Toyota FA Truck

malcb · Mar 12, 2008

No prizes for spotting the 45 series pickup, picture taken in 1981, think it has to be a HJ45.

I think the blue truck is a Toyota 6000, dont know the story behind the photo, I wasn't there. The wood on the back of the truck is probably a flat pack, kit building for a school.

malcb · Mar 12, 2008

Last one, a FJ40 at work. It's carrying cargo from the airstrip a few miles up the road down to the school.

No we didn't have lockers or a winch. Eventually the school got a HJ45 with a winch etc. Thing about Papua New Guinea was if you got stuck people would appear and help, these kids are students.

malcb · Mar 12, 2008

One more - at least I think this is almost in the FJ25 age range, a Stout, taken in 1975, not really sure on years for Stouts, though things though.

FJnotCJ · Mar 12, 2008

Where in PNG? I spent time in Kiunga, Moro, and Gobi...

2ndGenToyotaFan · Mar 12, 2008

Looks like a mid 60's Stout, and a nice 45 in the background!

Great pictures, thanks for sharing! :cheers:

malcb · Mar 13, 2008

FJnotCJ said:
Where in PNG? I spent time in Kiunga, Moro, and Gobi...

First three are in the West Sepik around Lumi. When the FJ40 went in the last section of the road was really just a walking track it took my Dad quite a few days to get in, making bridges over small crossings, it had been something like three years since a vehicle drove into the area. Once in Lumi and added to the other two 40 series, a Suzuki and two tractors that made the number of working vehicles arund Lumi, in 1977, six. The river crossing is after the road was completed around 1981.

Kiunga would be quite like Lumi, for anyone wondering what the area is like (it's real 4x4's only, although you do see some cars doing amazing things), heres and arial shot from google maps and a link. the top brown area is Lumi town, the bottom on is the school with the agricultural school between the two. lumi - Google Maps Distance from the twon to the school is probably a bit over 2 miles but quite a trek at times.

Stout probably Sogari.

JohnnyC · Mar 13, 2008

malcb said:
I think the blue truck is a Toyota 6000, dont know the story behind the photo, I wasn't there. The wood on the back of the truck is probably a flat pack, kit building for a school.

i am 100% sure that truck is a 1975 or later Toyota DA...they are toyotas big boy...7+ ton versions....that rig was the later version of the A series truck.

it went early A body till 1963? then to the later A style body in 64?

here is a link to a later DA 1975 ...marker lights are 75 they list it as a 72...they are wrong

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http://www.trans.rtaf.mi.th/Picture/Toyota DA 115-1972.jpg

and later DA 1965:
http://www.trans.rtaf.mi.th/Picture/Toyota DA 115-1965.jpg

later DA 1968:
http://www.trans.rtaf.mi.th/Picture/Toyota DA 115-1968.jpg