As far as I know these trucks were never sold in Portugal ... the few that are (were) around were brought back from Angola and Mozambique. I know...
This has been a copy/paste from the ToyotaNation forum so the timing makes no sense ... however I hope I can learn a few things from you guys here...
Believe it or not, it took me a whole Saturday to strip down the cabin of all the remaining bolts, screws, plates, rubbers, etc ready for sending...
After negotiating a windscreen from Canada, this truck turned up for sale in Finland ... although it is in a lot worse shape than ours, it still...
Not a lot has happened lately but there have been some advances: nylon busshings arrived from Australia after a looonnng wait ... [IMG]...
The pieces are coming together again (slowly...) [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Keep you posted ...
Finally got around to painting the chassis and other bits and pieces ... [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
In the meantime there has been some progress with the painting of the leaf springs and also picked up the bolts from zinc plating ... [IMG]...
Last night picked up the pieces from blasting and check the result ... [img] [img] [img] [img] [img] These will now be...
Thought I had packed up and gone on holiday ?!? No chance ... this is just over a week's work ... with some nice results to show for it !!!...
Another day passes and the work goes on ... at a slower pace but with some progress to show :smokin: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
The last couple of days were spent stripping down the chassis frame, front suspensions and diff. The plan is to send the frame and pieces to be...
This week has been quite busy with the dismantling of the truck ... where I learnt how to pull out the window glass (first pull off the door...
Work has started (slowly) with the bed coming off first. The chassis looks to be in excellent shape, with no damage at all ... just a lot of...
After cleaning out the garage, the truck finally went in ... ready for stripping down !!! [img] [img] Tomorrow will try to get...
Here are some pics of the stuff which has already been bought in advance ... [img] [img] [img] [img] [img]...
This thread will show the progress of the restore project of this truck, which came from Angola and was bought after standing for 17 years !!!...
This is the way I found it ... unmistakable! :D As for future plans, nothing special except a major restore to give it back all it's former...
I am looking for the windscreen for a 1973 Hilux (RN10) as well as the back window. Anyone ??
Hi guys, I have just discovered this forum and would like to introduce myself ... I collect and restore old Japanese cars and bought my first...
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