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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.

I recently swapped out the white wellside to fit onto my s/c and found this green wellside off trademe

Here's the other half of my collection, quite literally! 90s Single cab chassis, cut off from behind the cab. Factory lsd (not ideal I know) 01 wellside. Factory wheels blasted and painted to match the truck. Spare wheel winch and a 22r engine mount fitted in the tool box to secure the factory Hilux bottle jack. Tail light loom is all Hilux too. Even a bottle opener in behind the fuel door haha Wof'd and reg'd too. I had a local engineering firm build a cage to suite tip runs and firewood missions. My mate helped me out with this, tried keeping it practical and agricultural lol Future plans include fitting a factory Toyota tow bar and chrome bumper. I've got a diff housing I'd like to convert into a new axel to get rid of the gearing. Then strip it all down for blasting and painting. Overall I've had a lot of fun coming up with ideas for it and piecing it together, tows nicely too and gets a few laughs and thumbs up!

Here's my 99. Originally found on market place of Dec 24. No WOF & reg on hold. I purchased it as a parts truck as i wanted the one piece side glass for my 04 x/c. It was cheap and was fit for purpose. It's a jap import, base model and poverty spec. 1rz injected 2.0l petrol. Surprisingly it didn't need much to pass a vtnz wof, new drivers side seat belt, and a wee bit of windshield rust to treat and a small patch in the sill and that's it. I've put close to 10 tho ks on it since and it's worked out perfectly as a spare hack a practical daily run about. I converted it back to a wellside, had the factory bench seat reupholstered and found some cheap billet style 15s to roll on along with some basic maintenance and servicing and a chrome bumper swap.

Flick to page 2 of the brief run down of my RN series pick up

Thought I'd contribute my other Hiluxs of my fleet to this thread. This is my 82 LHD pickup. I had a build thread years ago on here but I believe it's disappeared. I've owned it for around 15 years, initially purchased as a daily but after a few years I had to pull it off the road due to rust. It's been in and out of various storage locations ever since. It's pretty unique, lead to believe the only lhd RN series in the country but I'll stand to be corrected. Factory 22r engine where the NZ and Aus market never had this option. Originally imported into the country in the late 80s by the second US owner when at the time it was cheap for immigrants to import a vehicle. I've tracked down 95% of its history including where it was originally sold in Minnesota from a local Toyota dealership there to the second owner who i managed to track down thankfully to the old VIR report and a quick FB search/stalk. It's got pretty high mileage as it was driven coast to coast in the US. It spent a bulk of it's early life in Alaska and has driven the link of NZ a few times aswel. It lived in the South Island from Nelson and Christchurch in the early to late 90s When I reached out to the second owner on FB she was blown away that her old truck still existed. I hope to catch up with her in person to hear some old travel stories of the truck etc. I've tinkered with it over the years with a one piece side glass conversation and period correct billet style wheels and sourced a replacement wellsidel. The blokes who i purchased it off painted it two tone over the original color (sacrilege I know) and it's been lowered etc. The plan with this when I get around to it (after RDGR8R is on the road) is full resto. Freshen up the original driveline, perhaps some goodies from LC engineering, a factory interior kit and back to it's original blue hue and decals. As mentioned it's been in and out of storage over the years and I simply can't part with it, it's just too cool and definitely worth saving. And I miss driving it too.

I didn't build this but found on marketplace over the weekend, it's got brackets inside for glass shelfs. Pretty cool!

Right I see, thanks for the advice team

Yes, moving the mounts on the chassis

I spent last Sunday mucking around changing my flat deck to a wellside on my 99 Hilux S/C The truck itself is an odd ball Jap only model, but I've found only 4 of the 8 tray mounts line up (the middle 4 are way off) It looks easier enough to cut the middle 4 off and re weld them to suite, but will the wof man ping me for changing them? Thanks in advance