Lets see the Expo Cruisers!

[SimonInAustralia]

Yes, lowenbrau, that is a sweet looking middy, the SOA and 37's look tough!

I wanted a shorty before I ended up going with the troopy. Was going to go for a turbo diesel Bundera, for the 4 wheel coils, and swap the 4cyl engine out for an imported Toyota V8.

How's it go off road on the snow, do you air down, use chains, etc.?

What is the SKY wide track kit?

Are the 60 series axles just stronger replacements inside the standard diff, or a whole diff swap with a 60 series?

[lowenbrau]

Yes, lowenbrau, that is a sweet looking middy, the SOA and 37's look tough!

I wanted a shorty before I ended up going with the troopy. Was going to go for a turbo diesel Bundera, for the 4 wheel coils, and swap the 4cyl engine out for an imported Toyota V8.

How's it go off road on the snow, do you air down, use chains, etc.?

What is the SKY wide track kit?

Are the 60 series axles just stronger replacements inside the standard diff, or a whole diff swap with a 60 series?

Troopy really is the holy grail. I'm entertaining a fantasy about building a pop top 6x6 troopy with the 4.5l V8 diesel.

It's pretty good in the snow, a bit top heavy for the snowy climbs but acceptable considering what it is (not a buggy). Air down, yup. I haven't bothered getting a set of chains together for it. My last set has been rusting in a bucket for years. Just haven't needed them.

The SKY kit uses Toyota IFS wheel hubs to widen the front track width by about 3 inches. I'm using spacers in the back to match. That with the 60 series housings ( 3" wider) gives me the track width I need to run the heavily backspaced FJC wheels and reduce the strain on the knuckle and wheel bearings as well as improve handling over high offset wheels. It also allows me to bolt on a set of 10" wide 2.5" BS wheels for competition and end up about a foot wider.

60 and 70 axles of the same year are identical except for the length of the long side.

[bac0701]

wow..... any shots of the inside

[Overland Hadley]

wow..... any shots of the inside

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[shermantank55]

We're new to this forum. Thought we'd start out with introductions of our two land cruisers. 1970 FJ 40 "Cadet" and 1972 FJ 55 Sherman. Cadet is pretty much stock except for the color and soft top. She is for my daughter. Sherman has had the following modifications:
Added Corbeau front bucket seats
Built custom center console
Rebuilt the head
Rebuilt the springs (added a leaf into the packs)
Added MAF disc brakes in front
Added Classic Cruisers power steering
Added Classic Auto Air heater & A/C unit
Rebuilt a donor 1978 4 speed transmission w/ t case
Added a Be Cool radiator
Added an SPAL fan with electronic control
Built a new dash with VDO gauges and new stereo
Rebuilt front hubs
Added custom rear driveshaft (4sp with 2f was 1 1/2" too long for stock driveshaft)
Added Grant steering wheel
Added eDead rubber/foil insulation and automotive carpet insulation
Built a bar to hold rear seat harnesses
Added Mile Marker winch
Added BFG A/T 33x9.50 tires

[a.mus.ed]

Welcome! Love the color of Cadet. Can you tell me more about it? When (if) I ever get my rig painted this looks like what I want. More pics? Your daughter is a lucky girl!

[roscoFJ73]

This is my HZJ75. Its a 95 model with
1HZ diesel
5sp
dual 90 litre tanks
discs all round
factory steel bull bar
40 channel UHF
Hella 140 lights
dual batteries with battery saver isolator

Tyres depend on my mood,I have 6 split rims with 235x85x16 A/T or 33x10.5x15 BFG A/T soon to be upgraded to Bridgestone 694 A/T and 16x7 rims.

The camper section has
100 amp battery and CTEK 15 amp charger(or can be run off the main batteries up front}
80 litre Waeco fridge
80 litre water tank
gas stove
kitchen sink

Sorry ,no on the trail pics with the camper yet.

[Rallyroo]

That's a nifty set up you got there roscoFJ73. I always had a thing for the stake beds, but in the States the stake beds are generally only found on big commercial trucks.

[roscoFJ73]

That's a nifty set up you got there roscoFJ73. I always had a thing for the stake beds, but in the States the stake beds are generally only found on big commercial trucks.

Thanks Rallyroo
Stake beds hey. Ive never heard that term before.
These type of campers are just starting to get popular here which is surprising seing as though nearly all our pick ups,or utes as we call them, are flat tops.
The idea came from camper trailers.
The jacks Im using are good for 800kg each but the whole thing only weighs about 400kg.
As the power and water are all self contained in the camper,I can leave it behind at a camping area and go wheelin.

[ntsqd]

U.S. casual nomenclature:

Flat Bed:


Stake Bed:

Not a lot of difference between them. The pictured flat bed has the pockets along the rails for stakes.

Sounds like y'all call both "Tray Back"? That seems like a much better description.