), lowering it anymore my feet would like in the dash

[vintageholden]

i was only going to cut 2" from the chassis..
and get lowered springs....
maybee 1" from the cross member..

[BusyKiwi]

would be nice if you could source some 2" drop spindles, i'd be careful with lowered springs, mainly because bedfords already have a problem with wishbones cracking and lowered springs are harder and also can/will effect steering

[vintageholden]

thanks

contacted castlemain rod shop ..there not going to make anymore....bedford ones..
but can still get hq???
can i fit hq...