Toyota 78 - overlander

[Spiked]

Recently imported new toy into England, Totoya HZJ78L Troop Carrier.



Liked its history and specification.

HISTORY -

First owner painted it black to be visible in snow and spent time exploring Alaska and Canada.

Second owner shipped it to Singapore and drove back to Europe, spending time in China (it came with the old Chinese number plate).

Third owner prepared it for trip to South Africa before girlfriend peed on a stick and screamed with happiness, immediately cancelling their expedition.

Fourth owners drove it from Amsterdam to Saudi Arabia, then over to Sudan and down to South Africa and back.

Now it's my turn.

SPECIFICATION -

1HZ 4.2 naturally aspirated diesel, manual

-ARB Bull Bar
-Winch Warn 8274
-ARB side rails
-Kaymar rear bar, 2 wheel carriers
-6 x BF Goodrich All Terrain 235/85/16
-Tow bar
-Safari snorkel
-Roof rack
-6 WARN off-road dual beam lights
-2 sand ladders fixed on roof rack
-3 Zarges aluminium boxes with custom roof mount + 2 spare Zarge boxes
-Rooftop tent Autohome Overland (1.60m wide) including changing room
-2 rear lights & 4 side lights
-Old man EMU 4x4 suspension
-Leaf springs, 8 layer
-Free wheeling hubs AVM
-Factory fitted differential lock front and rear
-Cruise control
-Underslung long range extra tank 180 litre (total 270 litres)
-Underslung water tank 40 litre
-Shurflo water pump and heat exchanger for warm outdoor shower
-Full roll cage
-Alarm system including immobiliser and remote central locking
-Alpine Bluetooth audio system (CD, USB, iPod/Phone)
-Gladen speaker system with 3-layer isolation in doors
-Altimeter, balance meters, tachometer
-Victron AGM leisure battery 12V 200ah (connected by cut-off relay to 2 new Bosch starting batteries)
-2 power invertors connected to leisure battery (12 to 220V)
-Engel fridge 40 litre
-African Outback dual drawer system
-Awning, attachment to either side

I plan to gut rear and rebuild to own specification, install Erbespacher D2 and undertake a little maintenance.

Should be an interesting journey.

Edited by Spiked on Monday 27th April 08:39

[Oldwolf]

Excellent!

Where are you planning on going?

[furrywoolyhatuk]

Its rare for so much history to come with a car,but wow, what a history!

[Usget]

Brilliant. I've always loved the number of overlander vehicles in Oz, but you hardly ever see any in the UK (the occasional G-Wagen or similar, but that's about it). Looking forward to seeing your build thread.

[Truckosaurus]

Come the end of the world the only things left standing will be cockroaches and Land Cruiser Troopies.

[Talk2Dave]

I love these things, my partner's 80 year old gran drives around Australia in a troopy.
Parts availability for these are supposed to be amazing in the most isolated places in the world. Good luck and keep us updated

[anomaly]

Wonderful car and what a history! I remember being in an Australian Army one of these in one of the more remote Solomon Islands ten years ago, it felt indestructible!

[Spiked]

Thanks for the positive posts!

Started gutting but became distracted by shower.

I've built-bodged a shower in our camper, but this is the first time I've owned a vehicular shower.

Filled 40 litre underslung steel tank using garden hose



Attached shower hose to pipe within engine bay



Shurflo pump in engine bay



Heat exchanger (cabin temperature dial controls shower water temperature) - needs tidying



And a decent pressure outdoor hot shower commenced, once "hidden" pump switch in engine bay clicked on



One was amused.

And one can keep the vehicle clean in deepest Mongolia.

Oldwolf said:

Excellent!

Where are you planning on going?

Thanks. All over the place hopefully.

Five weeks in Iceland this summer to test the setup, then possibly probably potter South America.

furrywoolyhatuk said:

Its rare for so much history to come with a car,but wow, what a history!

Indeed. It's either utterly knackered after so much overlanding or the previous owners hyper-serviced and maintained the Troopy to such an extent that it's in fine fettle.

Usget said:

Brilliant. I've always loved the number of overlander vehicles in Oz, but you hardly ever see any in the UK (the occasional G-Wagen or similar, but that's about it). Looking forward to seeing your build thread.

Thanks. They're rare in the UK, hence my importing it.

There's a Troopy 78 for sale at the moment in Lincolnshire at £65,000

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C596558#

His build videos -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLdZBtPD_yK0-2g...

[citizensm1th]

well to this corkhead it looks like its already been abroad to the isle of wight

[PugwasHDJ80]

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Spiked said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C596558#

Someone smoking something

You could import a 4.5 v8 turbo troopy from Japan or Oz and bolt all the bits on for less than that

I built my 80 up with almost the same spec for about fifteen grand, and it certainly wasn't worth fifteen grand when I sold it!

OP- nice truck though, where did you find it?