Anyone Know This Aluminum-Bodied 60?? (1 Viewer)

[FishTown]

I don't even remember what I was originally searching for, but I came across a picture of this aluminum-bodied HJ60 on pirate4x4. Anyone know anything about this? I would love to read the build on it. As well as know the reason as to why this was done.

 

[tucson_sailors]

No idea, but subbing this thread. That is a pretty unique 60. Looks like an old Land Rover 2 series.

 

[gregnash]

Doesn't look like a 60 at all. Looks more like a Land Rover Defender. If it is a Land Cruiser it seems to be a highly modified 70 series if anything...

 

[GeologistFelix]

Found the source with a little Reverse Image Search-Fu.

The New Cruiser

I guess they really wanted to build their own body, so they got a rusted out HJ60 and, well, did it?

 

[Spike Strip]

I would buy a truck like that.

 

[mongoose2231]

Reminds me of our ARO's. Tough little buggers.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

I'd sport it! The fabricator has a skill or two.

DeLorean 60

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[zprovo]

Might actually be faster than a DeLorean.

 

[NookShneer]

Icon builds its FJ's & Broncos out of thick gauge aluminum which is then powder coated. I think they use a ship builder in Vancouver, BC.

 

[KruiserK]

I would buy a truck like that.

Would you drive it across that bridge?

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

not if it didn't have those sleek aluminium skins!

 

[zipper]

i love diving over cable/plank bridges. all the cool places in SA are on the other side of a cable bridge.

there's likely 3-5 3/4" wire rope under each tire track. plus that was has guide wires. the fun ones are open sided.

 

[FishTown]

Doesn't look like a 60 at all. Looks more like a Land Rover Defender. If it is a Land Cruiser it seems to be a highly modified 70 series if anything...

The only two things I see that are 60 related on the exterior are the front turn signals and mirrors. Pretty unique.

 

[zipper]

its tough to tell but the lug pattern looks like an 8.

 

[gregnash]

To me it looks like the bastard love child between a first or second gen 70 series and a Land Rover Defender.. But where there is a will there is a way.

 

[FishTown]

To me it looks like the bastard love child between a first or second gen 70 series and a Land Rover Defender.. But where there is a will there is a way.

Totally. My initial thought was Defender/Patrol mix. I wonder what it cost to build that. Could not have been cheap. I just can't see that the benefits outweigh the costs.