'67 LV shortened body on tundra chasis

[Lito]

The shop that did the paint on my LV several years ago contacted me regarding a client who wanted an older landcruiser body on a modern chasis. He wanted an extended cab. I referred him to mud over a year ago to look at some of the 45's and 40's that people had done similar things to. Then I sort of forgot about it, assuming they never took on the project.
Today I needed to contact him and discovered that he did something I never heard of, shortened an LV to get the same result. I have no idea how all of you are going to receive this, but thought it would be interesting. Hopefully this is not a repost.

Toyota | Precision Restorations - Part 4

 

[Gumby]

Sad. Folks can do what they want once they buy the rigs, but there are less rare trucks out there that could have come up with the same results.

 

[55guy]

please keep us updated !

cut all you want , Land of the free ! I for one would like to see the finished project ! I appericate the fabrication skills involved , I will not cut mine ,but if I did 4x4 rock crawler baby !

 

[fogblanket]

Wow where to begin.. first thank you for the link it is amazing craftsmanship. something I have thought about with my lv. not hthe tray back but the engine and or body swap on a newer chasis and drive line. I do appreciate them using the lv body in that I feel the 40's lost a lot of there cool styling after the lv. why is that? they kept getting less and less as the years went on. anyway what a perfect platform ,lv body wise, to get a 4 dr tray back.
this willl look kewl I do hope it doesn't lead to people cutting up lv's but maybe more toward lv body parts being reproduced
anyway kewl build Jason

 

[2manycruisers]

me too, I want to see it finished. Wish I had either the skills or bucks to do something like that, though I'd skip the flatbed and keep the 4 doors.

 

[merbesfield]

Hard to tell, but I think they are keeping all four doors.

 

[Scott Parsley]

It's super neat. I wouldn't do that to mine but what a cool direction to take.

 

[Lito]

they're gettin there.

 

[precisionrestor]

1967 Toyota

To everybody on this thread. Thank you so much for the interest in what we are doing here at our shop with the Toyota.

You can follow this link to see all the blog post, up to the most current.

1967 Toyota | Precision Restorations

Right now we are trying to take care of some final body items on the Truck and then it will move into primer and paint.

If you have any questions about this vehicle feel free to email me or call.

My info is

Jon Hantsbarger
Precision Restorations
314-652-1966
jon@precisioncarrestoration.com

Keep watching as I will keep the updates coming on our site. You can also find us on twitter and facebook. There are links on our homepage.

Thanks again

 

[55guy]

one of a kind

wish your shop was on the west coast ( I need some rust repair ) Nice craftsmanship !!That will be one cool 45lvtruck what did that rear seat come out of ?? stock ? ? also how about a pic of the rig from the side ? & what bed will you put on it ?? Thanks

 

[precisionrestor]

wish your shop was on the west coast ( I need some rust repair ) Nice craftsmanship !!That will be one cool 45lvtruck what did that rear seat come out of ?? stock ? ? also how about a pic of the rig from the side ? & what bed will you put on it ?? Thanks

Thanks for the compliments. Just so you know over half of our clients are from out of our area. We provide national transportation to those want to get here.

The rear seat on the truck came out of a 94 or 95 Dodge Caravan believe or not.

There should be a picture somewhere on our website of the side of the truck, if not I will put another up.

As far as the bed goes it is going to be a flat wood bed with wood stake sides.

 

[ColoCruiserJeff]

I'll throw my .02 in here

I'm hoping that you're going to separate the bib from the fenders and paint individually.

I'm not a fan of anyone chopping a LV, as there were only 1500 shipped state-side. They're rare enough to leave alone. You'd never morph up a Shelby Cobra for instance, being a rare vehicle- and they built thousands of them! Keep rare enough alone is my take on the LVs that are still in barns and backyards all over the states.

Best of luck on the build, and stay safe! I'll keep an occasional eye on the project, just out of sheer morbid curiosity.

Cruise-on!

 

[a.greenspan]

I'll throw my .02 in here
I'm not a fan of anyone chopping a LV, as there were only 1500 shipped state-side. They're rare enough to leave alone. You'd never morph up a Shelby Cobra for instance, being a rare vehicle- and they built thousands of them! Keep rare enough alone is my take on the LVs that are still in barns and backyards all over the states.

Best of luck on the build, and stay safe! I'll keep an occasional eye on the project, just out of sheer morbid curiosity.

Cruise-on!

I like your comment
By the way no LV`s where ever sold in Europe ( I`ve only seen them on pics) so the 1500 sold in the USA are a " lot "
Ok the owner decide what to do with his car/truck,but
I would prefer to see more old school restorations.
On the long run "old schoolers" are the better invest
that´s for sure !

Cheers
Peter