project supra lux/taro underway finally...

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project supra lux/taro underway finally...

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some of you might remember a few months ago i put a post up saying i was stripping and rebuilding my vw taro (aka hilux mk3), unfortunately i had a car crash and as a result of causing the crash by driving a little to fast i was sentenced to 9 months prison, ,i was let out early on good behaviour and as such project supra lux is again underway, i'll keep pics and write ups coming as i progress further with the build.....

so i spent the last 2 days stripping the rest of the truck to bits, engine + gearbox, cab is now off and all bits stripped off, axles off waiting to get parts to rebuild both, chassis is off and i spent a couple of hours grinding off the crap and then got a coat of underseal on, only done a 1/4 of the chassis as wanna do it in stages. i'll keep the pics coming as i do more.........

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rubbed down and sprayed my tranny

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Welcome back, Collin! Your Lux is looking good, so keep us posted.

And that's bad luck! :evil: How fast where you driving to deserve such a harsh sentence? Over here you will have to do twice the speed of light to get such a heavy sentence... :shock: :twisted:
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Post by Family_Dog »

Hi Colin, good to have you back!


Scorpion, just think how quickly that Hilux would have been stripped if it was over here!

Anyway, looking forward to your series of articles.


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Welcome Back Colin,

I was wondering where you got too :shock:

Try and behave yourself now hey :roll: :wink:

Will gladly advise on Efi if you chose to go that route :wink:

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Colin, here you have to hold up a VIP in his/her motorcade to get locked up.

I did a search on the VW Taro. the posted pic looks hyper odd simply because we never got this model as a VW here in SA :shock:
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Best VW ever made! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:


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Must be were they get their unbreakable(myth) reputation from, from Toyota!
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The Under Cover Hilux

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Jeez Bru

Glad to hear they at least let you out early. Looking forward to your article
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