Fj80 Troopy build Aus

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Hey guys and girls.

Billy Here with another 40 build

Years ago I built a 1hzt 47 series ute, build up is on here. It was good until things got out of hand and turned it into a short course racer. I was gonna to bring the 47 back to life but it would need a lot of work done to it to be able to get it rego'd back on the road in Australia. So I had the troopy sitting there. I had bought it very cheap with aircon and powersteer, flogged the power steer setup and chassis off from it and thought bugger it. Il build another. A Friend of a friend was selling his fj80 cruiser cheap so it was the perfect donor! anyway il stop rambling along and show you what ive been up to these past 3 months

cheers

 

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Here it my old 47 series coiled fresh 1hz turbo twin locked 3 linked etc

and it turned into this ls1 powered short course racer.

 

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so here is the troopy. bought it from out in western qld and I dare say its been a country car its whole life! bugger all rust for one of these down here. she was full of red dirt, sure took some cleaning!

nice live .22 round in the rust guard haha.. really neeed to dig that out!

 

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Giving the old girl a bath, took along time to get her clean!

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And the donor. 1990 fj80 with 3fe auto. will only be using the rolling chassis and brake booster and master

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getting it ready to drop the cab ontop the chassis

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thought id fit my 37s seen as it will be running that size fulltime

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making up the middle cab mounts. a lot of fiddling to get these right!

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my front cabin mounts are part of the sliders. 2 birds 1 stone there!

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Slipped the heart into it. ls1 with th400 and a np205 transfer. will have a gt35 turbo fitted also

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making up the transfer crossmember

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thought id show off my collection. troopy, bj74 mwb 13bt auto, the old 47, my friends fj80 extra cab chop ls1 we are in the process and a 84 fj40 on a cut and shortened 60 series chassis with 2h turbo auto twin locked on 35s

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got myself a new pipe bender thanks to my friend shaun who makes them! mad bit of gear

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starting on the rear bar and rear guards, will have a runva 11xp winch tucked up in there.

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have to tub the inner to get some more clearance

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braced up the guards so it can take a bit if I roll her onto em

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winch cradle and all mounted in

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time to start on the front guards. I thought id purchase a bending program to help me with this as I wanted to achieve 1 complete piece. I bought bendtech pro and haven't looked back. makes life so easy bending with rotation etc

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had to trim the front panel to suit the pipework.

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Being a Carpenter I though a set of profiles would help me out with the guards lol

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having a beer after a big weekend!

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I had a gu Nissan patrol steering box laying around, so I thought id fit it up. a lot stronger then the 80 box

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folding up my front winch bar

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Scored a set of 39 Michelin xml tires so I thought id throw em on while the build up keeps going

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So this is where its at currently. Highmount in, fishplated all the front bar to chassis and onto setting up the steering

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[sneaky]

I've been watching this on the 40 Facebook page, its good to see all the pics in one place, and its looking fantastic.

Did you ever consider running a different offset wheel to reduce the track width and the width of the front guards and rear flares?

 

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nah mate I love offset wheels! and the look of the big guards. not into narrow wheels or small offsets

 

[Solace in Solitude]

What a beast!! Excellent work!!

Subscribed!!

 

[Delancy]

Did you alter the 80 wheel base in any way?

 

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nah mate stock wheelbase

 

[84TROOPY]

Am I the only one who's not getting the photos in this thread???