Hello All,
I took the liberty to doctor Robert's photograph by quickly using Microsoft Paint to grab sections of the nose cone from the fire wall and move these forward. Instead of extending just the engine compartment. The end result sort of looks in keeping with a CMP. Or maybe it does within just my own twisted mind. Gee it might even give people over six feet tall some leg room
The photograph would be the equivalent of getting a grinding wheel on the vertical face below the windscreen and cutting down to the floor. Then moving the cut off piece forward. The gap between the windscreen and the new located nose could be filled in using sheet of metal that follow the same lines.
I saw a Toyota camper van sitting in a supermarket car park here in Bundaberg, Queensland that someone must have put in a six cylinder diesel motor instead of the original four cylinder. I did not have a camera with me at the time. However they just followed the idea of putting a bigger nose over the engine section and it looked awful.
Yes it is a lot easier playing with Paint and moving stuff around than it would be to do the same job with a real-life truck.
Then there is the smaller Japanese diesel option too. Hmmm all food for thought
Kind Regards
Lionel