Not used for camping.....flatbed works perfect when pulling up oryx or kudu when hunting. We're busy making dropsides for it that attaches on the side as well as cattle rails. But all in all it works for what we intended it to and I'm really happy with the outcome.
I'm in South Africa....got it custom built by ONCA. We drew it up on CAD and got going from there. Previous 105 went up in flames unfortunately....so when we got hold of a new vehicle the build started from scratch again.
Awesome looking vehicle.
Eish...those taxi's. We have the same issues down in South-Africa.
Will pm you in the new year - going up to Zim in Feb up to Harare and Bulawayo
Maybe have a cold one.
Looks pretty similar but some guys in SA have built custom bars and I took some notes from them to get where we are at. Took about 8 months to get everything together....in between work and all that.
Very small and lean and the winch only just fits in there....but the Rigid Industries LED's are...
In SA they come out with the auto locking hubs :bang:
Not very fond of those, the vacuum in my opinion is not reliable and also not advisable to use when doing serious off roading.
If you are gonna do serious work with the vehicle you can lock it with a wheel spanner - pretty much the same as...
Personally I'll never do this to a 105, especially not if you have a proper 79 pick up like this one....... which I'm lucky enough to own as well.
:cheers:
Posted pics of my 105 a day or two ago and thought it good to post the 79 EFI as well.
Living in sunny South Africa.
Well,... here goes...
2009 Land Cruiser 79 pick up. 1FZ-FE
285/75 R16 BFG MT KM2's
Standard suspension.....getting upgraded in Feb
Onca Bumper replacement bullbar
Safari...
Wow
Didn't expect this much comments.
We are really spoilt with the 105 and its 1FZ-FE engine.
When I got mine I didn't really take too many pics of articulation.
The best I have is this which shows more of the back wheel.
The first pic on the other post actually follows this one...
I...
Thought I'd add some pics of my 105.
Living in sunny South Africa...never posted before but thought it'd be a good time to do so.
On the farm just fooling around
At the AAWDC funday in Johannesburg
In Lesotho at the borderpost
Lesotho somewhere in the mountains
Another event in...