Buffy,
Is indy going to stop saling the aussies for all zu axles?
Billy Oliver
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They are very rare. There were 230 built from 81 to 85 for the state of Alaska as postal units which were right hand drive and had no windows in them. Those built with windows were all exported. Most were sent to Austraila as the Overlander and the rest to Venezuala with left had drive. Mine was supposed to exported but for some reason never left the country. Speedo is in Kilometers. Here are a couple pictures of it when I got it home and did some cleaning on it. It has troop seats in the back like the old FJ40s. I've been trying to verify if this was the last unit built with the steel hard top but have not been very successful. It has a very high serial number and was not originally titled until 12/24/86 and seeing that there we only 128 built in 86 I think I've go a shot.
The interior you are seeing is the original interior the truck came with. It literally sat in a dark shop for over 12 years.
And let's not forget the powerplant!
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I can't seem to reply with a quote - weird! About the Jeep tho: WOW!!! That is one HELL of a find! Thanks for all the info. It is sure to be an awesome rig when you get er up and runnin!
Yup you're right circ, definitely was forgetting between the front seats, and for some reason I was thinking the bench in the photo was against the back not along the sides. What a weird lay-out!
http://m.wimp.com/armoredvehicle/ how about one of these!
My porridge is too hot,my porridge is too cold!
Back to Trooper action!
Made some good progress over the weekend. I got the rear end installed and the clutch hydrolics installed as well.
The end is in! :P
Front steering knuckles cleaned and in primer:
Passenger CV getting cleaned and new boots installed:
Driver side CV before:
And after:
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The clutch hydrolic hose finally made it!
New OEM cluth master cylinder:
Installed:
Power booster installed:
The wife and I made a junk yard trip on Saturday and scored a set of brakets to install the VehiCROSS seat in my Trooper. The brakets are perfect and will allow me to install the seat without modifying the floor pans. They are out of a Kia Sportage 4 door. It is like they were made for this purpose.
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