All Hypothetical of course; 79 Double Cab or 76 Series Body

[Eco 45]

Supposed one stumbled across the option to either purchase the cab with interior for a 79 Series Double Cab LHD or the main body with interior for a 76 Series LHD, but were only given the option to buy one...which would you choose??
No frames, engines, front fenders, or hood; just the body and interior.

 

[coldtaco]

hmmm, probably the double cab, but would be happy with either.

 

[Locked79]

Depends on which chassis you plan on using. The 76 will be a better fit on say an 80 series chassis because of its short wheelbase. Also depends on what you plan to use said vehicle for.

 

[AirheadNut]

Just a personal preference, but I tend to like the wagon body better for looks, even though the pickup is probably more practical.

 

[cruiserdan]

I'd go with the 76 unless the 79 also includes the pickup box.

 

[Eco 45]

Depends on which chassis you plan on using.

With the availability to import a 25 year old 75 series or 77 series you could easily build off of a 70 series chassis. Or if you had a rusty 70 series already this could be a new start. And depending on whether you modified the front chassis you could stick with the round headlight look or track down the front of a modern 79 Series.

It go with the 76 unless the 79 also includes the pickup box.

Pickup box is always the easy part.

 

[Gus]

I'd go for the 79 Double cab, I particularly like the versatility of that configuration.

 

[NM Frontier]

As fun/awesome as a 76 on a 80 chassis would be, I'd have to go 79 double cab for the bed space.

 

[tmarx]

You cannot beat the versatillity of the 79 D/C even if you tried .... car, ldv and 4x4 all rolled into one ...

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