Builds The '93 Troopy Hodgepodge (11 Viewers)

[SNLC]

Cheers

 

[SNLC]

No it is not a bolt on job, 80-series chassis and 78-series ARB.

Cheers

 

[cruiserdan]

Keep eating the elephant. It's gonna be epic when it's all together.

 

[c2dfj45]

Glad the bar got there @TonyP.....they look so good on these trucks

Thanks for the biz!

 

[TonyP]

Keep eating the elephant. It's gonna be epic when it's all together.

It's the journey not the destination... or something.

 

[SNLC]

Custom fitted.

Cheers

 

[krice118]

Blue ARB looks nice haha
we are officially at 70 pages on this 70 series build. Cool stuff

 

[SNLC]

Probably going to be 70 more pages until it is done!

Kidding.


Tony got a 99-07 subtank cluster so we have been working on intergrading that into the harness. Also getting the FTE engine harness intergraded. As well as many repairs to the old original HZJ75 harnesses.

Cheers

 

[mt72]

Probably going to be 70 more pages until it is done!

Kidding.


Tony got a 99-07 subtank cluster so we have been working on intergrading that into the harness. Also getting the FTE engine harness intergraded. As well as many repairs to the old original HZJ75 harnesses.

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Cheers

Hours of fun into the wiring gotta have a virtue of patience

 

[Lo2aY]

Ian,

Amazing work! I followed the 80 restoration. That was amazing. This is no short of that.

Given all the body repair, wouldn't it have been easier to source a cleaner tub? I would assume it would have been faster and less of a headache?

One thing is very clear in this thread, your quality of labor and persistence is amazing. I'm sure this rig will turnout amazing when all is said and done.

I am curious what guys who may have decades of experience with the FT & FTE might say.

Cheers

You asked about this a few pages back. I will comment on the FTs. I've done about a dozen of them. Mostly Japanese engines. The engines I source typically have 230 - 250k kms. So they are not that worked in.

These are out of halfcuts mostly. and the common thing they all seem to need is a deep clean along with a new oil pump and new oil pump cooler.

We always pull the head off and we always go through them. Only one of the 11 FT engines needed new valves and pistons. The rest we just do seals/gaskets and rings along with other small bits.

I've done 3 FTEs one was out of a UK HDJ100. The intake was cacked. It looked a lot like the one you were working on.

I have an FT in my 60. Its a beautiful engine. The mechanical aspect of it, the noise. It's really nice. Has a lot more character than an FTE in my opinion.

If you need parts from Saudi, let me know. I'd be happy to help.

 

[TonyP]

Given all the body repair, wouldn't it have been easier to source a cleaner tub? I would assume it would have been faster and less of a headache?

"Easier" would have been walking into a Toyota dealer, pointing at a 5th Gen and handing my debit card over... but where's the fun in that?

 

[Lo2aY]

"Easier" would have been walking into a Toyota dealer, pointing at a 5th Gen and handing my debit card over... but where's the fun in that?

If only it was that easy!

 

[TonyP]

If only it was that easy!

True.

Ultimately, sure it would have been easier.
What I've learned over the past few years about Land Cruisers and the decades of 70-Series and Toyota history is far more valuable to me.

 

[Lo2aY]

I assume there is a restriction to import complete vehicle bodies without documents/VIN into the US?

There are a lot of body take-offs in Saudi for 70 series single cabs. All brand new.




Thank you for sharing this build with us. I'm doing a similar build and contemplating swapping the chassis on my 75 troopy.

This thread is a great resource for those who want to do a similar build.

I can't wait to hear your impressions driving it. I'm sure it will be a dream!

 

[SNLC]

We needed a bunch of wiring parts. Tony sent all that to us along with this sexy AC unit.

I think that is the last part he needed for a fully new HVAC system.

Cheers

 

[TonyP]

Cold, dry, air blowing on my face at all times is a requirement for life.

 

[Paulrotterdam]

I assume there is a restriction to import complete vehicle bodies without documents/VIN into the US?

There are a lot of body take-offs in Saudi for 70 series single cabs. All brand new.




Thank you for sharing this build with us. I'm doing a similar build and contemplating swapping the chassis on my 75 troopy.

This thread is a great resource for those who want to do a similar build.

I can't wait to hear your impressions driving it. I'm sure it will be a dream!

Does anybody know why all these brand new bodies are being taken off in the middle east?

 

[Omrib]

Does anybody know why all these brand new bodies are being taken off in the middle east?

Most of them probably for building armored vehicles.
Some designs use the OEM body as a somewhat covert shell and some eliminate the OEM body completely and build a new armor steel capsule over the chassis.
See one example

 

[TonyP]

This is going to start up again soon.

Was saving up for a quality paint job. They aren't cheap for a peon like me.

Let the masses decide:

 

[janyyc]

I think I’d do the greenish hue, simply because sandy taupe is such a standard colour…