NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

[Jerry]

Come on Tony .... Where are the pics of your new Truck

Or should this be in the Toyota or Ford Section

Did your one come out with the safari top

[Nizsafari]

Shit Jerry.. have you been snooping round my place .. glad you managed to take a good photo if it .. My cameras still in Grahams truck from the Red Rocks trip

[badnuz]

http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=nw2169

wof ran out 12 years ago must be the ideal farm hack!!

[kiwipete]

My uncle used to have one of these on his farm donkey years ago, I only drove it the once and got it impaled on an electric fence standard!

[NJV6]

http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=nw2169

wof ran out 12 years ago must be the ideal farm hack!!

Country of origin: United States Of America

How rude!!!!

[Nizsafari]

Come on Tony .... Where are the pics of your new Truck

Or should this be in the Toyota or Ford Section

Did your one come out with the safari top

Ask Mudnuts or Mrs mudnut.. they've both seen it

[CRAZYBUSTARD]

igot a piture some where

[wisard2]

http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=nw2169

wof ran out 12 years ago must be the ideal farm hack!!

Country of origin: United States Of America

How rude!!!!

The Trekka was built here in NZ and the official publicity launch was in early 1970 at ex All Black Ken Gray's Pauatahanui farm. I was there as I was fencing the boundary between his and my Uncles farm at the time.

[skid]

he hasnt even bought a trekka

jerry just being a cock again

rumour has it, theres a shitty ol lorry in his drive

falcon 6

and toyota running gear

[turoa]

ohhhh fark yea I know the one. If I had enough room it would be at my house instead

[Jerry]

[Nizsafari]

Well well well... YEP thats the one
SO FAR..

Changed FU***D plugs
Changed oil (about 1/2 litre came out of the sump) and filter
Cleaned out Carb, had a bit of a miss that sounded like 1/2 stick of dynamite going off.
Tightened up and repacked R/F wheel baring as it had a "slight" shimmy

Jerry, this one has brakes, was mucking around and had to slam the brakes on, nearly put me through the windscreen!!!

Motors pretty strong still.. aparrently its from an XA Falcon!! (straight6 with the Stromberg Carb)

When i get my camera back I'll take some better pics

[Sadam_Husain]

there was a couple of pics of that in the ore galleries somewhere.... think they might have been in one of cloggys albums?

[CRAZYBUSTARD]

was owned ross brown otaki bilt by peter johnson paraparaparaumu

[Jerry]

Skids got some orange paint you can probably have for a dollar

[CRAZYBUSTARD]

hi jerry an ants

[Nizsafari]

was owned ross brown otaki bilt by peter johnson paraparaparaumu

Does anyone have contact details for any of these guys??

Need a few Q's answered. like

Its running Hilux diffs.. what about the springs?
Did the motor mate up to the g/box or is there an adaptor plate?
Whats the g/box from?

im sure theres more but thats a start

[turoa]

from looking at the picture im gonna say standard landrover springs.

The gearbox is likely to be a landy one with a ford adapter (quite a few of these conversions have been done) but I couldnt say for sure without a looksee

[Sadam_Husain]

Did the motor mate up to the g/box or is there an adaptor plate?
Whats the g/box from?

Landy gearboxes are pretty distinctive, red pull out lever for lowrange and a yellow push down lever for highrange

[Jerry]

Landy gearboxes are pretty distinctive, red pull out lever for lowrange and a yellow push down lever for highrange

[Nizsafari]

Did the motor mate up to the g/box or is there an adaptor plate?
Whats the g/box from?

Landy gearboxes are pretty distinctive, red pull out lever for lowrange and a yellow push down lever for highrange

Is that the pushdown one that's spring loaded?
The other lever has 4wd/neut/2wd ( i think )

[Nizsafari]

Did the motor mate up to the g/box or is there an adaptor plate?
Whats the g/box from?

Landy gearboxes are pretty distinctive, red pull out lever for lowrange and a yellow push down lever for highrange

Is that the pushdown one that's spring loaded?
The other lever has 4wd/neut/2wd ( i think )

[Sadam_Husain]

Is that the pushdown one that's spring loaded?
The other lever has 4wd/neut/2wd ( i think )

Yep thats it

[skid]

Peter Johnson Motors in Kapiti

[Nizsafari]

Peter Johnson Motors in Kapiti

Cheers Skid.. might pop out for a drive and have a wee chat with him:D

[skid]

Peter Johnson Motors in Kapiti

Cheers Skid.. might pop out for a drive and have a wee chat with him:D

turns out P.J has nothing to do with it.

found out quite a bit more for ya.......

here is an excerpt from my mate in Taupo who owned it for some time, should give you a little more knowledge of its history dude............

Hi Mate, you want all the shit on the old Landy,a 1957 S1, well I bought it off a Navy guy stationed at Irirangi in Waiouru in about 1987 it had been owned by army guys , a police man and an ambo all in Waiouru, I repowered it with a 200ci falcon in 1988,later when that was poked I put in a 250ci, at the same time put in a series 3 gearbox. In 89 I put in a Celica power steer box and pump and converted the front to disc brakes with 403 Peugot, also fitted a VH 44 in line power booster for the brakes.I did 5 or 6 national trials in it around 1990 - 1991 and did about 10yrs of Teams Recovery in it hardly missed a TR in that time.
She got her name in about 1990 when the Dragon said what Fugen ugly truck it was, so the name stuck from there FUG.
I sold it to Ross when I finished building the red truck in about 1999--- 2000.
Not to sure why Ross put cruiser gear under it as in 13yrs I drove it pretty hard and only broke one front axel, never to stuff a diff.