The blue stripe ute is a late 84 model with taco, same as mine. The Patina ute is an 81 with drum front but he also has a late disc 40 front end that will need an overhaul before we fit it. As much as I love early cruisers these late models are very nice. I couldn’t believe it when he found them and started sending me pictures of them all. I feel pretty lucky to have the HJ47 I got

Australia has a lot of diesels compared to the US, and got none of the later model utes
My brother has also bought and sold a few more HJ45 which needed a bit more work.
Here’s a HJ45 79 model he picked up the other day
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