Recent content by BigWesty

Bare-metaled and painted up my wiper arms ready for windscreen surround rebuild. Little job. But satisfying.

With our new shed built on the property. I finally brought her home from my mates workshop, nice not to have to jump in a car and go for a drive every time I want to work on her! Only the steering wheel and a milk crate to go and she's done!

The underside of the fenders has been done in a tinted stone guard for extra protection. The underside of the tub, the rear floor and front floor pans will also be done the same way. Stoked with the dash panel as well, done in two colours like factory and the pewter/silver was colour matched to...

First panels with paint. Came up even better than expected and beyond exciting after such a long time and considering what she looked like to start with... happy days!

After a flat out year and no posts from me I suppose I better catch up anyone interested on the build! Progress has been made, just haven't had the time to be on 'mud enough this year. I'll start banging some photos back up.

The heart beats for the first time in nearly a year.

Harvested our last load today. Long harvest this season. So hopefully back into the Troopy in the next few weeks! Poor old girls barely been looked at for 5 months. Got a few bits of powder coating done here and there, hubs finished off and test fired the 12HT for the first time though! Pretty...

Thanks mate, she's not destined to be a show car. Just no rust and everything refreshed in her. I more want the upgraded, stronger drivetrain to make her a solid daily and family tourer. I ended up with a PTO as well. Thomas Winch though, not Toyota. Contemplating rebuilding depending on final...

Picking up the rest of the engine parts from plating tomorrow. So she should be a runner in the next fortnight or so hopefully.

Cheers mate! I need this sort of encouragement sometimes!

S Too late mate, one whole bedroom is primed panels ready for paint and the whole top of my wife's walk in robe is new genuine parts for the interior.

Thanks heaps mate! I've only managed to spot a few photos of yours, but means a lot coming from someone with another nice 83'. Hope mine looks like yours soon enough! She'll be beige when she's done as well.

I'm constantly fighting the urge to grab another 40 too mate. Heaps of really tidy utes over here I'd love to own. I'm just trying to keep my focus on the troopy until she's done. I've absolutely fallen for her and think she'll be a member of the family for a long time. The main reason my wife's...

I'm pretty sure the wife already has a set of blank divorce papers in the draw. They're not signed yet. But she's got them there just in case I get any ideas....

Slowly mate. Haha. I was hoping to have it nearly done by now, but experiencing the usual hold ups with bodywork and life in general. I'm a farmer, so harvest starts in the next few weeks so she'll go on the back burner soon probably until early February as I'll be totally time poor for the next...