New to the forum, g'day all

[HDJ79R]

Howdy folks, I'm Vic from the Great Southern area of Western Australia, smack bang in the middle of beef, lamb and grain cropping country...

Am a 35 year diesel truck, earthmoving and marchinery mechanic, and this my choice of work truck, a 2003 HDJ79R, because being an engine man at heart, it has what i believe to be the best engine in it's class ever made, the ubiquitous 1HD-FTE.

Have had "her"a few years now, it just clocked over the 400,000 km mark. Recently i added a 3" exhaust and unichip w/- 5 map select. Plus, just today i drove 900kms return to pick up a spare H151 transmission that i just bought from a VDJ wreck, which i'm currently speccing the ordering of parts for, to convert into a H152 hybrid, without pulling mine off the road for the period that will take to complete.

Looking forward to chatting to you all, cheers for now.

-V

 

[coldtaco]

Lovely, welcome.

 

[Exiled]

Welcome! Love that old girl!

 

[Indestructible 47]

Welcome, fellow Aussie. There's a few of us that boot around here. Nice part of the country ya from, albeit dry at the moment. Looks kind of like a sandy colour, rare if it is.

 

[XXMASS]

welcome Vic

 

[HDJ79R]

Welcome, fellow Aussie. There's a few of us that boot around here. Nice part of the country ya from, albeit dry at the moment. Looks kind of like a sandy colour, rare if it is.

Yes, it's not the original colour, it used to whilte, although the colour change has been done quite well... I believe they were only sold in four colours, and that's not one of them

 

[AussieHJCruza]

Welcome aboard!

 

[HDJ79R]

Welcome, fellow Aussie. There's a few of us that boot around here....

I was on another forum, but somehow i always found myself lurking over here, where the conversation seems a little more interesting.