I recently purchased a 1990 BJ75 Troopy from gilmorneau. You may recall his "Tale of Two Troopies" post. He found himself in a position where he had bought two Troopies so I helped him with his "problem." ( I now have that problem as well but that will be in another post at a later date.)
The truck came from France and was a one owner in the same family. Father and son. gilmorneau picked it up in New Jersey and drove it CA where I bought it from him. The truck has a few dings and dents and a couple of spots of rust. The inside rear of the truck is somewhat ruff but has less than 100k miles.
I fancy myself driving to Patagonia within the next few years and had planned to take my '88 Land Cruiser FJ62. I have it built out really well for camping but the issue that it will not be able to overcome is the lack of interior space to sit other than the two front seats when the weather turns bad. Within the last year I bought a 1hdt that was going to go in the 62 but after researching Troopies I thought that it would be the ultimate "overland" vehicle so I began looking for one. Enter gilmorneau.
The plan now is to build out the Troopy. Currently it is sitting at Willamette Blvd Auto in Portland awaiting the engine transplant. The 3Bii is out and for sale (sold) in the Classifieds. We are currently waiting on a turbo rebuild for the 1hdt. With suggestion from mud members the engine has a new water pump, timing belt, tensioner, injectors rebuilt. BEB replaced. Cold start removed.
I do have significant plans for the truck and will post pics here as the build progresses.
The truck came from France and was a one owner in the same family. Father and son. gilmorneau picked it up in New Jersey and drove it CA where I bought it from him. The truck has a few dings and dents and a couple of spots of rust. The inside rear of the truck is somewhat ruff but has less than 100k miles.
I fancy myself driving to Patagonia within the next few years and had planned to take my '88 Land Cruiser FJ62. I have it built out really well for camping but the issue that it will not be able to overcome is the lack of interior space to sit other than the two front seats when the weather turns bad. Within the last year I bought a 1hdt that was going to go in the 62 but after researching Troopies I thought that it would be the ultimate "overland" vehicle so I began looking for one. Enter gilmorneau.
The plan now is to build out the Troopy. Currently it is sitting at Willamette Blvd Auto in Portland awaiting the engine transplant. The 3Bii is out and for sale (sold) in the Classifieds. We are currently waiting on a turbo rebuild for the 1hdt. With suggestion from mud members the engine has a new water pump, timing belt, tensioner, injectors rebuilt. BEB replaced. Cold start removed.
I do have significant plans for the truck and will post pics here as the build progresses.
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