Shish you've really got a big job there. Looking forward to watching the resto of your new toy. Shag pile carpets, who would of thought 😂😂 Cheers Mark...
Fun Fun Fun.....there goes all your weekends and time after work for a while, can't wait for the progress videos to come out. Keep up the great individuality in your designs and builds 👍
As a T.O.D.U follower and Australian addict I just love the intro. Great to hear you again, and that '60 is gonna turn out into an Elegant Feed me More Beast. ¡¡PURA VIDA!!
On behalf of everyone, we missed you Danie. Looking forward to your new project, very nice old wagon. Totally agree with the over pricing for second hand stuff. I'm more into bikes and people are dreaming, some of the clapped out old junk they try to sell at high prices.
Love the 60!! Can’t wait to see the finished product, tho me personally I’m more into the 80 series but it’ll be good to learn what a 60 is all about so thanks for doing this build!! Keep up the great work.
I'm in Canada and picked up a 1982 BJ60 I'm restoring. It has amazingly little rust for a Canadian vehicle. It all works, just needs a refresh, it's pretty tired after all these years.
Looks like many hours of fun removing and refitting coming up. I love the t-shirt also Danie. Ill stick with my 80 series tho and I love the wagon side of things, so much can be done with a wagon. ~;0)
Also because I have owned a fj62 for 12 years I think you should do a rear quarter panel chop and wrap a rear bar around to the wheel arch. They stick out along way in the back past the diff housing and tend to get hung up on a lot of stuff.
Hi my name is Greg and I’m building up a 79 single cab and canopy . Love your show so down to earth and no bullshit . Just won’t to know what brand of roof top tent you have
Hey Danie, glad you're back, So been waiting for this project! If you've ever owned a HJ61 with a good 12HT you'll keep it, or regret you ever sold it! That engine is like a mini 6BT and the low down torque is just as addictive..I did end up having my chassis and axle housings modded to take light coils all round with reduced leaves .. amazing on corregated gravel, so worth it ..So much so, I skipped over the 80 and jumped to an FTE auto converted 105 that's my daily .. but every time I turn the key on the 12HT in my 61, I just smile and think, I am never selling this to anyone! NB- Thanks for appreciating the cruisers that don't get the fanfare - the 60 is the unsung hero of the 4wd wagon world!
@@DanieSimpson I have been approached by so many regretful previous owners over the years, just to tell me to keep mine .. so many times in fact that over the last 25 years of ownership, that all 4 of my children have heard it so often in our travels .. that the one time I mentioned selling it, I got the towelling of my life from them .. it stays in the family as an heirloom and my mechanically minded daughter (22yo) has dibbs on keeping it forever! It's seen Cape York so many times it knows the way to our fishing spots and has taken us to the NT the back way through Borroloola towing 2000kg camper and boat .. never missed a beat in its near 600000km life to date!
I’m in the middle of fixing up a hj61, one owner and bought right in Emerald where I live in 1983!! Low k’s and been sitting on a farm for the last 20 years absolutely rust free!! Just found your channel, new subscriber here, looking forward to seeing what u do with yours👍🍺
I had a HJ61, motors are awesome but hard too get bits for now. When you do the engine swap as you have herd the engine mounts on the chassis are different from petrol to diesel. I used to work in a wrecking yard in Sydney called east coast 4WD. We did a few engine swaps and we cut the rivets holding the mounts too the chassis then set the motor and box in, bolting the gearbox too the cross member then bolt the chassis mounts to the engine and mark the rivet holes onto the petrol chassis. Not sure what the rules are in Queensland but here in nsw your not allowed to weld a chassis so we bolted them through the rivet holes. Hope this helps.
Oh an one thing that would be handy if you end up using it for touring speak to arb for one of thier long range plastic tanks as it will cut down on wieght an never rust an of course run bash plates the lenght of it to protect it even more . Be alot more comfirtable on long trips plus you will be able to hear yaself an only half the rattles of ol boy lol . Great addition to the shed the 60 .
