theglobb
SILVER Star
Hello anyone and everyone who could be potentially interested in this group buy. Let me start with the fact that my troopy is a rusty POS, instead of chasing rust that will never truly go away for endless years to come, I think that this would be a much better route to take. A clean fresh slate. Whether you want to put a troopy body on some other cruiser chassis, or also have a rusted-out troopy, I think this is something we should seriously look into.
I've come across this Alibaba Troopy Body. The price seems extremely fair for an entire new body for a troop carrier, I'd go ahead and buy it now but my only issue is that you need to purchase a minimum of 10 to get in that price range. I reached out asking how much it would be just to ship one and they said $7,000 USD. I have no use for 10 troopy bodies, nor the money to purchase/ship that many. That's why I have come here to gauge any interest from fellow cruiserheads.
Now you may be pretty sketched out on the whole Alibaba/Chinese-made part of the deal, and rightfully so. However this seems like a genuinely reputable and respected autobody manufacture, you can view their page here. They went to SEMA in 2022 to showcase the bodies they had made for 40 series. They don't just specialize in older Toyotas, they have old Bronco bodies, Nissans, Land Rovers, etc. If you scroll further down on their website you can see for yourself. They produce new side & rear doors, aswell as fenders for troopys as well if you are looking for just a whole body swap with most of the odds and ends for the body included.
If you watch the video down below on some reproduction Chinese doors they seem overall very pleased with it. One of them said "I would 100% have one on my car"
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This post is really just to gauge any interest out there and see if I can build up momentum to actually pull this off. If they offered $7,000 for a single body who knows what they would go down to if we even got even 5 other people on board. If you're interested, please make it known in this thread!
I've come across this Alibaba Troopy Body. The price seems extremely fair for an entire new body for a troop carrier, I'd go ahead and buy it now but my only issue is that you need to purchase a minimum of 10 to get in that price range. I reached out asking how much it would be just to ship one and they said $7,000 USD. I have no use for 10 troopy bodies, nor the money to purchase/ship that many. That's why I have come here to gauge any interest from fellow cruiserheads.
Now you may be pretty sketched out on the whole Alibaba/Chinese-made part of the deal, and rightfully so. However this seems like a genuinely reputable and respected autobody manufacture, you can view their page here. They went to SEMA in 2022 to showcase the bodies they had made for 40 series. They don't just specialize in older Toyotas, they have old Bronco bodies, Nissans, Land Rovers, etc. If you scroll further down on their website you can see for yourself. They produce new side & rear doors, aswell as fenders for troopys as well if you are looking for just a whole body swap with most of the odds and ends for the body included.
If you watch the video down below on some reproduction Chinese doors they seem overall very pleased with it. One of them said "I would 100% have one on my car"
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This post is really just to gauge any interest out there and see if I can build up momentum to actually pull this off. If they offered $7,000 for a single body who knows what they would go down to if we even got even 5 other people on board. If you're interested, please make it known in this thread!
