tks . I need a beer

 

that's looking real good!

 

Thanks guys ..

it's getting close to completion , well as far as I'm taking it anyway ! .. now I can start the grinding and final body prep .

 

Looks like you've been busy.

Guess that means no floorpans for the first gens, huh?

 

no ... NOT a Chance ... not yet anyway


There is NO way I can produce them and bring them to market for a price I feel comfortable selling at .

 

no .. I wouldnt recommend it .. It would work for only a short while , but would soon delaminate . Metal and fiberglass expand and contract at different rates . you'd be better off , in my opinion .... taking a piece of metal , banging it into shape , and then using a "panel bonder" epoxy , to glue it to the floor ... like the *3M stuff I use , If it is done correctly , it will NEVER come apart , 3m guarentees it .

 

no worries bud ... I'm glad to share .

I was looking at my trekker the other day .. and I need floors 2 ... I think I will be building , and welding in pans though , just cuz I can

 

so , back on it ... more work on the topper/canopy .. topside .. it's comming ..

 

soon .. boy .... soon ..

 

so new side windows are ordered , and here ..
I chose a basic canopy window/slider option , as it was the most economical choice .. oh and there 30% tint . look great , I think .

I have to revamp the whole canopy side for the glass to fit , but if ever a replacement is necessary , it will be avaliable anywhere .

 

holy cow .... I'm thinking I only want to do this project once .
what alot of work .

anyway , heres the top .. still working on body lines , but pretty good now .



also cutting/filling the window openings ..
these are completly different windows .. not just a bolt in .





and the ROUGH .. ROUGH window fit

 

thanks .. these are going to be nice . I think mine I might just do like this .


dude .. my tape is in inches.

 

you are .. just my tape is in inches ..



im not sure if that truck is a Trekker or not , other then the roof line , it looks like it , but I dont think it is .

 

so Progress

pulled the plastic cover off because it was all cracked and missing pieces where it is riveted onto the door ..
"hemed and hawed" about what I was going to do .. I was going to make a mould , and make a completly new one .. but to much time and money involved there , so I decided to repair the holes , and send it off to line-x as well .. it'll work out great . and match the rest of the rig .

hatch cover repaired


and sanded and ready for line-x



rear hatch is now completly apart , and ready for some line-X


no luck in finding rear hatch hinges , so I thought I would try to fix these ones . there siezed solid. I had them soaking for about 2 weeks .. each day , taking them out , and lightly "tapping" with punch and hammer .

and finally , they loosened up , and I was able to take them apart .




so all cleaned up , and neversiezed .. and now work great .





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here's a few more pics of the build up on that greenland ice trekker...





















...end hijack

 

i was asked if i knew anything else about the icelandic trekker (or hilux as the case actually is)...here is a link to the page that has a little info on it.

http://www.brian894x4.com/Hiluxgeneration1.html

 

wow .. what a build .

 

so a wee bit to post ...

rear section has now been removed again .. time to start working on that .

Originally , the back half sits on a "winnabego" frame , that mounts to the Toyota frame . Bushings were toast , and not worthy of the new set-up .. got me to thinkin'

The Original mounts , I dont think were sufichant , because of all of the "leaks" I hear about , so I thought a softer compound mount would work better with the flexing , and handle a better "sway" of the back 1/2 . So I ended up purchacing some NEW "special" mounts , and some steel to make a new frame .

got it all "tacked up " under the body , so now time to weld it all up .




boxing the ends .







another "goofy" part of the Trekkers is the rear lamps .. They have these silly metal " u " brackets that hold the lamps in place .. you have to drill a hole in your lamps , and mount them to the brackets ??? dumb .....

so took the pockets from the 79-83 beds I build , and glassed them into the Trekker



Very rough right now .. but at least they will be easy to install , and RE & RE .

 

and some pics from the owner ..

painted/finished in Line-X

 

SWEET!!! i'm lovin the blue line-x. looks sic