67 LV morphed w. Tacoma

[merbesfield]

Thus may have been posted but I haven’t seen it. I don’t endorse this, I’m simply posting. Not my style nor do I really like the final results. Someone spent a ton of money to butcher an LV.

http://precisioncarrestoration.com/1967-toyota-landcruiser-let-the-transforamtion-begin/

The work done seems solid, but the end results leave a lot to be desired IMO. To each their own.

 

[DomSmith]

Wow. Not sure how it will look at the end but it’s butt ugly now. Don’t expect it will get much better.

 

[Bear]

Lots of time and labor = lots of money.

 

[G-Cat]

What a shame

 

[merbesfield]

Yea that wood bed looks like s***. Could have possibly been made to look good but not w that. Interior work pretty ugly too.

 

[1969FJ]

That is a lot of work. I can respect the work, but, as a purist, it is not what I consider a restoration.

 

[Splangy]

I think I remember seeing this travesty for sale on eBay a couple years ago. Somebody actually spent a ton of money to do that.

 

[Rix 45]

Waste of a Tacoma and a waste of an LV

 

[Cruiser Corps]

That is a ton of work that is going in the way wrong direction!!!

 

[DomSmith]

Good fabrication practice?....


Looking for something positive.

 

[middlecalf]

Is that a standard body work process to spread filler-type material over everything and then sand it smooth before painting? Not for hole filling like bondo, but to make the “body straight” as specified?

 

[KT40]

Is that a standard body work process to spread filler-type material over everything and then sand it smooth before painting? Not for hole filling like bondo, but to make the “body straight” as specified?

It is more common with a pretty high show car paint job but I don’t see the need for this on here.

 

[LC_Hamma]

The front tire to fender fitment is way off. And that IFS is up the whole build

 

[whitey45]

It was on eBay a while back and didn’t make it past 20k! Pretty goofy build!

 

[DomSmith]

Is it finished?! I didn’t see the end result.

 

[JackA]

It just kept getting uglier. What waste.

 

[scoobiedubes]

That's disgusting! And the pride with which they're documenting it... That's in someone's garage right now, and unfortunately there's no going back with it anymore.

 

[heavytlc]

That kind of hurt my feelings. They did nice Body and metal work. I don’t think vintage 4x4 benefit from in any way by making them that slick, some like it though. I Was actually starting to think that they might be able to salvage it when they painted it and it would look cool. But then it turned into some kind of flat/satin black douche truck. I figured at that point it was getting some black rockstars too.

Someone really wanted it and had a dream. It’s cool they were able to find someone that could make it happen for them. I am going to guess the guys in the shop doing the work didn’t even think that it was cool. I could be wrong. Most good paint and body guys I have have known an eye for detail but not the eye for Aesthetic flow for a major body section/shorten.
They spent 60-100k. Maybe more. It happens all the time. Not often it is a fj45lv. Coke and working girls, in ground swimming pools, kids college, simple Divorce, or any type of bad investment has that much money spent on it.