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looking great!!!
Wow! That looks excellent. Just curious, why are you putting smaller windows in the back?
How do you say "blind spot" in Danish?
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Hi again fellow metric wrenchers!
Didn't get anything done today, have been home all day waiting for a repair-guy, the fridge is on the fritz... He should have been here 10 am, but called and delayed it 2 pm. Now it's 4:15pm and no sign of the guy! Isn't that typical!!!??!?
Since my shop is 30 miles from where I live I'll have to wait untill tomorrow.
Ducks said:
Didn't get anything done today, have been home all day waiting for a repair-guy, the fridge is on the fritz... He should have been here 10 am, but called and delayed it 2 pm. Now it's 4:15pm and no sign of the guy! Isn't that typical!!!??!?
Since my shop is 30 miles from where I live I'll have to wait untill tomorrow.
Ducks said:
[Wow! That looks excellent. Just curious, why are you putting smaller windows in the back?/QUOTE]
I used to drive the truck below in the army, it's a MOWAG EAGLE, a Swiss built armoured 6 ton truck based on a HUMVEE frame, it has better armour than a M113 APC!
The windows are 2" thick, composite/ceramic/Kevlar armour ect. ect...
(and it still did 90mph
I really liked the feel inside, with the small windows ect. And since I plan on using the truck for camping and sleeping in it, and have no rear seat, I like the idea of peoble not easilly being able to see in.
And because I could!
A note on the MOWAG, our guys use them in Irak and Afganistan today, there is a new model with a brand new chassis, if you are interested, just Google MOWAG EAGLE.
Kind of reminds me of the Special Vehicles version of the Discovery...
The Troopy was available as such also...
apparently a good way to avoid certain taxes...
The Troopy was available as such also...
apparently a good way to avoid certain taxes...
Hi Christian,
Jeg maa sige at din 60 series vil se godt ud naar den er faerdig, Jeg bor i Australien, min mand og jeg har en 60series Sahara, vi er ogsaa ved at gore den i stand, Jeg ville bare sige held og lykke med arbejdet, det er et stort project, (undskyld staviningen jeg har vaeret her i AUS i 20 aar).
Hilsen fra Goldchaser kone (Betina)
Jeg maa sige at din 60 series vil se godt ud naar den er faerdig, Jeg bor i Australien, min mand og jeg har en 60series Sahara, vi er ogsaa ved at gore den i stand, Jeg ville bare sige held og lykke med arbejdet, det er et stort project, (undskyld staviningen jeg har vaeret her i AUS i 20 aar).
Hilsen fra Goldchaser kone (Betina)
Sorry to everybody else, I just couldn't resist to post a danish reply for a fellow danish man, I was original from Copenhagen before I moved down under, Goldchaser's wife Betina
I prefer a cheese danish, myself ...
I kid, I kid. But that is one awsome-ly cool build! That's the kind of shizzle they should do on Extreme 4X4 !
S.
I kid, I kid. But that is one awsome-ly cool build! That's the kind of shizzle they should do on Extreme 4X4 !
S.
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First:
Hej Betina! det var en overraskelse at få en besked herinde på dansk! Men det fortæller vel bare internationalt nettet er, men Tak! Jeg håber arbejdet på jeres 60'er går godt, I må jo lægge nogle billeder op, I har jo alt luksusudstyret down under , jeg har selv OME... held og lykke!
And now for the rest of you, who doesn't speak danish, and no, Denma
rk is not the capital of IKEA, no, we don't have vikings in reservations and, eventough Denmark IS the land of milk and honey(s);p we call pastries (directly translated) Wiennabread...
BUT we do have those "silly" taxlaws that means that almost all 4x4's are wagons, ie no rear seat...
Now for a breaf update: Haven't made any remarkable progress. I have been wrestling with the top doorlock, at the bottom I reused the original TOYO doorlock, but that wouldn't be great for the top one. Actually I considered just going with the bottom one, but desided I needed both, as the new door holds the seatbelt, and to avid to much windnoise.
Im trying to make some VW doorlatches work, but it is a fiddle.
Sorry no pics, the battry on the camera was discarged.
Hej Betina! det var en overraskelse at få en besked herinde på dansk! Men det fortæller vel bare internationalt nettet er, men Tak!
Jeg håber arbejdet på jeres 60'er går godt, I må jo lægge nogle billeder op, I har jo alt luksusudstyret down under , jeg har selv OME... held og lykke!And now for the rest of you, who doesn't speak danish, and no, Denma
rk is not the capital of IKEA, no, we don't have vikings in reservations and, eventough Denmark IS the land of milk and honey(s);p we call pastries (directly translated) Wiennabread...
