TOYOTA PIC OF THE DAY POST (8 Viewers)
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GTSSportCoupe
2LTE abuser
80 with trailer
stevebradford
In the shop
Seen this crazy beast in the 60 section.
Toyota Landcruiser Station Wagon 60 series 6th wheeler | Cars, Vans & Utes | Gumtree Australia Caloundra Area - Mount Mellum | 1181257025
Toyota Landcruiser Station Wagon 60 series 6th wheeler | Cars, Vans & Utes | Gumtree Australia Caloundra Area - Mount Mellum | 1181257025
Reminds me of my dear old sled in one of it's many iterations. sniff....
Still have my extendo top...
This is the best Arkana conversion crew cab I can find on the internet. Not too many around that are modified, they usually look silly with dinky little tires. Actually this one has me thinking I might do this instead of turning my next BJ42 project into a troopy
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I'm thinking of building something like that...I've sorta started, (and sorta stalled
) hopefully I'll be able to get back at it this summer.I'm thinking "suicide" backdoors so I can have smaller doors, but still convenient sized openings. No one ever sits in the back of a 40 series anyways, so I don't need a full on backseat. Even my dogs are too old to ride in the back a 40 series
Just a question of how to make it all work and have the front doors still close solidly.
I'm just hesitant about title...driving around in a pickup with a bj40 tags I could see getting some attention from the horsemen. ( pickup vs suv plates)
Jesus. As if a 60 didn't have enough awkward curvy bodywork already.
stevebradford
In the shop
@seapotato is that top off a troopy or did you stretch it yourself?
Forget the 4 doors... you will just end up having to drive more people around. I know you don’t want to do that.
Someday I would like to grow my 40 a bit more to this.
My 80 pound 10 month old dogs can’t get into my 40 or 60 I was thinking of some kind of ramp. Like guys use for loading a dirt bike into a pickup. I have to lift them in and they arnt done growing yet.
Forget the 4 doors... you will just end up having to drive more people around. I know you don’t want to do that.
Someday I would like to grow my 40 a bit more to this.
My 80 pound 10 month old dogs can’t get into my 40 or 60 I was thinking of some kind of ramp. Like guys use for loading a dirt bike into a pickup. I have to lift them in and they arnt done growing yet.
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GTSSportCoupe
2LTE abuser
Can't train them? I grew up on a ranch in the interior. We taught all the dogs to jump into the back of the farm truck pick-up with the tail gate up. This was a standard mid 80's F250. Some dogs learned easier than others.
Seems there are lots of pet loader options out there tho. Here's one: Solvit Lightweight Folding Pet Ramp
stevebradford
In the shop
That would be ideal but they are burnese mountain dogs I’m not sure they can jump haha
Yeah, I've considered a stretch, but I don't want that much sheet metal. I'd prefer a flat deck of sorts and a removeable camperette thing if I wanted dry interior space.
An extended cab for a dog bench/toolbox is plenty, but dogs have a bitch of a time getting over center consoles and such without a rear door. Not to mention muddy feet on the drivers seat.
Still up in the air, I haven't closed off any options yet, and it'll be a while before it's driveable. (like yeeearrrs)
I glassed two tops together to make the extendo lid.
I could have 6 doors it wouldn't increase the number of people that I'd have to ferry around. Haven't even flipped the back seats up in my 61 in months, my bj40 became a 42 and then a 45 over about 10 years, had 3 or 4 passengers in the back in that time, they bitched constantly, it's dirty back here, this seat isn't bolted down, it's uncomfortable, I'm bleeding, my skull just fractured on the roll bar, typical whining.
We have a dog ramp, as do my parents. My dogs refuse to use it, and it's a pain in the ass to move around. It's easier to just lift the old farts in and out than to deal with the ramp all the time. My parents have a 3 legged dog, she's always used a ramp. ( they should get to park in handicapped spaces )
Our young aussie can pretty much jump OVER the truck if she wants to so I'm not worried about her...and sadly, she's probably the only one of the current 3 that'll live to see the 40 thing run.
An extended cab for a dog bench/toolbox is plenty, but dogs have a bitch of a time getting over center consoles and such without a rear door. Not to mention muddy feet on the drivers seat.
Still up in the air, I haven't closed off any options yet, and it'll be a while before it's driveable. (like yeeearrrs
)I glassed two tops together to make the extendo lid.
I could have 6 doors it wouldn't increase the number of people that I'd have to ferry around. Haven't even flipped the back seats up in my 61 in months, my bj40 became a 42 and then a 45 over about 10 years, had 3 or 4 passengers in the back in that time, they bitched constantly, it's dirty back here, this seat isn't bolted down, it's uncomfortable, I'm bleeding, my skull just fractured on the roll bar, typical whining.
We have a dog ramp, as do my parents. My dogs refuse to use it, and it's a pain in the ass to move around. It's easier to just lift the old farts in and out than to deal with the ramp all the time. My parents have a 3 legged dog, she's always used a ramp. ( they should get to park in handicapped spaces )
Our young aussie can pretty much jump OVER the truck if she wants to so I'm not worried about her...and sadly, she's probably the only one of the current 3 that'll live to see the 40 thing run.
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stevebradford
In the shop
Typical backseat passengers... I also would hear about how water sprays them when it’s raining. The fold down leg on the jump seat pinched a finger. Or they bounced their head off the roof when rolling over a small bump like a speed hump.
stevebradford
In the shop
Now that is pretty cool...especially when the original box went back on.
Scary stuff,
Talk about a different world. Years ago a friend from Venezuela told me why 40s were so popular there. He said on any given day the road could be washed out... and six months later it still would be gone. This would require finding an alternative route... or starving.
Road repair 60 style
stevebradford
In the shop
I know, I know! But if you look closely underneath that abomination is the stong will of a landcruiser! @seapotato isent the only one crazy enough to pull this off. This is my cousins “crover” he is driving while his 40 motor mess gets sorted.
^^ Well, if he doesn't want that later, call me. I'd take that off his hands. ^^
stevebradford
In the shop
He’s like me, never sold a cruiser. I think he has 6 cruisers.
stevebradford
In the shop
Whops someone missed a step..
That’s one of those flip top canopy’s. they are really cool,