I did a 12h into fj62 around 8 years ago and mounts needed to be chopped. From memory was only the drivers side mount about 25mm back. Other then that just swapped the dash cluster and wire harness and was mint.
We will have no dramas with the mounts:) luckily jobs like that are pretty standard at my work. Best to always take your own measurements rather than follow someone else's procedure. Always small differenced between vehicles, especially with imports
thank you for the beauty detail video and share other wish the best rebuild of the wagon as look special great finish think you should bullbar off another one on too this rebuild is diff from the other 4x4 60 wagon love 4x4 Isuzu 4x4 truck
I have an alloy bar that mine had on it btw, accommodates the provisions for the PTO winch but the wings angle back in nicely to give some better approach clearance, all yours if you're keen but it's in WA
glad to have seen this video. brings me up to speed with the project. have seen insta posts many times and wasn't sure of the go. I'd say rather than buying a heap of real hard to find expensive parts you'd be best using the rusty 60 as a donor and selling all the other bits to someone who is going to restore the rusty one? the brown interior looks much more complete and has many more features and is less broken so go with that :) good luck with it
in this video I discuss using the donor vehicle and selling it afterwards to someone who will restore it, not buying expensive parts. Also the brown interior is the broken one and missing more
@@DanieSimpson haha ah yeah my mistake. I more meant you said thing like flares and mudflaps are expensive so I presumed the rest was too. Looked like the grey door trims and handles are busted maybe I didn't look at the brown one so close.
Pro-tip: Just forget about the fate of the donor. Just take what you need from it and send it off to a breaker yard. If somebody wants to buy it and rebuild it, that's their problem, not yours. You gotta be ruthless about this stuff or you'll end-up with a yard full of "fixer-uppers" that you never get rid of.
Has it been sold? I’m looking for a Land Cruiser 60 series to buy as a project car. If it’s sold do you have any idea where I might be able to buy a scrappy cruiser ?
Hi Danie good to see your smiling face and relaxed way you have to your channel. Yep I have a project that I decided to build something in lock down so now it sits as life has moved on and changed and like you not paying well over the odds for the parts required. And now we can go out to play so it sits gathering dust and rust as sitting outside again. My hound does the same I think it is because he is spoilt now being on only dog, see later babe.
Drop the roof lining and rust prof inside. They rust from inside out. Air con so cold u get condensation inside and rear vents on back pillars break down and let dust into roof area inside. Awsome old girl.
sweet rig mate, keep it as stock as you can as it will hold more value that way, valve body change over is over rated unless your gunna pump the BHP to the max and even then it wont want to change gears unless you back the peddle off because of the pressure build up on the Torque Converter, you got a lot of wrench time ahead of you good luck, lookin forward to seeing more vids of the creation of the Danie's 60 BEAST
Gday young lass you have a big project ahead of you,12ht and a PTO nice get. Be nice to convert to 12v,the 12ht and my other car have the same 12v alternator with the pump at the back. Don't no if you want to convert but it might be worth it. Twenty thousand would be a good spend but my old timer cost me double that. It adds up,tyres,bull bar,lights,auxiliary tank,roof rack,diff lockers,suspension lift,raptor coat and so on. The best accessory is a milk crate.😉
Not a big fan of 60 series Cruisers in general, but man the hj61 is one of my favourites. 😅😁 The high roof that many people don't like, actually give it a more modern look. Because without it the 60 looks very boxy. Unfortunately I have never seen one in person (12HT variant) and 60 series Cruisers in general are hard to come by in decent condition. Living approximately 40Km from the ocean doesn't really help, with rust. 😑 Even looking at listing from around the country doesn't help much either. Great video Danie, hello from SA. 🇿🇦 Edit: The second one looks very neat. You have enough parts to make a nice one out of them. The brown might be a issue. 😬
Funny as you mentioned trucks the first time as i paused you for that very reason , trucks that loud in this nieghbourhood that you can hear them for 3 mins . I would be keepin that front step as you bieng short would help you alot . Marsy bieng the awesome boy he always is .
