hood

Found on old $20 note, several NZ cold coins and a few USA dimes. Also old rego papers for different vehicles

Coming along pretty good there dude

bruv, good to see something is happening with this again. those Simon's old wheels off H8CARS??? i like them, suit that old school MT look.

there's a guy in America building a similar truck rocking the 3 spoke chromes, its got a disney theme. you seen it?

tray mounted up properly yet?

miss you man, can't wait for catch ups next time i'm home.

cheers

Matt

Just spotted this post, sorry bruv

Na, not Simons wheels. I found them in Te Puke.

Oh yeah this one....

The bed is still sitting there at present.

Miss ya to dude, oh catch ups are on when your back

Check out these billet style wheels that I picked up recently!

2door conversion?

MTNZ is running a Taupo/Horopito cruise this weekend (Saturday 28th May)

http://forums.minitruckin.co.nz/viewtop ... f=7&t=5459

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124838387594582

When your next in your local servo or supermarket have a read of this article in NZ Hot Rod

Its about a mustang that was randomly buried in a back yard in the states, years later dug up and sold to a new owner here in NZ, odd but cool!

Interesting read

I'd talk to 4LQQKS or TUF720 off the http://www.minitruckin.co.nz forums. Both of them bring a bit of gear in, know the right places to deal with, and don't charge shop prices.

Yeah I would but I joined the forum about a month ago to ask some questions and got banned and my account deleted after 2 days. I hadn't even made any posts and did nothing wrong. I emailed the forum admin and got ignored..

I'm part of the admin over at MTNZ.

I apologise for what took place in regards to your account, personallly it was not me that deleted your account but one of the boys obviously has mistaken your username as spam. Hate to admit it but your user name does sound dodgy.

Any way we are a friendly bunch, so I welcome you back. Please fire away with any questions you may have.

Cheers

James.

Now back to the related questions

New here to OS, good to find your build Nath.

Cool as man, I dig it!

Back into storage

Left the olds rolling dodgy as f@$k

No operating taillights, tray tied down, obviously no wof or reg here

Luckily I had my side kick with me, we made across town without a hitch

Well got the new tray on this afternoon but its wasn't the result I was aiming for.

Its a NZ new bed and it appears to be a tad bit longer and none of the mounts line up

Got the old rust bucket tray off today, oh my dam what a bastard of a job that was

Unbolted 3 bolts and had to cut the rest of it off But as a bonus called in to a local wrecker a scored a good set of tray bolts for nothing

This is what I'm working with now, rails should clean up well after sand blasting. But for now I'm just getting the new bed on and putting it back into storage

Sweet stuff man. I love thats its LWB and LHD.

If you're gettin rid of the rear window I'll take it off your hands, mine is half plexiglass...

Thanks!

At this stage I will be removing it, but not getting rid of it unfortunately. But if I change my mind I will create a post in the for sale section.

I often see the solid type glass pop up on TM from time to time

I always liked this shape Hilux, some thing to do with the old Barry Crump adds maybe?

What are your plans for it?

Neat little trucks with Style, yeah I agree

I really would like to have it back on the road soonish. I'm going towards a restoration rather than heavy mods.

Plans as follows;

Cab off rebuilt, new steel in the floor.

One piece glass (all ready have parts) to replace the redneck rear window and quater windows

Bench seat swap with original style material

Sandblasted frame then repaint.

Gearbox rebuild (syncros are tired)

Bigger sized steelies, currently on falcon 15s.

Repaint to a soild suede blue colour

If I do go ahead with any mods, it will only go as far a chassis notch and drop spindles so I can carry and tow stuff with a smooth ride and not having to worry about the diff slapping the frame

Then enjoy it again

Discussion thread

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=26197

Thought I would sign up, had a quick flick through the forum from time to time. Good to see something for the oldschool followers

Name: James Hood

Location: Rotorua

Cars you own: .....

82 Toyota Pick up

& a 94 Toyota Hilux "RDGR8A

Mods to them (can be brief or detailed): .....

82 Pickup - None as of yet

94 Hilux - Bagged, suicide doors, 18 inch Falcons, caddies etc

Link to pics; .....

82 Pick up

http://forums.minitruckin.co.nz/viewtop ... f=63&t=346

94 Hilux

http://forums.minitruckin.co.nz/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=59

How you found out about oldschool:

Though a mate who is on here "rxtoy"

Anything else you want to add:

I co run http://www.minitruckin.co.nz check it out!

Cheers

Here is the link to the build

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=26196

Cheers

Present date 2011

Still sitting in storage waiting to be pulled apart.

Any how dug out the old VIR report to have a look at its history and decide to do some facebook stalking to see if I could find the original owner who imported it. Any how the lady who brought it into the country surprisingly replied to my email.

I received this.....

Hi James.

I bought the truck in Alaska in 1985 from a school teacher named Mike who was the sole owner. I drove it from Alaska to Tennessee in 1986 and then acorss the country to LA in 1988. I shipped it to NZ since cars were expensive then and new immigrants could bring in one car duty free at that time. It has driven the length of New Zealand many times. I sold it in 2004 because the clutch appeared to be going. Where did you get it and what sort of condition is it in now? I had that car for 19 years and it was a good one. I may have a few photos somehwere.

Cool huh

What it used to look like circa 2004

Thought I would sign up to show you oldschool folk one of my trucks

Discussion thread

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=26197&hilit=LEFT+HOOK+CRUMPY

82 SR5 looooong bed

190,000 miles approx

22r Petrol

Original throughout, expect for wheels paint and lowering

Riding on the right side Left Hand Drive

Brought it in 2007 with the intention to run it has a daily, which lasted until the end of 2009 due to failure of its WOF with rust, nothing to major but I thought I would take it off the road and have it repaired properly rather than doing it half assed.

First registered in Minnesota USA in 82, then it went Alaska. Its traveled a fair amount of miles throughout the states, originally owner drove it from the far north of the states to LA where it was imported into Christchurch in 88.

This is what it looked like when I first brought it, minus the 18s as it was cheaper without them

Got it home on a set of 15s and snow tires haha

Parked next to my other truck

Decided to rip the interior apart to see how its looking, nothing of cornern e.g rust but I didnt say no to finding $30 NZ and 5cents US

Interior shot

Here is the inspiration for this build, Seth Bomar's old short bed.

Decided to convert the front end to the older style 79-81

Below I have a new grill to match (2nd grill in the pic)

Thanks to Nath (Von Mako) @ Magoo's Street Rods for these rad chrome Missile Headlight covers

I painted the rad support and have since fitted the lights

Scored a new tray off trademe recently, which was a surprise at first to find one for this model

Shipped from Christchurch to Rotorua

Its rust free and only has a few minor dints from shipping. The original bed is pretty much gone due to rust and is not worth repairing