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It’s kind of funny....it’s well used, rusty, has bad Cruiser lean, the paint is wasted and the wheels-tires are dangerous but it is growing on me real quick! Strange but the seats are not that bad and it looks like original fabric on them.

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Cheers
 
Purrs like a kitten with spoons taped to its tail being kicked down a flight of stairs.

You diesel-loving folks are nuts :p

That said, the running roller chassis is up for grabs: frame, axles, 1HZ, H55, dual tanks, wheels, ect...

PM if interested. I'll throw in a clean 80 series title for "your uses". :cool:
 
See what I mean?

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You would think something with this many kms on it would look worse. That sure looks like Toyota fabric to me as well but maybe I am wrong?

Cheers
 
Hello,

It looks like an upholsterer replaced vinyl with fabric/vinyl at some point.

OEM fabric seat bottoms have two fastening hooks to keep it tight with the foam. This one seems to lack the fasteners, as the fabrc looks a little loose.

Anyway, given the truck's age, seats look great.

You may want to inspect the reclining mechanism's actuator cable. In old age, it tends to fatigue and break at the spring end. Furthermore, some upholsterers fail at routing it properly. Ask me how I know.





Juan
 
So how much will you need to stretch the 80 chassis to fit the Troopy body on it? Assuming you'll need to re-configure body mounting points, but anything else major on the radar for the chassis swap?

You're giving me ideas.......
 
gilmorneau said:
So how much will you need to stretch the 80 chassis to fit the Troopy body on it? Assuming you'll need to re-configure body mounting points, but anything else major on the radar for the chassis swap?

You're giving me ideas.......
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5.1 inches stretch at the RLCA frame mounts

Yup, we'll need to move the body mounts around.

I'm considering using 200 series body mounts and rubber. Watched the video of Shaun Whale's 60 series from 4WD Action. He used them on his build. The 60/70/80 mounts are 1/3 the size of the 200 mounts. Not something I'm totally set on, still need to do more research and pricing.

As of right now, that's it on the frame side. Aside from motor and trans mounts.

A cool project, if money was no object, would be to source a 200 series frame for the swap and utilize KDSS and keep the IFS. Maybe figure out a way to get the 3UR to run properly with a stand-alone ECU. But that would be a mega bucks to build. My route is only big bucks build. :D
 
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TonyP said:
5.1 inches stretch

Yup, we'll need to move the body mounts around.

I'm considering using 200 series body mounts and rubber. Watched the video of Shaun Whale's 60 series from 4WD Action. He used them on his build. The 60/70/80 mounts are 1/3 the size of the 200 mounts. Not something I'm totally set on, still need to do more research and pricing.

As of right now, that's it on the frame side. Aside from motor and trans mounts.

A cool project, if money was no object, would be to source a 200 series frame for the swap and utilize KDSS and keep the IFS. Maybe figure out a way to get the 3UR to run properly with a stand-alone ECU. But that would be a mega bucks to build. My route is only big bucks build. :D
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Watched the same video...thought about the mounts. Was easy for those guys....they had a bunch of mounts around!

Wonder how the mounts fit on the body side....guess you could just make some kind of larger flange where they sit.
 
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Watched the same video...thought about the mounts. Was easy for those guys....they had a bunch of mounts around!

Wonder how the mounts fit on the body side....guess you could just make some kind of larger flange where they sit.
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The top of the 200 series rubber mount has a large "washer" build into it. I might PM some of the guys I know in the 200 forum to snap some body side pics.

I was thinking just snag a gang of one style of 200 frame/body mounts and make them work. The 200 only has 5 different body mounts (four of which are very similar), the 70 troopy has 7 I think (18 mounts total). I price out one frame/body mount at $65. Problem is the Troopy has 18 body mounts, that's $1100 in just the frame side. Not to mention they'd be chopped up anyways to fit the 80 frame. Add in the rubber, bolts, washers, ect... It'll add up. For a single cab, much easier to swallow price-wise.

It would definitely be cool to make happen. Maybe we can talk the Delta guys into CNC'ing us some 200 mounts for cheaper then OEM.

Then again it might be a lot of work for barely any improvement. I also already bought all new 70/80 body mounts.

Just brainstorming. First order of business is taring apart and getting the Troopy body in better shape.
 
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Watched that video earlier as well. The 200 mount looks way over kill. I don’t know what the mounts look like on 60s but for my 75 Ute cab the 80 series rubber seem to suite it just fine.
 
TonyP said:
The top of the 200 series rubber mount has a large "washer" build into it. I might PM some of the guys I know in the 200 forum to snap some body side pics.

I was thinking just snag a gang of one style of 200 frame/body mounts and make them work. The 200 only has 5 different body mounts (four of which are very similar), the 70 troopy has 7 I think (18 mounts total). I price out one frame/body mount at $65. Problem is the Troopy has 18 body mounts, that's $1100 in just the frame side. Add in the rubber, bolts, washers, ect... It'll add up. For a single cab, much easier to swallow price-wise.

It would definitely be cool to make happen.
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Big dollars to do that mod on a Troopy. I think my single cab has 4 mounts plus 2 in the front. Maybe 6 total. Can't remember. Way friendlier to the wallet on a single cab.
 
Mr Cimarron said:
Watched that video earlier as well. The 200 mount looks way over kill. I don’t know what the mounts look like on 60s but for my 75 Ute cab the 80 series rubber seem to suite it just fine.
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I'm thinking that as well. Cool idea, but, like I said, I don't know if the gain (if there was one) would even be noticeable. Doubtful.
 
I bet fresh new mounts would go a long ways....we used the 80 mounts on #1. Thinking that maybe when the cab comes off #2, some new mounts go on.
 
I would hold off on any mounts besides what we already have for now. We have no idea at this point how engine and trans are going to fit along with things like exhaust. It may end up body lifted?

The FJ142 I built got a “natural” body lift from the brackets I built and not really wanting to build stink bug into how the body sits on the 80-chassis which some guys have done. I opted for level over the 80-chassis. Anyways, I think we are ways out before worrying much about body mounts.

Cheers
 
Saw the Troopy in person, drove around town a bit, picked up the frame from Delta/Greenspeed (with some redneck engineering), sprayed it down.

I always forget how small the Troopy is in person. They look like a cargo van in pics but are surprisingly compact in person. Not the first time I've seen or driven a Troopy, but the size always surprises me.

It's rough shape but that's about what I expected. It drives surprisingly well. A bit of hesitant in the lower revs. Might be some air in the system or something. Otherwise, for a leaf sprung, rusty, breadvan, bald tires and missing wheel bolts, it is very decent. :D

Once the title is done, I'll head up again for a few weeks with a box of cutoff wheels and flap disks and have at it.

Can't wait I get this thing done.

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