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.........
rubbed down and sprayed my tranny
project supra lux/taro underway finally...
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Re: project supra lux/taro underway finally...
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...
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...
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Re: project supra lux/taro underway finally...
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.
-F_D
Scorpion, just think how quickly that Hilux would have been stripped if it was over here!
Anyway, looking forward to your series of articles.
-F_D
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Welcome Back Colin,
I was wondering where you got too
Try and behave yourself now hey :roll:
Will gladly advise on Efi if you chose to go that route
Rich
I was wondering where you got too
Try and behave yourself now hey :roll:
Will gladly advise on Efi if you chose to go that route
Rich
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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
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
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Best VW ever made!
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Must be were they get their unbreakable(myth) reputation from, from Toyota!
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Jeez Bru
Glad to hear they at least let you out early. Looking forward to your article
Glad to hear they at least let you out early. Looking forward to your article