BUT we do have those "silly" taxlaws that means that almost all 4x4's are wagons, ie no rear seat...
Now for a breaf update: Haven't made any remarkable progress. I have been wrestling with the top doorlock, at the bottom I reused the original TOYO doorlock, but that wouldn't be great for the top one. Actually I considered just going with the bottom one, but desided I needed both, as the new door holds the seatbelt, and to avid to much windnoise.
Im trying to make some VW doorlatches work, but it is a fiddle.
Sorry no pics, the battry on the camera was discarged.
serenity
SILVER Star
damn those doors are , keep up the good work and keep us updated, this is one cool build up.
, keep up the good work and keep us updated, this is one cool build up.
Christian,
We did quite a bit of driving around and saw most of the country. We went up to Skagen and Frederickshavn and made it to Jelling. And we did get to go to Copenhagen for a few days. We saw quite a bit of the country, and I loved it, just can't wait till I get to go back. Everytime I look at the pics that I took in Copenhagen I still can't get over seeing big neon Sony and McDonalds signs ontop of buildings that are older than the United States. The church that my mother was Chistened in was built 200 years before Columbus was even born. The history in Denmark is almost overwhelming. Just wish I could have got the chance to do a little fly-fishing while I was there, but thats on the to do list.
and once again...Killer rig.
We did quite a bit of driving around and saw most of the country. We went up to Skagen and Frederickshavn and made it to Jelling. And we did get to go to Copenhagen for a few days. We saw quite a bit of the country, and I loved it, just can't wait till I get to go back. Everytime I look at the pics that I took in Copenhagen I still can't get over seeing big neon Sony and McDonalds signs ontop of buildings that are older than the United States. The church that my mother was Chistened in was built 200 years before Columbus was even born. The history in Denmark is almost overwhelming. Just wish I could have got the chance to do a little fly-fishing while I was there, but thats on the to do list.
and once again...Killer rig.
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BigRed,
Thanks!!!Sounds like you saw quite a bit, im glad you liked it!!! It's funny about history, we are so used to it, that we don't understand that your country is so "new". Part of the farm I grew up on is older than your constitution.
To quote Eddie Izzard in a sketch about EuroDisney; "We better get the castle right, they actually got them here!
But you are one up on me, I haven't been in the US yet, but maybe a roadtrip when the cruiser is done
Now for a build update:
The door is finished! I finally figured the latch-stuff out, and it works!!! Even the original handle inside is working; fit-and-adjust, fit-and-adjust...
I even testfitted the window, in final assembly it will be glued on from the inside, that way there is fewer places for water to enter, and rust to start. I really like the look with the "fatter" frames, and I will do the same on the front doors, since the original frames are rusty, and the doors need a lot of work anyways.
Thanks!!!Sounds like you saw quite a bit, im glad you liked it!!! It's funny about history, we are so used to it, that we don't understand that your country is so "new". Part of the farm I grew up on is older than your constitution.
To quote Eddie Izzard in a sketch about EuroDisney; "We better get the castle right, they actually got them here!
But you are one up on me, I haven't been in the US yet, but maybe a roadtrip when the cruiser is done
Now for a build update:
The door is finished! I finally figured the latch-stuff out, and it works!!! Even the original handle inside is working; fit-and-adjust, fit-and-adjust...
I even testfitted the window, in final assembly it will be glued on from the inside, that way there is fewer places for water to enter, and rust to start. I really like the look with the "fatter" frames, and I will do the same on the front doors, since the original frames are rusty, and the doors need a lot of work anyways.
That there is damn interesting. Lots are watching...
Wow, I'm grooving on it. Nifty cool!
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Rust!!!
I have started on the passengerdoor, i knew there was quite a bit of rust in it and I have tried to get two new front doors, but they are impossible to find used, and too expensive new.
So on with it! Paintstripper and pressurecleaner took of some of the old paint, then I started cutting in to it, TOYOTA really likes layering sheetmetal, so does rust unfortunately!
but as you can se below it is fixable, it just takes ALOT of time!
I have started on the passengerdoor, i knew there was quite a bit of rust in it and I have tried to get two new front doors, but they are impossible to find used, and too expensive new.
So on with it! Paintstripper and pressurecleaner took of some of the old paint, then I started cutting in to it, TOYOTA really likes layering sheetmetal, so does rust unfortunately!
but as you can se below it is fixable, it just takes ALOT of time!
