cliffi
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Minitruckin' like it's 1989 ...well, sort of
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Oct 23, 2015 19:32:22 GMT
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Hi guys,
Well, I've been hiding away on another forum for the last year or so ...with about five active members  ...A lovely buch of guys, but I think it's time for a wider audience!
Here's my Toyota Low-Lux: retro/patina/lowrider minitruck project thing ...which is also my daily driver, work vehicle for my metal fabrication business ...and transporter for my twin toddlers:
How it looked when I bought it in July of last year:
...Em 
We've come a long way!
Well that's the After & Before ...who wants to see the in between stuff?
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Last Edit: Apr 8, 2016 0:00:03 GMT by cliffi
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Oct 23, 2015 20:07:21 GMT
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I like the chrome
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Oct 23, 2015 20:18:58 GMT
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I do!! That's cool, Whats the chrome grill off? A 4 runner or something?
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Oct 23, 2015 20:31:31 GMT
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Nice! How the hell did you get those side lights though! I couldnt find any in the UK when I wanted some.
I have a brand new grill same as that if anyone is after one lol.
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düdo
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wide as house
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Oct 23, 2015 20:36:16 GMT
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cliffi wrote "...and transporter for my twin toddlers" Does the wife sit in the tray? Looks raw!
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MK2VR6
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Oct 23, 2015 20:36:26 GMT
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Nice! How the hell did you get those side lights though! I couldnt find any in the UK when I wanted some. I have a brand new grill same as that if anyone is after one lol. Aren't the sidelights and bumper from a Surf? OP - that 'Lux looks great. I loved my old mk3, although I did like looking over the hedgerows  |
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Oct 23, 2015 20:43:42 GMT
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Aren't the sidelights and bumper from a Surf? No, they lean the other way like this / rather than \ like the Hilux. |
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cliffi
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Minitruckin' like it's 1989 ...well, sort of
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Oct 23, 2015 21:05:56 GMT
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Thanks guys!  Grille's a copy of the c'94 2wd ...in plastic chrome - Thailand's finest! (actually really good quality - as are the sidelights! ...Ebay ) The bumper is off a Surf/4Runner (genuine s/h lol) |
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Oct 23, 2015 21:27:51 GMT
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Niiiiice.
*n
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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cliffi
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Minitruckin' like it's 1989 ...well, sort of
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Oct 23, 2015 21:33:38 GMT
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So, the work I've done on it so far (the short version anyway... ): The previous owner obviously wanted a 4x4 ...(so why not just buy one? ...weird) Removed all the fake 4x4 stuff ...took it to bits, cut out all the rust and welded in new metal:     |
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cliffi
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Oct 23, 2015 21:46:27 GMT
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cliffi
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Oct 23, 2015 21:49:36 GMT
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OK, I'm new to this forum but it keeps putting my pics in the wrong order?
Bear with me...
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cliffi
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Oct 23, 2015 22:21:22 GMT
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Anyway, after removing the bed I discovered the fuel tank was rusted to death ...asked my mate the scrappy to get me a plastic tank ...any tank, as long as it's plastic. So he produces the biggest tank I've ever seen - from some Iveco lorry thing ...time for some chassis reworking:  |
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cliffi
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Oct 23, 2015 22:29:53 GMT
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Chucked out the old interior - I had better ideas Black leather bench seat (recycled rear seat from my mate's Subaru WRX) and as-yet unidentified 1960s steering wheel:  |
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cliffi
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Oct 23, 2015 22:41:13 GMT
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Pistolgrip shifter made out of a cut up shotblast gun:  |
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cliffi
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Oct 23, 2015 23:03:05 GMT
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cliffi
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Oct 23, 2015 23:26:30 GMT
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Various improvements followed - including a top-end engine rebuild, complete fuel pump recon, and basically replacement of just about every mechanical part that could ever go wrong... well, we hope Anyway, that let me get on with the cosmetic bits...   |
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Oct 23, 2015 23:28:25 GMT
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Lots of work done here. looking well
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...A lovely buch of guys, but I think it's time for a wider audience!
