Carolina Troopy Resto"ish"

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My recent experience with diesel heaters says that you should keep the fuel line to the heater as short as possible, use hard plastic tubing with rubber fittings, not flexible tubing, and orient your pump at a 45 degree angle with the outlet on top. There are several kits on Amazon to allow you to drill into a tank and place a pick-up tube for diesel heaters. Most of them I have seen were being tapped into portable containers, but I'm sure they'd work for a vehicle tank as well.
 
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Making a lot of progress on the build out, courtesy of my buddy Eric Henry who's a local carpenter. The isle ended up being a shorter width than expected due to my 73 quart fridge. Adjustments may happen in the future, but I was more concerned about actually storage space than walking around space. The left side drawer is about 7' long on heavy duty rail slides (not shown yet). This will eventually hold all the kitchen equipment, stove, etc. Left and right side dead space will have access panels for electrical panels on one side and the diesel heater on the other. More to come and hopefully before Relic Run.

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Are we gonna see this at Relic run?
 
I have a dumb question.

As someone who dreams of family stuff in a troopy.

Are there any rear seats in yours? Any plans for them?

How big of a family?

Beautiful build
 
clrussell said:
I have a dumb question.

As someone who dreams of family stuff in a troopy.

Are there any rear seats in yours? Any plans for them?

How big of a family?

Beautiful build
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Not a dumb question at all. I can fit 3 in mine with the front bench. No rear seat, but i typically go out in a group, so the other kids/wife can ride with others. Dogs go in the back on the bed.
 
This thing is looking incredible! FYI I was the original importer from Australia. It arrived here looking decent (for the price) but all that bog work really started falling apart. At the time I wasn’t nearly as good at rust repair as I’ve become now, so I just threw more bog at it and went off roading! 😜


I’ve also moved from Tampa FL to Spartanburg SC, so it’s neat to see we’re practically neighbors. I’d love to see the truck sometime, I just drove back from Florida with my buddy Oliver and his pop top troopy that I did a little work to. CruiserMatt c2 Chris and another friend with a paint shop did the bulk of the heavy lifting on it, but Oliver lives in Asheville now too. We’ll have to do a Carolina troopy meet up, maybe get Andrew (white pop top) and Jonathan (red pop top) to come as well!

Here’s a few pics of Oliver’s truck from our trip yesterday!

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Oliver's truck looks amazing! If there is a troopy meet up, don't leave out the other red pop top in NC. I'm on the outer banks but often get out to visit family in WNC.

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svsisu said:
Oliver's truck looks amazing! If there is a troopy meet up, don't leave out the other red pop top in NC. I'm on the outer banks but often get out to visit family in WNC.

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3 red Troopy’s! That’s awesome, I feel like the Carolina’s are starting to catch up with Oregon for pop tops 😂
 
ca18sean said:
This thing is looking incredible! FYI I was the original importer from Australia. It arrived here looking decent (for the price) but all that bog work really started falling apart. At the time I wasn’t nearly as good at rust repair as I’ve become now, so I just threw more bog at it and went off roading! 😜

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Build Thread 'CA18Sean's HJ75 Troopy - Build & Restore Thread'

Hi! Long time searcher, new member. I've been coming to mud for years to find answers for my 1st gen 4Runner and more recently for my Land Cruiser. Figured it was time for a build thread.

1989 HJ75 Troop Carrier
2H Diesel H55F 5 Speed Manual
Aftermarket turbo (Turbo Dynamics) - Now Garrett upgrade
OME Lift
TJM Alloy Bumper
630K KM's (no documentation, but seller informed me it was rebuilt once before)

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I've wanted a troopy for years, but they've always been way out of my budget. Came across this being sold...
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I’ve also moved from Tampa FL to Spartanburg SC, so it’s neat to see we’re practically neighbors. I’d love to see the truck sometime, I just drove back from Florida with my buddy Oliver and his pop top troopy that I did a little work to. CruiserMatt c2 Chris and another friend with a paint shop did the bulk of the heavy lifting on it, but Oliver lives in Asheville now too. We’ll have to do a Carolina troopy meet up, maybe get Andrew (white pop top) and Jonathan (red pop top) to come as well!

Here’s a few pics of Oliver’s truck from our trip yesterday!

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Im game for a troopy meetup!
 
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