Triple 40 Series build Thread.
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Away from this build my search for original and salvageable parts led me to this beast:
Seems to be a 4 door hj47? Can anyone tell me about it - I dont think I have seen one before, I've bargained with the owner to buy it for scrap'' just need to work out transport back to Nairobi.
What model is this?
Seems to be a 4 door hj47? Can anyone tell me about it - I dont think I have seen one before, I've bargained with the owner to buy it for scrap'' just need to work out transport back to Nairobi.
What model is this?
I've never seen one before - really cool, though. Icon claims their 4 door is the only one on the '40 platform - but that would clearly contradict that claim. More pictures please.
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Well thats exciting news - apparently it was bought off toyota kenya a originally. Kenya have had a few of their own models fabricated here to suit the bush climate. Doors didnt look fabricated. Im picking it up in a few days and will report back and see if I can find info off the plate.
Probably a local custom mod for the safari business... Likely started life as a 45 series truck. I have seen lots of variations based on the 45 series modified into mulitdoor trucks for the tourist/safari industries.
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That was my first thought when i got home, I am now looking forward to paying it some real attention - the read doors didnt seem out of place at all. Might drop th body on my 45 if its saveable
That is awesome! Looks like a lot of work, but I think it would be worth it.
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Can anyone tell me if I can get a range rover v8 to talk to my fj40 speedometer? No one seems to know here and I need to buy new rover dials if it cant work. But I now have two decent condition speedos in my possession.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
Windscreen motor cover looks good !
there's no reason it shouldn't - I guess the question is which transfer case did the conversion use? most people in the States never thought about it, thus never realized that the Land Rover motor/trans/transfer case could drop into a '40 chassis. Most Land Rovers use an electronic signal from the transfer case - thus, no cable. It's certainly possible to make it work, but you really need to be committed to it. Companies like Dakota Digital make a converter that takes the signal from the transfer case and spins a cable so that your speedometer works. As you're in the bush (comparatively) - you may have to machine your own adapter and gear for the LR transfer case. Truly this isn't that difficult and I've done this before - just keep in mind that you're spinning a cable not reinventing the wheel. You could also adapt the '40 transfer case to the Land Rover transmission. How hard that is - I dunno, but you have the advantage (and I say this quietly as to inform not start a fight) that Toyota borrowed a lot of tech from Land Rover when the built the '40 so it wouldn't surprise me that the adaptation isn't that terribly difficult.
It's too bad, I had all those bits on the floor of my shop for awhile and I would have been able to give you better guidance - but the LR speedo, especially from the Discovery and Range Rover run through the ABS system so they're not readily adaptable to other vehicles.
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Thanks superbuickguy I'll have a good look at it and work out what's the best solution.
And you are correct one the Landover LR copied Jeep and Toyota copied Jeep and LR. I have had and loved both. But all my cars are yotas now because they don't explode in the bus!
Buy a Land Rover if you want to go out to the bush, buy a Toyota if you want to get back 
I commented about sourcing because it helps with fitment - the market was Jeep and Land Rovers to lose, and they did - which had nothing to do with what Toyota was doing, Toyota simply provided a better mousetrap.
And back to the LR thing - so I have a friend who bought a $900 Series 2A, fixed the mechanical and drove it (with his family around the world). I was being my normal self, and he commented that, outside a clutch, he had no troubles with his world tour. I retorted that he never tried to come back - he was always going one direction, thus fooled the Series 2 into reliability.
I commented about sourcing because it helps with fitment - the market was Jeep and Land Rovers to lose, and they did - which had nothing to do with what Toyota was doing, Toyota simply provided a better mousetrap.
And back to the LR thing - so I have a friend who bought a $900 Series 2A, fixed the mechanical and drove it (with his family around the world). I was being my normal self, and he commented that, outside a clutch, he had no troubles with his world tour. I retorted that he never tried to come back - he was always going one direction, thus fooled the Series 2 into reliability.