Builds My VDJ71 (1 Viewer)

[Shorty SA]

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Nice truck! My dream SWB 70 series!

Would love to see more pictures. Engine bay, under neath the front and back, etc.

 

[OGBeno]

Agreed. I need to see how they stuffed that sucker!

 

[ALX4X4]

We don't get the SWB in Australia just the 4 door wagon and troopie but a few people have grafted the sheetmetal on to older Bunderas and the like - looks the same !!

 

[Shorty SA]

 

[Shorty SA]

The SWB is only available in the middle east and have seen them available in Germany. All LHD.
The new 2017 models have either the 4,0V6 (GRJ71) or 1HZ (HDJ71)

My vehicle started life as a BJ70. I took a 2016 V8 76 as a donor vehicle and built all across including the chassis to fit the v8.
Safety specs are the same as a 76 with ABS front and rear disk brakes, The new dash was also fitted.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

The SWB is only available in the middle east and have seen them available in Germany. All LHD.
The new 2017 models have either the 4,0V6 (GRJ71) or 1HZ (HDJ71)

My vehicle started life as a BJ70. I took a 2016 V8 76 as a donor vehicle and built all across including the chassis to fit the v8.
Safety specs are the same as a 76 with ABS front and rear disk brakes, The new dash was also fitted.

Incredible project! Would love to see as many pictures of your project as possible.

Did you have to widen the BJ70 frame to fit the engine? Or weld the front section of the VDJ76 frame to the BJ70 frame?

 

[OGBeno]

^^^^^^ Agreed. Please more information about the swap and the level of complexity involved.

This is amazing work. That thing is probably a rocket ship compared to a shorty with a 2L-T or a 3B or a even a 13B-T iteration.

Manual transmission? H151F? I hope not the R151F.

Great work.

 

[Shorty SA]

 

[Shorty SA]

I used the frame from the V8 76 and shortened it. It had to be the wider frame for the engine to fit. This also gave me coils up front and by using the 76 axles I now have factory lockers on both axles.
I had to replace the BJ70 firewall with a new V8 firewall to make sure everything fitted in the correct place.

 

[boozewz]

Awesome work!

Are you running similar width front and rear axles?

 

[Shorty SA]

 

[gkanai]

That is impressive! Probably the only one in the world.

 

[Shorty SA]

It would be interesting to know how many others there are. I have seen a few pics with decals on but nothing to convince me that they are real.
For now I just enjoy mine.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Thanks again for the pictures; amazing work!

 

[Tapage]

remarkable .!!!

I would keep it a MWB personally .. but gotta take my hat of with the amount of craftsmanship involved ..

 

[FJ73Texas]

Wow...this truck is amazing.

 

[tmarx]

Welcome Geoff !

 

[JuanJ]

Hello,

Amazing truck.






Juan

 

[Shorty SA]

Thanks Theo