Jimny Modification
I ve had mine for about 5 years now, and did all this right at the start to make it more useful as a one man hunting/shootin/fishin vehicle. As said above it is really only good for one passenger or two at a pinch, plus the dogs of course.
I removed the rear seats, rear seat belts and exposed the floor pan, put back the set attachment bolts in the captive nuts in the floor pan to keep the water out. The floor pan isn't flat, so added a section of about 3x2 to support the new marine ply floor more or less level with the rear inside door sill.
The floor and sides are marine quality ply, (probably overkill), and assembled with Gripfix, adding the stainless steel angle brackets as reinforcement. The whole lot was coated in 2 coats of clear Sadolin.
The side panels are additionally fixed to the wheel arches using the original seat fixing bolts. The eye bolts are useful for attaching bungee cords for restraining the shelf and empty trays.
I got hold of some smooth 3mm rubber decking from a local chandlers which is not fixed so that it comes out for cleaning the 'box' of blood/ deer and dog hair.
The additional shelf , just sits on top of the two sides, held in place by a strip of aluminium angle that traps the leading edge of the shelf. The decking rubber is Thixofixed to the ply shelf, and stops most of the kit from sliding about the place.
The black tray is a plasterers mixing tray from B&Q / or wherever , good for 2 roe / 1 fallow , cheap and replaceable anytime. The top tray is good for 2 roe or 1 fallow and usually is full of kit of one kind or another.
The gantry is based on 4 roof rack attachment brackets for circular roof rails, and are not easy to find in UK, I got mine from a chum in the USA while on a trip over there. The cross rails are stainless steel bar which fit directly into the brackets and allow the gantry to rotate into the upright position. The actual gantry was drawn up by a 'proper engineer' to take up to 200 kgs load, and fabricated by a local Yacht Repairer in stainless steel tube. The rigging is a set of jib sheet blocks. Restraining wires 3mm, and carabiners complete the rigging, and these were made to measure, again by the Chandler.
Here it is stowed for travel, 2 small pieces of poly pipe lagging to stop it rattling.
The gantry takes about 2 minutes to deploy, and the same to stow it away, I've tested it to take 150 kgs which I think is about the max before the front wheels start to lift, given the cantilever distance needed for a carcass to clear the rear door sill.
Took a bit of time, and of course several quid to do it, but I 'm happy as I can do a suspended gralloch almost anywhere with a minimum of fuss, and the clean carcass slides directly into the tray, without sploshing about in the mud and stuff. It is easy to keep clean as well.
I have considered coating the inside of the box with gel coat to make it waterproof, but decided it was a luxury I didn't need?
Anyway, there it is, and it works for me.
Added to which the Jimny goes just about anywhere with no fuss.
ATB
Peter