Vintage Grumble

Way too many, its amazing how much time it can take to do fairly simple things in a half assed way. Dunno how skilled patient people get anything done. So got a bit more done, cut out and installed the last bit of floor, and the seat base. Got the boy onto sealing/priming them, Then I made up the tow bar and bumper support doofer. Made another bumper the same as the front, not how the real ones have it, but needed something to try protect the lights & body, Then I welded a bit of pipe down the length of the shassis, to protect the wiring, Then I thought I better make the throttle pedal fit. The old one is basically a full scale thing, and it takes up a lot of real estate. I thought about modifying it, but ended up just buying a much smaller one off Ali, Then I dismantled the shassis for paint prep, and discovered the motor is going moldy from all the fruit the kids have run over in the back yard, ewww. Also, one of the brush holders is coming out, so i'll have to fix that. I'ma pull the axle to bits and grease it all up real good too. Then I made up a little dash panel, which I didn't like, because the charge port looks ewwey there, and the switches are ugly and very wonky. The body of the switches are on a huge gangster lean to try make them look straight in the front. So I found a new home for the charge port (hidden up behind the dash) and got some new, much less wonky switches. This panel will get painted white, Charge port and charge diddle, Got some threaded wood insert things and slapped the dash thing in, Then prepped and started painting all the bits and bobs, Then today we finally got some sun so starting slapping colour on the body (this is just the first coat), And then primed the shassis, The CRC cans I'm using for the body have been complete cunts. I'm shaking the piss out of them for ages, and heating them up in hot water, but some cans constantly clog nozzles, others have shitty nozzles that put out fuck all paint, and others chuck out too much, spitting out big droplets, so its been a bit of a cunt. I'm keeping the good nozzles and reusing them, but damn, sort your shit out CRC. The fucking thing might be finished in the next update. Maybe. Regards, VG. Probably not though.

This made me think of the project binky bendy driveshaft thing. And that they are waaaaaaaaaaaaay overdue for a new episode. Edit: It's been over a fucken year!

May I ask where you acquired that muffler?

He possibly cant now, I know my wank sponge can only go on the backing plate one way.

Thats most excellent! Worth a shot to see how they come out. Someone's even done the whole grill too (not that I could use it) https://www.printables.com/model/117207-toyota-land-cruiser-grill

SOOooOOoOOOoo I took a week off to finish the trailer, and didn't even touch it, started on the kids mini land cruiser instead, lols. I did take the SXS to nats, which has been its only outing for fucking ages (too many jobs at home to be done). Photographic proof of it being used (thanks to @Thousand Dollar Supercar) It was good to have a hoon on a flat surface (big thanks to @Thphantum) to try and get used to the handling, 4WD is still a bit strange to me. Didn't roll it, which was excellent. And seeing as I've hardly used it, I decided to waste more money on it, by buying a second hand set of the correct OEM bead lock 14" rims complete with more aggressive mud spec tyres, as my local track is often muddy as a son of a gun. The other reason for buying these, is so in the future I can go to a bigger tyre to gain a bit of ground clearance. It currently has 27's, the new tyres are 26's, but there's waaaaaaaaaay more options for bigger tyres in a 14". I've found out, nearer the end of the day, I start to have ground clearance issues, as the modern SXS's all run way bigger tyres (I think most come with 33's standard, and some go up to 35's) and they dig huge trenches in the tracks, so going up a few sizes should help with that issue. Can't go too big though, cos I don't have the power/gearing for dat. And a pic of what my SXS is actually meant to look like, with the rims I've just purchased (wish I still had all the black plastics rather than the fucking rainbow it is now sadface.com) Lame update sorry, don't have much to do at work, lolololols. Regards, VG.

I actually have an ATV winch from my adventure mower, but its a bit too big. Also I wouldn't trust my kids with a winch, they will get up to no good with it. At the very minimum I need to come up with "TOYOTA" badge for the front grill, either in laser cut wood or maybe a sticker? And I would also like to get the "Toyota land cruiser" stickers for the side of the bonnet. Could probably get them all 3D printed I guess? They would just need to come out pretty smooth, and I have no idea if that's achievable or not?

Sheepers please, the truth really hurts.

Yeh I know its going to get driven straight into a tree

Sickness and life getting in the way slowed progress way down, but starting to achieve a little bit on this thing. I slapped in a dash, will house the switches/key/volt gauge and so on in the slot. Then I glued on and sanded the back panel, this is to get the swage shape in the back "doors" without having to rout it out of the body (I don't own a router and this was way easier to do). Then I welded in some supports for the firewall, and made up said firewall. The firewall and center section of floor will stay on the chassis. Next was to whip up a front bumper bumper from some box section. Made up some bumper mounts, which was a mission, because the chassis isn't straight or square, so had to diddle around a bit to get it looking central to the body. Also glued N screwed the grill that holds the lights in, and cut some more slots in the lower front to make it look more like the real thing. ALSO, I started on the window frame, which is for looks, but also something for the passenger to hold onto, to lessen the chance of an unplanned rapid vehicle disembarkment. I have made up some flat bar to weld on and make it look more like a window frame, but not sure if I will fit it. ALSO ALSO I made up and attached the mudguards and running boards. And then, just to make me feel like I am actually getting somewhere, last night I started the paint process. I have started off with brushing on some pigmented sealer, as I'm painting over ply, fiberglass and bog. Hopefully this sticks and seals everything up well, then I'll chuck heaps of rattle can primer filler and top coat at it. I failed to do a test patch, so really hoping the spray primer and sealer get along. And that's about it for now. Regards, VG xoxox

If they start, he can just slow down.

How does the floor get attached to the hull?

Its comforting to know that the organizers of the ride kind of know where we are going, puhuhuhu.

Yeh the filter is mint, looks to be new. It doesn't need any choke to start, so I'm fairly sure its running rich. Smells a bit rich too. I'll start by dropping the needle down a bit and see what happens.