No activity for a couple of weeks - Last weekend we took the troopy down to the coast and met up with some friends - staying in a very cool little beach resort.
No camping but fires on the beach and plenty beers and chilling out in a super nice calm sea. Drive is not much fun as the road down (220kms) takes almost four hours now as the road is breaking up BADLY. HD Konis absorbed some brutal knocks well
Last couple of days I have been running around in this as I lent the 105 to a colleague to travel:
Great truck - really enjoying scooting around with a pickup again!
So wheels...
well yesterday I got our tyre fitters to swap rubber - so the troopy has the 6.5" rims off a std 105 cruiser fitted with General AT2s that only have a couple of hundred kms on them. So this afternoon I got out some sand paper and started the prep. I got one helper in the form of a retired chainsaw operator to help out with the sanding. I must say Amuzu did a pretty good job:
Used the onboard shower to wash down the sanding dust:
Then masked off and sprayed with multiple coats from rattle cans. Paint is a bit glossy but beggars can't be choosers out here!
Must say I was quite pleased with the result. I didn't bother with clear coat - will make future touch ups easy.
And the final result (well, still got the spares to do):
Now last week a long awaited vehicle arrived (I ordered in October) for our company hospital which is also a district hospital. It is a fully ambulance equipped new 78! Must say we had some laughs driving around as the siren has a loudhailer function. Anyway this one (got to get some pictures) has rear mudflaps, (which mine doesn't) so I made a deal with our Doc... a couple of ratchet straps (to lock down the oxygen cylinder) in exchange for the rear flaps

They even say "LandCruiser" on 'em.
So folks, I leave you with a few more shots of the 79 and some home made rear bumpers we made for it. Cheers, Gil.