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    Default Land Cruiser camper shells?

    I thought I remembered someone posting a link that touched on this a while ago, but for the life of me I can't seem to find anything now. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a company that makes camper shell to fit a 60 series Land Cruiser? I'm tossing around the idea of building one but thought someone here probably knows a better way.

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    Que?


    I've seen a chopped 60 and the guy built a canvas back cover like a Can-Back. He was in SA somewhere, I'm sure a dedicated MUDder will know who it belonged to.

    I'm confused what a 60 series wagon would need a camper shell for?
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    Well, shortly before fitting the shell the poor thing would have a run-in with a plasma cutter, but it's all for the best. I am thinking of essentially making a class-C camper from a Land Cruiser. Just thinking at this stage, but I found a 60 series with a diesel for next to nothing that I thought would make a good platform to start from.

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    I've seen a chopped 60 and the guy built a canvas back cover like a Can-Back. He was in SA somewhere, I'm sure a dedicated MUDder will know who it belonged to.

    I'm confused what a 60 series wagon would need a camper shell for?
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    I think I understand now what you're getting at. I've seen a few modified 70 series with a camper body. I'll attach what I have pics saved of -
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    I don't know of anything 60 specific, most of the cruiser campers are based off the 7X platform.
    I have only seen custom jobs.

    A bunch of great chopped/bobbed pics here: http://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wa...-60s-pics.html

    Some good links here: http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4089



    The roll caged/canvas top 60 from Mud, is most likely Tapage's.
    Here is a pic, and one of the only 60 campers i have come across.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kcowyo
    Well, imagination does rock....


    I think I understand now what you're getting at. I've seen a few modified 70 series with a camper body. I'll attach what I have pics saved of -
    One of those is a Patrol Sunny Jim

    But thank you for the eye candy, I can never get anough of the good ol 70 Series. Best 4x4 ever built IMO.
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    Default LC campers

    Here's one of my favorites.

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    I was looking at 100 "camper vans" available for hire in Oz the other day and thinking about my 100.

    Let us know how it turns out.
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    I just had a thought.
    At one time there was a camper based on the Toyota 4WD pickup. I want to say it was the Dune Runner or Sand Runner, something like that.
    Basicaly it was a modified Dolphin motorhome.

    Maybe pick up an old Dolphin and start with that?
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    there were toyota motorhomes made with a fiberglass shell that were called sunraders. They only made like 20 or something of the 4x4 ones. I was going to get one a few years back but bought a sportsmobile and now i am modifying a trailer instead. I hate having a whole dedicated camping vehicle sittting around for the majority of the time not in use... seems harder to justify..



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