Antique Land Cruiser on the road since 2003

bobDog

Expedition Leader
Hey you two look great together and happy....wow....Just occurred to me to ask, when you started way back then, How long did you plan your trip to be? 1 - 2 -10 years or just what the hey we will see? One of your fans, the B Dog!
 

landcruising

Adventurer
Hey you two look great together and happy....wow....Just occurred to me to ask, when you started way back then, How long did you plan your trip to be? 1 - 2 -10 years or just what the hey we will see? One of your fans, the B Dog!

Heya bobDog, we are happy that's why. We started out on a trip for 1 or 2 years and we ended up just going and going. The end is no where in sight.
Hope to meet you one day!

Adventurous greetings,
Coen
 

landcruising

Adventurer
More repairs:


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You can see clearly through to the other side.



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Super tools have been lend to us.



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Really speechless to see this kind of wear so short after a complete body work job in Bolivia!



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Using brains not power, makes us who we are.



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Preparing the Tig welding equipment. This is the first time ever in a workshop I have seen people using a earth for welding like this!



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Getting the reinforment in place and opening the original piece to "pull" in the new aluminum.



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Tig welding is an art and Carlos is a master!



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Immense heat is produced with Tig welding. Protective gloves and leather jacket are a must.



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This is the finished weld. Looks great!


Adventurous greetings,
Coen
 

landcruising

Adventurer
You guy's must know by now, that SikaFlex is my favorite fixing tool ;-)



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Really fat long stainless steel rivets shortened by hand to fit the roof top tent rails.



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The topless Land Cruiser posing.



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My favorite adhesive: Sikaflex.



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Apply freely to glue rubber on the roof exstension.



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Press lightly and let it cure for 12 hours.


Adventurous greetings,
Coen
 

landcruising

Adventurer
Some more fabbing to be done!

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Taking care of some rusted taillights.



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Talking about quality products. This Engel fridge is produced in 1982 and still running strong! We like quality products!



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At night the Land Cruiser sleeps alone :-(



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As there are some aluminum specialists here, we take the opportunity to repair the aluminum rear bumper and enhance it a bit.



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Soldering new connectors with the handy gas soldering kit we bought a few years ago in Argentina.



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The soldering kit also has a nice blow torch!


Adventurous greetings,
Coen
 

bobDog

Expedition Leader
You two are awesome ...... I guess self sufficient would be the real term. Good for you both.:D

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landcruising

Adventurer
and on we go:


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Carlos, the aluminum welder fabbing up nifty taillight protectors!



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A little touch up is in order here. Would you believe us if we say we had a total rebuild just over 2 years ago?



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New heavy duty steel has been put in place a few days ago! 200% improvement. All those curves, takes skill.



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Luis fixes some little holes on the rim of the side panels, now the roof is off, it's simple to attack these places.



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We've got a looker again :) Shiny and new! It pays to get your car painted every 2 years :-0


Adventurous greetings,
Coen
 

Jim K in PA

Adventurer
Wow! That is a lot of deterioration in two years Coen. Was the paint and metal preparation not done correctly last time? Glad to see you keeping up with the entropy . . . :)
 

landcruising

Adventurer
Hi Jim,

Yeah, the job wasn't done very well in La Paz, Bolivia. Also living in the Amazon for almost 2 years isn't favourable for the car.... We'll we have to keep moving haven't we...


So more in Brazil:


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The left radiator support broke on the Transamazônica. Last time this happened was in Ushuaia.



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Guess what I'm installing on the rear bumper of our Land Cruiser?



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Just park the Land Cruiser in front a Supermarket in Brazil and you will have paparazzi's around you in 5 minutes.



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Do you cook on gas? Is your gas coming out of the wall, or do you have to go get a cylinder? In Brasil, they deliver!



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Karin-Marijke cleans the window, before we hit the dust again to capture those big lorries blazing by trailing dust.



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Yahooooo, getting dusty again! When did you get dusty last?

Adventurous greetings,
Coen
 

ober27

Adventurer
Karin and Coen,

I love seeing the photos and reading the stories of your travels. It's great that you're able to keep the old Toyota on the road through creative engineering and local talent. I find you're approach to life and travel inspiring.

Travel safe.
Darin
 

landcruising

Adventurer
Just wanted to let you all know and see that the new t-shirts [designed by SackWear] are really nice. We just got some shipped and are wearing them proudly when we were visiting Machu Picchu in Peru.

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You can get them from our CafePress shop. Hope you will like them.

Adventurous greetings,
Coen
 

landcruising

Adventurer
Moving on:


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Untraceable: not license plate, logs untagged and driving at ridiculous speeds. Illegal logging has to stop!



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Then they cut up all the Amazon rainforest and turn into lumber....



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Big planks turn into smaller planks by these guys. Impressive. We see a lot of untagged logs here... :-(



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Sneak peek at the new Transamazônica calendar. This will be January...



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Enjoying our little Hella navigation led light. 9-31 volts and use less then 2 Watt, on a multi directional arm!



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After a few hours of this, everything is covered under a thin layer of red bull dust. Penetrates everything!



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Large fires along the Transamazônica make us aware of the destruction that comes with progress. Is this what we want?


Adventurous greetings,
Coen
 

bobDog

Expedition Leader
Just like killing elephants....damned hard to stop unless people want to help and create other ways of income. Income that pays the same. And income that is sustainable.
There is an old Navajo saying that says the every time you do something wrong it's like having a square rock where your heart is. It turns and hurts w/ every bad deed, but eventually the sharp corners wear off and the pain goes away.
Sad to see this my friends. bD
 

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