Builds The '93 Troopy Hodgepodge (8 Viewers)

[cruiserdan]

I hope those guys had a good lunch. That's a lot of real estate to process.

 

[Honger]

Troopy is in the blasting booth.

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Cheers

That’s a lot of media on the floor...

 

[SNLC]

Got our housing back from the blaster.

I got to fix this before paint.

The washer for the auged out hole is no big deal. But the nut welded inside there is completely stripped.

Probably going to cut this one apart to fix it.

Cheers

 

[SNLC]

I changed my mind, I am not harvesting parts to fix this, I am making new pieces to fix it. The nut I have new from Toyota already.

Cheers

 

[SNLC]

Clean these parts up and rock n’ roll time.

Cheers

 

[AlbertoSD]

Nice work with the paint, Ian.

What paint did you end up using on these? They look great.

-Alberto

 

[SNLC]

Panhard mount repair moving along nicely.

Got to walk away from it for a little while, need to go wash out axle parts and move the frame into the shop.

Cheers

 

[SNLC]

Oh ya, now the fun begins.

Cheers

 

[SNLC]

All done with this.

Cheers

 

[cruiserdan]

Pretty. Much easier on the bench than in the frame.

 

[SNLC]

Pretty. Much easier on the bench than in the frame.

As I am sure you know, it’s not an uncommon issue on 80’s. I predict as axles/housings become more and more expensive and harder to find rebuilding this mount will become more common. Cruisers and 80’s are some of the best vehicles ever made but after decades even they need some fixes.

Cheers

 

[TonyP]

That frame looks FRESH!

Once the body is back from blasting I think we'll turn a big corner on this build. From destruction, to construction.

Seeing a 100% fresh rolling chassis is going to be awesome.

Stoked to see all those parts come to use. Funny I ordered a lot of those in my LAST deployment. Now, here I am on my second deployment of the year

 

[Gengis]

Oh, the buying and paying will not stop anytime soon, not to worry about that.
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[SNLC]

I tried to fix this, just to far gone.

I rebuilt it instead.

Cheers

 

[TonyP]

Oh, the buying and paying will not stop anytime soon, not to worry about that.
G

It's been nonstop for decades.
Worst hobby ever.

 

[stolikat]

You seem to have a fat wallet for being in the Air Force.

 

[TonyP]

You seem to have a fat wallet for being in the Air Force.

No wife, no kids and good investments (aside from Land Cruisers).

 

[SNLC]

No wife, no kids and good investments (aside from Land Cruisers).

It’s the only reason I can be a Cruiser mechanic. Tesla stock has been on my list for awhile. With all the rave over the new truck I may be a year to late.

Cheers

 

[SNLC]

Cheers

 

[SNLC]

Cheers