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I decided to try Bilthammer on the troopy as its lanolin based but much thinner than Corolan wax that i used on the 76 and dries clear. Also its around £50 for 5 litres. That was Sept and its still doing well, touched up a couple of exposed parts but id taken the car on an offroad trip which...

Morning folks, Still for sale and dropped the price to £36k for everything or around £33k without the tent. Its a strange one, its pretty rare over here in the UK, i get plenty of watchers and views in ebay and the car always attracts folk at the local car gatherings ( Bacon & Brakes) , but no...

Thanks I believe the HZJ78 is still available new, Toyota Gibraltar stockholdings still have it listed but I'm not sure which market they are / were available from.

I did as well but gave up trying to find the unicorn Lhd will be fine for trips to Europe and was ok when I had a test drive. Good luck with the search

Hi Sean, I've actually already bought it from Travis at RHAS, brand new very last of the V8s unfortunately. Just waiting on registration before I can bring it home. We tried the Australian route but they need to be 10 years old plus to register here and they are extremely expensive unless...

Hi folks, After 6 years , I've decided to sell my 76 series for a troopy. It's a RHD petrol with the V6 1GR-FE engine. Sourced and imported from Japan to the UK in 2018 with the help of an agent with 4700 miles on the clock. Now approaching 49k. It's gets serviced every 6 months and have all...

Nice, yeah I was aware of the Alu-Cab version for the 76 but havent seen Alu-innovations before. The motivation to do it to the 76 isn't there really, five years of ownership it's probably a new project, new challenge I'm looking for.

Cheers for that, one of the reasons for the troopy is that I think its more suitable for fitting an Alucab roof conversion to get away from the rooftop tent and annexe setup plus they have more loading space. It would be an GXL troopy I'm after with the extra row of seats in the back although...

Hi all, Ive been contemplating a change from the 76 series to a V8 troopy for sometime now but haven't done much about seeing it through for various reasons. One is I don't really know what sort of value to put on the 76 as it has quite a few mods and it's been a proper labour of love over the...

Hi Jules Yeah I bought and fitted the Kaymar rear bar last year so I know it's rated for 3500kgs. In the UK, they state that if the vehicle has no plate then you shouldn't tow with it but if I can update the registration document to show the weight limits then I should be covered. The cops...