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I called in to see Simon at Maxfab supply over the weekend to browse through their stainless selection, i had this idea to hide the ugly water fill & drains. They'll tuck into the stainless pipes and have an exhaust tip look to them. Took a while to see the idea through but its going to work!

He's also completed the final mock up of the stone guards and rolled new stainless trim to suite, and color matched the underside

Further progress to share on the Lilliput, My mate who is helping out on this renno has designed his own mandrel bent (to the curvature of the van) continental kit for the spare wheel. Pretty neat!

Recently found a set of Boyd Coddington Magnetos and had them fitted up over the weekend. Happy days, totally transforms the truck. Next up a bit of an altitude alteration with drop spindles and reset leafs etc

That's so cool @Early jap nuter

@UTERUS Just browsing the search options and came across this thread. Did you manage to get this build together?

Some recent progress on the van Draw bar fitted up & tow ball mount for the bike rack complete. Also the axel has been removed, had a bit of a David Bowie going on resulting in some negative camber wear. So that's been straightened And some rear floor rot removed (common in these old Lilliputs)

The draw bar had seen better days, it had some real agricultural fuckery going on and I'm surprised it lasted this long, as I've done a fair amount of milage draging the van around the country. I've got a mate named Krugar who is our resident Lilliput club resto guy helping out with fitting up a new draw bar and other needed maintenance. I plan on fitting a tow ball mounted bike rack on the draw bar so that I can fit a couple of bikes or my old Raleigh Chopper

Ripped off the old vinal stone guards and commissioned Nakija Klaus in Tauranga to design and fab up some stainless panels to suite. They are formed to match the curvature of the van. Turned out a treat

Here's some updates to share on my van! I'm going from blue to green! Had the side flash painted the same color as the tow wagon, with a cool touches such as the rear scallop and the inside of the door painted to match the side flash when open. Also had the white gel coat polished, it came up really nice with a good shine!

Fast forward late 2024 through to January 2025 I commissioned Robs Panel & Paint for a full Panel & paint in Peugeot 308 Olivine Green. This thing needed a lot of work!

....Spent a small fortune at Autoblast getting the underside of the 05 blasted and painted. The Rotorua sulphur can be a pretty harsh climate for vehicles

Here's my 05 (late 04) 3rz powered x/c I've been tidying it up over the course of the last 9 years. Originally an ex AA service vehicle. To date it's had a decent stereo upgrade, line x spray on bed liner. Slider rear glass and one piece side glass conversion and full panel & paint in Peugeot 308 Olivine Green. Overall it's been a great truck over the years and I've traveled the country in it. A few more mods to come and then it'll be complete.