"Detour" - FJ62 Fire Truck Ute - soon to be 80-chassis swapped (1 Viewer)

[RivMan]

Man, this truck is so cool!

I was actually super close to buying this before you did. Glad to see it went to a good home! If you ever decide to sell, give me a holler

Thanks! It's a great project and I still can't believe it was for sale that long without someone picking it up.

-Rob

 

[RivMan]

Hit a milestone today.

Day 1:

Day 352:

Doubled it's lifetime miles in less than a year of ownership.

It's been to Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky.

Fillups: 72

Gallons of fuel: 924

Average MPG: 13.9

Fuel cost: $3,400

Only one part failure: Clutch Slave Cylinder failed

We're just getting started!

-Rob

 

[RivMan]

More Power!!!!

...... steering anyways.

Over the last year I've sourced a factory FJ62 power steering pump, a RHD HJ61 power steering box (Thanks Jimmy @CenTXFJ60), Derale steering cooler and some custom hoses to add power steering to the Fire Truck.

The truck was fully functional on-road with the manual steering box, but off-road it was really hard to run through some obstacles. I can't wait to test it out with the new steering setup.

-Rob

 

[African]

Great build so far!

 

[RivMan]

A bit of an update, this truck is now officially called "Detour"!

Detour has been sitting parked in Michigan for the last 3 months while I took another rotation in Texas. That doesn't mean progress has stopped though!

From the first time I visited Jimmy's @CenTXFJ60 Barn for a beverage and Cruiser talk, I had my eye on this RHD 80-Chassis sitting in the back 40. I recently convinced him to let it go, and it's on a truck headed to Michigan as we speak. I also secured some 60 to 80 body mounts, and a set of 20" Ute stretch plates from @TRAIL TAILOR .

Detour is officially getting an additional 25" of wheelbase, Coils, etc... I made a deal for a locked front 80 axle from @RocketCityCrzrs, and an open full float rear (for now), however the housings are setup for lockers. It will also be getting a longer Ute tray and probably a headboard. Power is likely coming from the stock 3F for now, but that may shift to an LS as the build develops.

The chassis will be a slow build, and I have lots planned for the truck before we make the switch!

-Rob

 

[African]

Fun.... now its project!! ha ha
My dream Cruiser would be a 60 or 70 double cab on an 80 series chassis... this is going to be awesome.
Im sure you'v seen it but if not check out 4WD 24-7 "dirty 30" on youtube