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NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:59 pm
by Jerry
Come on Tony .... Where are the pics of your new Truck :shock: :wink:

Or should this be in the Toyota or Ford Section :wink:

Did your one come out with the safari top :wink:

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Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:17 am
by Nizsafari
Shit Jerry.. have you been snooping round my place :roll: .. glad you managed to take a good photo if it :wink: .. My cameras still in Grahams truck from the Red Rocks trip :mrgreen:

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:21 pm
by badnuz
http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=nw2169

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

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:22 pm
by 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! :oops: :oops: :oops:

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:39 pm
by NJV6
badnuz wrote:http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=nw2169

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


CarJam wrote:Country of origin: United States Of America


How rude!!!!

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:37 pm
by Nizsafari
Jerry wrote:Come on Tony .... Where are the pics of your new Truck :shock: :wink:

Or should this be in the Toyota or Ford Section :wink:

Did your one come out with the safari top :wink:

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

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:45 pm
by CRAZYBUSTARD
igot a piture some where

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:42 pm
by wisard2
NJV6 wrote:
badnuz wrote:http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=nw2169

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


CarJam wrote: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.

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:16 pm
by 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

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:36 pm
by turoa
ohhhh fark yea I know the one. If I had enough room it would be at my house instead :lol:

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:01 pm
by Jerry
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Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:41 am
by Nizsafari
Jerry wrote:Image


Well well well... YEP thats the one :D
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 :wink:

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

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

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:43 am
by 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?

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:32 pm
by CRAZYBUSTARD
was owned ross brown otaki bilt by peter johnson paraparaparaumu

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:37 pm
by Jerry
Skids got some orange paint you can probably have for a dollar

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:41 pm
by CRAZYBUSTARD
hi jerry an ants

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:08 pm
by Nizsafari
CRAZYBUSTARD wrote: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 :D

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:24 pm
by 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

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:28 pm
by Sadam_Husain
Nizsafari wrote: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 :mrgreen:

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:40 pm
by Jerry
Landy gearboxes are pretty distinctive, red pull out lever for lowrange and a yellow push down lever for highrange :mrgreen:


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:06 pm
by Nizsafari
Sadam_Husain wrote:
Nizsafari wrote: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 :mrgreen:


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

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:07 pm
by Nizsafari
Sadam_Husain wrote:
Nizsafari wrote: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 :mrgreen:


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

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:21 pm
by Sadam_Husain
Nizsafari wrote:Is that the pushdown one that's spring loaded?
The other lever has 4wd/neut/2wd ( i think )



Yep thats it :mrgreen:

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:49 pm
by skid
Peter Johnson Motors in Kapiti

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:57 am
by Nizsafari
skid wrote:Peter Johnson Motors in Kapiti


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

Re: NizSafari's new Truck !!!!!!

Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 9:31 pm
by skid
Nizsafari wrote:
skid wrote:Peter Johnson Motors in Kapiti


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