What did you do on your 70 series today? (14 Viewers)
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Nice Basie, Always great to see rain in Nam. where did you go?
gorgeous, nice job, lhd too, im in love, thats is the truck i wish mine was
I think I’ve finally solved the armrest issue with the 70 Series. I’ve applied for a patent and am looking into mass production. 
Started on the redux of our driver's side cabinet this weekend. Since our dog died, I could re-visualize his sleeping area into storage. After touring in the 75 for a month, we realized we needed more storage to keep bags and such secure and out of the way. The general plan is (2) 20x20x9" drawers for food, a 40x16x9" drawer for tools/spares/misc hardware, a 18x18x18 cubby for camera gear, and a large 40x18x14 storage area on the top that would be open to the top but closed when the tent is folded down. The front face of that cubby - bamboo with leaf-table hardware - folds down to a workstation. My wife lays down in the back when we are on long drives and wants to use a water bubbler to make tea on that shelf... The fridge and water tank sit on the lower platform in front.
What's really cool, is this cabinet rests on a scab plate run of 80/20 that bolts to the stud wall, and then at the top of the unit, I drilled out the lip on the Alu-cab and bolted the cabinet to the Alu-cab with a stainless spacer to allow for some chassis movement. It's solid as hell. I weighed the raw material for this cabinet before cutting it down and it was 27lbs. I'd guess after the material reduction, it's 25lbs now. With the drawers, probably 35lbs. That's a big reason why I use 80/20.
I'm done with the framing and am just waiting on the drawer hardware. Once the drawers go in, I'll back out the inside/inside hardware connectors and loctite them all. I leave again for another month on Monday so I was hoping to get this done beforehand but oh well.
What's really cool, is this cabinet rests on a scab plate run of 80/20 that bolts to the stud wall, and then at the top of the unit, I drilled out the lip on the Alu-cab and bolted the cabinet to the Alu-cab with a stainless spacer to allow for some chassis movement. It's solid as hell. I weighed the raw material for this cabinet before cutting it down and it was 27lbs. I'd guess after the material reduction, it's 25lbs now. With the drawers, probably 35lbs. That's a big reason why I use 80/20.
I'm done with the framing and am just waiting on the drawer hardware. Once the drawers go in, I'll back out the inside/inside hardware connectors and loctite them all. I leave again for another month on Monday so I was hoping to get this done beforehand but oh well.
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What a SA setup that is! Love a good bakkie. Spent some time bicycle touring in the Karoo and had many Cruisers stop and ask what the hell I was doing out there. They would always give out some water and biltong.
Nice! Those wheels look great. What did you do to them to make them look so shiny and new?
Media blasted them and then painted them
Just posting this here in case anyone gets scheel-mann seats, has suspension bases and is looking for mounting options. I don't think I will stick with it because it is a little too high for my taste but it is kind of a plug and play option with some slight modification required.
I had asked for this slider adapter from Japan (Dave Stedman) before I ended up with the custom brackets from @sleepydad69 so it was coming over here regardless.
The scheel-mann comes from the factory with the holes spaced apart at 405mm which is one reason why I decided to try out this bride slider adapter, however this adapter is only intended for use with bride seats so the holes from the front of the seat to the back are off by 5mm depending how you want to mount it.
This is the slider adapter that I ordered: Super Seat rail RO Type | Fully handmade BRIDE super seat rails with high rigidity and precision. - https://bride-jp.com/en/seatrail/ro/T153RO.html Please note that for Bride seat applications, T153RO is considered for the right side and T154RO is for the left side. The only difference between these two is the placement of the bracket that holds the seat belt receiver. For scheel-mann seats, you are going to end up cutting this off so it doesn't really matter if you order T153RO or T154RO as they are both designed to sit on top of the 70 series suspension base. This bracket gets in the way of the seat sitting on the adapter and the land cruiser has the receiver end of the seat belt bolted to the floor.
Edit (2-12-23) Bracket is working well now. Had some snags before which required further modification.
I had asked for this slider adapter from Japan (Dave Stedman) before I ended up with the custom brackets from @sleepydad69 so it was coming over here regardless.
The scheel-mann comes from the factory with the holes spaced apart at 405mm which is one reason why I decided to try out this bride slider adapter, however this adapter is only intended for use with bride seats so the holes from the front of the seat to the back are off by 5mm depending how you want to mount it.
This is the slider adapter that I ordered: Super Seat rail RO Type | Fully handmade BRIDE super seat rails with high rigidity and precision. - https://bride-jp.com/en/seatrail/ro/T153RO.html Please note that for Bride seat applications, T153RO is considered for the right side and T154RO is for the left side. The only difference between these two is the placement of the bracket that holds the seat belt receiver. For scheel-mann seats, you are going to end up cutting this off so it doesn't really matter if you order T153RO or T154RO as they are both designed to sit on top of the 70 series suspension base. This bracket gets in the way of the seat sitting on the adapter and the land cruiser has the receiver end of the seat belt bolted to the floor.
Edit (2-12-23) Bracket is working well now. Had some snags before which required further modification.
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Is the seat adapter the cause of your seat sitting higher? The seats don’t look like they are any thicker than the worn out factory seat
My replacement seat with new factory foam definitely sits higher than the original worn seat.
My replacement seat with new factory foam definitely sits higher than the original worn seat.The seat foam has very little to do with it. The toyota sliders have a lower profile though and sit down into the suspension base better. The sliders were obviously designed around the suspension base. I bet this is also why the adjustment lever to move the seat forward/backward is on the side, not the front for the Toyota sliders. Do you have a picture of your sliders?
That makes a lot of sense. That is why the lever to adjust the slider position is on the side, not the front on the suspension base. Having that in the front (like in your photos) will possibly conflict with the controls for the suspension base itself.
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Sun was briefly back out today here in TX , so before the next cold front hits I took the 73 out for some better pics in the sunlight . This mica green looks really amazing and I wonder why I have never seen another one in the past 25 years ?
What's the paint code on that truck?
