70 series double cab (1 Viewer)

[Clint79]

I seen the bloke who builds these full door duel cab cruisers and turns 105 series into ute etc in a lunch bar the other day , but only got a quick chat in. He was saying that conversion with full rear doors and genuine doorloks etc from a masive company that builds truck loads for mini g companys and charges minning prices are around $24g , he build them for customers so each just get 100% and isn't rushed in and out , his are around $14500 ish obviously price varies to what you want and need , I've seem a troopy he duel cabbed , chopped the rear end off the body and put a tray on looked nice .
Ill pop in to see him after work one day and see if I can get some pics happening

 

[crushers]

clint,
that would be great. thanks

 

[kbushnz]

Wayne, have photo's, just sorting them out as some are double ups. None on the chassis part as he had a computer crash during the build and lost a whole lot of photo's and other data.
Will get them to you closer to the weekend.

 

[crushers]

thanks M8

 

[bravo31]

Gday mate I've got one of these trucks LJ78 1990 2.4 TD.That is anice one!!Do you want to build a model of this or do you want the real thing?

 

[crushers]

i have had a number of LJ78s over the last few years. nice trucks.
i have a LJ78 with the PZ swapped in and am considering doing a build similar to this one but in reality it would be cheaper, easier and make much more sense to just contact the owner and buy it.
cheers

 

[BoostingLux]

mmmm

that brown one is gorgeous, just a pity about the colour, ive seen a few of them over here in NZ that are like that, like somone said i think they are SA convesrions that have been shipped over here. That white one looks a bit rough, the tray looks way to short and the rear wheel arches look unco, but i gues thats what you get when you dont extend the chassis....1HDT...mmmmm give me one of those for my hilux please!

 

[lowenbrau]

Just popping in to rattle the cage again.

I'm really close to beginning my project. Gonna drop the 79 cab on an 80 chassis. Found a good donor FZJ80 but I need to flog the Cummins to make it happen. Hopefully it will work out. I'm not going to stretch the frame or the cab until I get all the bugs worked out as a single cab and then I'll stretch the frame to match the extended cab once I find a donor Prado.

Any thoughts about using a T100 steering column with the shifter to run an A442? It would be nice to keep the bench seat and have a clean transmission tunnel.

 

[kbushnz]

Found this one on the net last week...
Tom’s project

Its in the UK...

 

[millas]

Here's another one..

 

[lowenbrau]

Here's another one..

Beautiful.

Do you think it is just the body color around the glass that makes it look less like a Prado when compared to the one in the original post?

I'd sure love to see a side-on picture of this latest one.

 

[block]

Just popping in to rattle the cage again.

I'm really close to beginning my project. Gonna drop the 79 cab on an 80 chassis. Found a good donor FZJ80 but I need to flog the Cummins to make it happen. Hopefully it will work out. I'm not going to stretch the frame or the cab until I get all the bugs worked out as a single cab and then I'll stretch the frame to match the extended cab once I find a donor Prado.

Any thoughts about using a T100 steering column with the shifter to run an A442? It would be nice to keep the bench seat and have a clean transmission tunnel.

If you need a good T100 for parts, my wrecked one is available from SGI salvage. PM for details or just search the sgi salvage page.
Good luck on the project.
Block

 

[ForealBoreal]

here's another one..

holy **** that turns my crank!
Details!

 

[Clint79]

Beautiful.

Do you think it is just the body color around the glass that makes it look less like a Prado when compared to the one in the original post?

I'd sure love to see a side-on picture of this latest one.

It doesnt look very Aussie decked out but it does have the
Aussie bonnet

 

[lulo]

 

[Mark_kzj78]

awesome pic!!!

 

[Deny]

Beautiful.

Do you think it is just the body color around the glass that makes it look less like a Prado when compared to the one in the original post?

I think it's that and the fact that there is no two tone paint scheme. Keep it white or beige and it should look more like a 79 and less like a Prado.
my 2cents

 

[lshobie]

I'm with Deny on that one, the prado paint - well....not so good.

Deny got the front driveshaft thanks very much, will get me through the season, I sent the money last week and you should have it any day now.

 

[Hanna Quality]

I support your project 100% its gonna be awesome!!! get to it someone has to get a project done...I sure havent

seriously, a double 70 series double cab ute (my version has a short aluminum flatbed) on a 80 series frame will be the ultimate 70 series.

Im in, I'll take 2 please

 

[millas]

Here's another one..

Only info I have on this rig is that it was imported from OZ to South Africa. It's the D4D 4500 V8, sitting on 315 muds. I don't think it was resprasyed, think the guy bought it in that colour..