What did you do on your 70 series today? (42 Viewers)
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c2dfj45
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Yes. 16". What are your wheels from? 17s might be nice for the current build....but I think I want to go with some Braids or Evo Corse wheels.
Mine are Toyota Prado spares... also Hilux spares I believe. Picked up a few sets in the UAE before heading back here.
c2dfj45
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I remember reading that in your thread....very cool setup.
The whole truck is a rust/bondo special out of the box.
They all are my friend however even the rustiest 7x in Europe that I have parted out never had any issues at that spot , you might want to look for any previous damage from an accident or some idiot putting a winch line or tow strap around it .
Just finished a 6000 km roadtrip in 6 days from Texas to California and back to drop off some parts and haul some new stuff back , thankfully I decided to install a Scheelmann seat already on the driver side. Awesome trip however on the way there I was towing 7500 pounds and the 1HZ without turbo was struggling in the mountains and mpg's dropped to around 13 , on highway 1 with an empty trailer (1100lb) I managed to get 20 mpg . Met up with a great cruiser buddy @orangefj45 and from there did the scenic Highway 1 which is still my favorite drive in the world . Picked up a HZJ79 cab and some other parts for the next build already.
Looks like a very clean 79 Series cab.
New as in never used but moved around quite a bit so it has some scratches and dings unfortunately
So in other words it has "character".
Is that one of the old Proffitt cabs from 2010?
This truck had a weird front frame extension so a plow could be installed and was used as a plow truck in the winter only. So, could be from the added weight of the plow over 30+ years.
Yes it is , funny how these keep floating around right
Plan is to put in on an 80 frame , I got everything here needed for it , just got to find some "free" time
I should have said "or some idiot putting a snow plow on it "
orangefj45
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Great to see you guys!!!!!!
The way a 70 is meant to be driven...
That's pretty damn cool. Today I moved my BJ74 out of the driveway....I'm doing some tree work at my own house for a change and have become fond of moving stuff out of striking distance.......After eyebaling it a few times, and licking my finger and gauguing the wind (not really) I dropped a 100' poplar right towards my house.....I had to aim it at my house because there was a Birch (prolly 3" diam) in the path that would have given me more room....Anyhow...My aim was true and the I missed reaching the house by ~6"....AND the birch was missed.....Rob and Treeginometry 1.... crappy old poplar 0......oh....My wife likes Birch trees....I still have 6 or 8 100 footers that I will have to coax in a diff. direction...I'll try to share some pics....
Cleaned up the useless PZJ70 plastic rear panels today the best I could. Thinking about deleting them altogether and use longer cargo cards in place for a bit extra room that these things rob of when they are in place. Just have to remove the welded in mounts if I go that route.
