Offroad-Express

Hi all,
I have a 1980 bj40 its my daily driver and goes good but it need work on it, thats why i join on here so i can ask questions if i get stuck on what to etc.

Also some of yous might now where one could go 4wding in nelson!


Bit about me: im 17 years old and just left school last year, my dad has a landcruiser prado (a box looking one not the curvy ones) and discovered the 40 series i first brought a yellow petrol one but with the big engine and a lot of rust decided to sell and buy a bj40 for a daily driver and off roader.


anyway heres some pics

Cheers Reece

We'll have to catch one weekend for a trip out somewhere. Maybe up the Porika track at St Arnaud?

Smurf wrote:We'll have to catch one weekend for a trip out somewhere. Maybe up the Porika track at St Arnaud?

For sure never heard of Porika

Iv read some people dont like using down pipe for there snorkel, iv made mine out of downpipe i think it looks better then ones u buy... but to make out of steel was to much for me..

Scobby12 wrote:

Smurf wrote:We'll have to catch one weekend for a trip out somewhere. Maybe up the Porika track at St Arnaud?

For sure never heard of Porika

Pylon maintenance access track from the Howard valley just south of Lake Rotoiti, Goes up and over to lake Rotoroa. Not a hard track but a bit of fun and some great views, has a few good play areas on the way over. And it fills in a day

Hi Scooby and welcome along. If you and Smurf are coming up my way let me know and I might be able to tag along too

Hi Reece,
Did you take those pics up ben nevis?
I met you briefly up top of wairoa gorge where that mitsi had gone off edge of road. I snapped a pic

And seen your wagon once outside pak-n-save.
Pretty distinctive in blue

Nath

slide wrote:Hi Reece,
Did you take those pics up ben nevis?
I met you briefly up top of wairoa gorge where that mitsi had gone off edge of road. I snapped a pic

And seen your wagon once outside pak-n-save.
Pretty distinctive in blue

Nath

Hi yup the two first pics are up there and the other two are in mot, would of been nerve racking trying to tow that onto the road again

Yeah it sticks of from the crowd a bit lol

Welcome along, should be enough of us on here soo to tee up a trip if someone gets motivated

Welcome dude! Nice 40.

y60 safari driver wrote:Welcome along, should be enough of us on here soo to tee up a trip if someone gets motivated

Anything South of Nelson I'm in for

came across that pajero when they pulled it out went surprisingly well haha

what did they use? tow truck? or two?

that would put the shits up the passanger in the pajero

must have been looking at the scenery, pretty wide road to fall off

just one tow truck was the when i came across it they must of just dragged the ass end round ,then we had to dig the bank out below it as it was bottoming out, then they just reversed out .Would of been great to see how sketchy it was spinning it round like that

Oh from memory think the crash had something to do with a dog in the truck , but yeah shes a wide road until you come across a logging truck lol

Just went through Porika today, cleared a few large branches from the track, but otherwise, it's clear of trees (which is good after the winds we've had)

Oh, was that you Reece, heading towards Blenheim on Tuesday morning? Passed a cruiser just nth of Seddon which looked to be yours.


Dave

DaveM wrote:Just went through Porika today, cleared a few large branches from the track, but otherwise, it's clear of trees (which is good after the winds we've had)

Oh, was that you Reece, heading towards Blenheim on Tuesday morning? Passed a cruiser just nth of Seddon which looked to be yours.


Dave

Haha! good spotting mate yes we where heading back home from chch, we just stayed at ward for the night It didnt have bullbars on it as i went to pick some up.