Lucy - Strip Part II

She's stripped to bare body on the outside now, first order in with Toyota for replacement bumpers, window rubbers and more. Sam at Nuneaton has been fantastic and beat roughtrax prices; I think I might be their best customer but everyone apart from Sam looks at me like I've got mental difficulties spending so much on an old truck. I could be putting my hard earned money toward a lovely new aygo (with what looks like a drainage system criss-crossed on the front), or some w4nky hybrid that might make me feel righteous on the way to my gender neutral organic vegan supermarket.

Getting the rear quarter glass out was sticky! All remnants of butyl now gone fortunately. The wings have since been removed and the RHR fuel fill line bracket is soaking in pen oil in the hope that it'll crack the thread and not the bolt shaft when I return.

Anyone else thinking Mad Max? Weld up a couple of spikes, fit some rusty herrace fencing, get Tina Turner singing out the back.

Lucy - Strip Part I

My Surf got stolen back in August last year, from a carpark in Leeds - smashed rear door quarter glass and then chiselled off the ignition barrel, bypassed the alarm and immobiliser. I got complacent living in quiet countryside thinkking that security was enough and and have learnt a good lesson in not f*cking about. Thatcham approved plus a big yellow disc lock or similar will be on the cards.

Fortunately, I got her back. They used her to reverse ram a pay n display meter over, hit the RHF corner, smashed my wing indicators, and wrapped everything that was in the back up in my load liner. Somehow, they missed the brand new exhaust and Alpine amp. They didn't take my fancy wooden sunglasses in the centre console; they did take my five year old smelly trainers. Who knows.

Five years of hard work and money is of no regard to a couple of crackheads, but Hilux's don't go down easy. I priced up the new parts I need from Toyota and Roughtrax and need a load of trim pieces and brackets from another Surf and/or eBay.











The damage to the floor is only on the bumper bracket fixing points where they've pulled a bit, both rear quarters are fine bar a scuff on the RHS. I've spent this week stripping bumpers, lights, running boards, arch extenders, doors, glass and salvaging bits from the tailgate. The doors are in with the body shop next door (Luke Ferla and Jason in Gilmorton) for corrosion repair and paint while I continue to prep the rest of the body and get some chassis service items done.