FJ70 trail rig reconstruction...

[Roland]

I love the inward facing seats on your truck. Now all it needs is a wonderful bench seat and it'd have the perfect short wheelbase seating arrangement. Plus I love how the shorties look with a good lift and big tires. What wheel/tire combo are you running right now?

As for the gasser vs. diesel argument, I agree with Wayne. I drive anything that's under the hood, but I personally like diesel just because I like diesel, although I'd never do a conversion because I'd rather keep the running gear of a truck as stock as possible and rather would buy a truck that came factory with a diesel.

Always I drive anything that's under de hood.... diesel, gas, petrol, bateries, etc I drived good.

Now, my 70 have a 3B because the previous owner make a swap from 3F to 3B. Here in Chile now the difference between diesel and petrol is cero, but in the time thay make the swap, the difference was near to 50%. That was really cheaper the diesel.

The wheels that I have for my 70 are:
+ Summer time: Pitbull Tyre in 35"x14,50"xR15 Mad Dog
+ Winter time: Symex 35"x10,50"xR15 Extreme Trekker

 

[Roland]

Roland,
for years i have done a similar modification but mine was a 'C' pattern where yours is a 'U' pattern, both work.

this mod is great when you want to sling mud onto the truck behind you...

C o U patern are the same. The finally of "2L Rear" is optimizide.

 

[Roland]

i like the welded rear, many have the misconception that a welded in the back makes for an unsafe road unit. not true. even in snow and ice the welded behaves but then we have on the fly 4wd so in those situations why not use what Toyota gave us?
the only downsides that i found over the decades was tire wear and chirp chirp chirp as i turned into a parking stall.
on the highway 160k/h felt as safe or safer than an open diff.
i tried a welded in the front for one run only, BRUTAL for steering.
congrates again on a sweet ride.

X2... its a misconception idea only. If you know what you have and take the providence you will not have any problem at all.

 

[crushers]

exactly, it is a learning curve...
if the person says "this is dangerous" then for that person it will be.
if the person does not know how to drive,
if this puts the person our of their "comfort zone",
if the person is an agressive driver

then a welded unit (or even a modified cruiser for that matter) should not be part of their platform.

 

[Tapage]

that's why I always argue " I was not happy with a automatic locker " but that's just me ..

 

[Gold Boy]

great work...

 

[Roland]

great work...

Thanks and

 

[eagle7]

I can't get my eyes off with that rig of yours.Awesome! I luuuv it.

 

[Farmer_Fred]

Great job roland! Are the bench seats folding? just found a pair on ebay and think i got a job for them. Cheers!
Fred

 

[Roland]

Great job roland! Are the bench seats folding? just found a pair on ebay and think i got a job for them. Cheers!
Fred

Yes... the rear can folded

 

[Farmer_Fred]

Awesome. That is a great simple,clean looking stylish bumper you've made.

 

[TEPUI]

Roland, did you take any pictures at Lonquén yesterday?

 

[Roland]

Awesome. That is a great simple,clean looking stylish bumper you've made.

I only make de disign and a friend of mine maked...

 

[Roland]

Roland, did you take any pictures at Lonquén yesterday?

Eduardo, yes. I will post later de pics.

 

[Roland]

Here is a little video of the ride of the wekend.

YouTube - Cerro Lonquén 14122008.wmv

 

[crushers]

NICE flex M8

 

[fortysixandtwo]

Awesome 70. Love what you have done with it so far.

 

[Roland]

Awesome 70. Love what you have done with it so far.

Thanks

 

[Roland]

Continue with some upgrades, now we have done a change to the fuel (diesel) tank and some goodies in the interior.

The tank pass from 60 lt to 90 lt... very good

Some pics.