79 FJ45 Troopy Build “Olive”

[7schulz]

After many years of searching I was able to find a very unique Troopy. Its factory painted in 653 olive. 51k original KM, and has beautiful middle eastern Burberry vinyl lol
I’ve already started with a small build and added an original ARB catchers mask bumper I found locally over the winter.

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[Michael B]

That’s a very nice Troopy. It has some nice factory options. I have never seen that upholstery pattern before. More pictures of the interior would be great.

 

[7schulz]

Couple interior shots

 

[miller]

Riding in style!

 

[7schulz]

Little work to make it safe and reliable. New OEM radiator, starter and belts, alignment and chased down a number of frayed or improper sized wires.

 

[7schulz]

Forgot to mention this has an oil bath air filter. Cleaned it in a 5gal bucket with a couple gallons of gas and added a quart of oil straight 30 weight to the filter housing.

 

[7schulz]

Got after it a little this weekend, change out the remaining fluids, front and rear diff, transfer case and transmission.

Also looking for ideas on how to Tetris the back of this. 6’6” long and 40” wide. Looking for double drawers, and double slides, likely a Blckstone 22” combo griddle and range, refrigerator of some sort, a secondary compartment with a pop top at the front accessible by the driver. Some heated and cooled Sheel-Mann seats and a refer center console.
If there are any suggestions, fire away.

 

[clrussell]

In for this one.

 

[7schulz]

Got some new seatbelts from www.seatbeltplanet.com

 

[greenbeast]

Congrats on such a beautiful clean troopy, our BJ45 is nowhere as nice as this.