...It would be a good video just exploring if making a bar from scratch is what you want to do, what is involved etc etc. I think many would not know what it is involved beyond the vague idea that it can be expensive. Sometimes you can get a surprise with these things once you start to look into them. I am looking forward to seeing what you do with the build.
Yeah custom barwork can be done very cheaply but to do it right definitely takes time and effort. Added benefit is its not a new car with airbags or sensors to worry about
@@leonkane8240 exactly that's why I said to do it properly takes time and effort. No point doing anything cheap. Fortunately I work at an auto fabrication shop so I'm pretty covered in making my own barwork. I'm sure there are other people out there though who could definitely learn through trial and error. But in my opinion learning should not be done on barwork so i won't be showing that on here. Anything that protrudes from a vehicle and has the possibility to impact the vehicles handling or crash dynamics should be left to a professional.
Spent all most of my primary school holidays getting toured around the country in a 60, looking forward to the videos. And TF there is someone else out there that can't stand idiots calling it a "BUILD"!
@@DanieSimpson well if you're trying to keep it that nice grey interior, and can't steal certain stuff from your other cruiser cos of the interior colour? From what I hear the engine swap should be pretty straight forward tho with same engine mounts etc
@@warrencramer4516 yes grey interior is what I'll be sticking with and I buy parts direct from Toyota. Much better quality than aftermarket and cheaper than going through on sellers who put their own mark ups on it
@@DanieSimpson geez ok, thought they'd be expensive as through Toyota? Might start giving that a go myself, been burnt a few times with aftermarket parts not fitting lol
Hi Danie, question for you on the rusty FJ60/62. Where did you get those Turbo seats? I noticed front and rear match, and the rear bench has head rest. I'm rebuilding a 60 as we speak, and in need of parts. Like that steering wheel. Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.
I remember the 80 series Sahara did the rear AC the same way, with a big box in the boot and a clear tube up the pillar. I actually like the brown better, but that's probably because all we get these days is black and grey, so anything else is more interesting.
Hey were those super cheap auto tool boxes you had on the 75 before the canopy were they any good because thinking of getting some but hear bad things about them like they leak a lot with rain?
Store the key parts which you may need at later stage and not now... will be of good use and save few pennies. Say glass, door trims, quarter panel, interior may be. Or you can make a pet house out of it and put it in your yard.. your dog will love...
You could always have a bull bat made from scratch, it costs more but it is not an uncommon thing & like you said, you like unique things, so it might be an opportunity to make something that is unique to you & the build.
Hey danie that big box in the back of the 62 is the rear air-conditioning unit! If you're looking for a good manifold look up whistle "n" soot they do awesome ceramic coated manifolds and dump pipes! Qld company!!👍
Arrh 24 volt import land cruiser maybe an old un special build. I was advised Years ago un United Nations land cruiser was a special runs of vehicle with 24v from factory. 12 volt was standard but United Nations standard is 24 v not 12v.
Engine mounts are different heights on petrol chassis n not sure of placement diesel chassis has both engine mounts at same hight so there is a difference n I think diesel engine mounts may be mounted lower down from the top so they are different you will see easily when both engines are out as years ago I bought a 2h with turbo to put into fj62 n stopped as I was on pension n couldn't afford engineering etc
If you’re looking for a 24v alternator - look at Hino, part of of Toyota company. Same engines have been used In Landcruisers, Coaster buses and Hino light rigid trucks.
@@DanieSimpson I’ve got a1hdft 80 with a nomad lock up kit installed and it’s brilliant off road, downhill in first is like a manual ( no run away) and smooth through the slow stuff without having to worry about the clutch pedal. But it will stall the moment you stop the vehicle 😂
