signal lights

what all do you no about the lights in the fenders anyidea where i could get some im looking for the ones where they put the grill in the american ones also have you heard anyhthing on the vent window rubbers thanks

 

IM SO ADDICTED TO THIS restore, I want to see more of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope I can do something like this one day to any kind of car. $$$$$$ and time.

 

this is still awesome. any progress yet? painted motor, polished parts, more pretty zinc parts? lol

 

man that thing is gonna be sweeet! we need more pics!!
ps where did you get the front windshield rubber i saw earlier in the thread??
mine is dried up bad!

 

Parts pulled from a 1970 HiLux. Everything is available except for the rear red reflectors.

 

Hi guys

I didn't realize it had been so long since I last posted ...

Due to the the bad weather and general lack of time (I do work you know...) progress has been very slow but there are some advances:


- Those small parts were completely sand blasted and spray painted.




- Major cleaning, painting and reassembly of the back axle






Rust converter was applied ...






And painted ...




and the re-assembly ...








That's all folks ... next time I will have the front hubs/suspension for you

 

Parts are very hard to come by, but we managed to buy some ball-joints and cylinders from Rockparts








and these brake-cylinders were re-manufactured locally!




The vent rubbers are going to be a real headache as well as other small parts so please let me know if you guys have ANY spares to offer ...

 

this is going to be so cool to see as "brand new" whats the word from the body shop???

 

Nice, way better looking . Keep up the good work.

 

NICE .. glad to see some progression in your build ..

looking AWESOME !!




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Last Saturday I looked at the gearbox and decided to clean it up before I sand-blast and paint it ... believe it or not it took 3 hrs to scrape all the mud and tar from it !!!

 

Last night I had a first trial at polishing up the aluminum pieces and I guess the result wasn't too bad for a beginner ...

 

glad to see you're still working on it Umtali! keep up the good work fellow trucker!

 

Tonite I finished off another piece ... I'm using a drill at this stage but plan on making up a proper polishing machine for better resulst!!!

 

Umtali .. make sure you clearcoat your polished alum. otherwise it's all for not ..

looking great .. .



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Icey!!!!!

 

Finally managed to get the truck off for sandblasting ...






and back in the shop ...












the bottom of the box is to be replaced totally ..




If you are doing a major restore I strongly recommend that you sandblast ... there are areas that were hiding some bad spots and others which we expected to be worse but weren't too bad at all !!!

 

Time to give it a primer before it started to rust again ...















and stored away for safe keeping ...









Hope you guys enjoyed the movie ...

 

I'm still not sure wether I'll give it clearcoat or not ... with the heat of the engine it normally starts to go yellow and crack, which makes it look pretty nasty. On the other hand if I leave it like this the owner can always pass some metal polish from time to time

 

some very nice work there .. My Trekker recieved the same treatment .. http://www.toyotaminis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2033

I did clear the blasted pieces on mine , I dont know about your suppliers , but there is some NEW improved clearcoats out there that dont yellow with heat or age ..

looking forward to some updates ...



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