Another Old School Photoshop

I was just playing with a paper print of this lifted troopy. Here is a troopy adding a second set of doors & moving rear axle back. Check it out.

Old School Photoshop

On the web I have seen generaly 4 types of 4 doors.

Below will be my old school photoshop & real pictures of rigs or new school photoshop pics.

Im just playing with the look. Next is to figure out what wheel base these would be?

Full size rear squared door. This is really long 90" plus the width of a full door.

125"

Full size rear 60 degree cut.

120"

3/4 size rear square cut.

120"

3/4 size rear with 60* degree cut.

113"

Original pic if you want to really do your own photoshop. Enjoy!

Here are some photoshoped rigs. The first is the original photo.

Dream to Research to Reality...

OK, are you ready?

I'm going from the dream stage to the resourse & materials stage part of this project.

After a lot of thought & sleepless nights I will have to make a sacrifice of my 2012 Ford  F150 crew cab to fund the project.

It is a Ford f150 crewcab 4x4 with the AWESOME Ecoboost motor in it. Sell price is high KBB 30K. If anybody is interested please connect with me via posting below.

The next phase is to purchase a FZJ80 or a 87 through 90 Chevy or GMC Suburban.

I'm looking for a 93-97 FZJ80 or Lexus 450 (112" wheelbase) they hold good value & are a good base donor drivetrian for the future projectFJ4door.

The other option is to purchase a Suburban. The reason is in my area these are very cheap. Nobody wants a big boat anymore (gas prices are up). I can pick these up anywhere from 1,000 to 2,500 dollars for a very clean & in good condition.

 The sub will be my daily driver & later will possibly be the donor vehicle for my project.

The years of this vehicle that I'm looking for is 1987 to 1990, these models came with the throttle body injection TBI & and in 1990 they came out with an ABS automatic braking system in  the rear. 

This vehicle will have the Chevy 350 TBI, 700 R4 tranny, NP208 transfer case, dana 44 front or Dana 60 depending on if its three quarter ton or 1 ton & a 14 bot rear end.

I would be making repairs to the drive train as we go if something breaks.

After all that, I will be able to start shopping for a Troopy or 45LV. 

I'm liking this light green color.

FJ, BJ, HJ What is the difference?

It turns out after reading blogs, fourms & my own research it's actully simple to tell the difference between HJ, BJ & FJ.

Here we go:

The first letter designates the engine type.

F designates an inline 6 cylinder gasser motor (F or 2F)
B designates a diesel 4 cylinder (2B or 3B)
H designates a diesel 6 cylinder (H or 2H)

The "J4" represents the body style.

The last digit generally designate body size & vintage.
(HJ47 started in 1980 with a 2H motor)

So.
HJ45 will have a 6 cyl. H diesel motor with a long wheelbase 116".

HJ47 will have a 6 cyl. 2H diesel motor with a long wheelbase 116".
FJ40 will have a F, 2F of 3F (depending years) gas engine with a short wheelbase 90".

BJ43 will have a 4 cyl. B series diesel motor with a mid wheelbase of 96".

There is 4 wheelbase options:
2285 mm = 90"
2430 mm = 95.5"
2650 mm = 104"
2950 mm = 115.9"

FJ BJ/ 40, 41, 42  (90") WB

FJ BJ/ 43, 44, 46 (not 45)(95.5") WB

FJ45 SWB 104"

FJ45LV 104" WB

FJ BJ HJ 45/47 Truck LWB 116"

FJ HJ 45/47 Troopy 116"

Brazilian Bandeirante Crew Cab all diesel motors. 133" WB

In Brazil Toyota had a factory for many years.

They called them Bandeirante.

More info to come...