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Written by Tom Ford
Top Gear isn"t famed for a penchant for subtlety, but some things just end up looking right even though they aren"t the flashiest of projects. And this Toyota Land Cruiser pickup by Proffitt"s Resurrection Land Cruisers in the States is one of them. Based in Colorado and run by Jeremiah Proffitt (best name in car modification, bar none) and his wife Chandra, Resurrection eponymously takes old Toyota products and makes them better. Restorations, restomods, pretty much the usual fare. But its SEMA pickup from "17 caught our eye, simply because in a world of flashy outrageousness, it looks like a proper worktruck. Albeit a fairly unique one. It"s not quite as it seems, obviously. This isn"t so much a restomod as a Frankenstein, but a lovingly prepared one. Built as a showboat for Cummins" 161bhp/267lb ft 2.8-litre turbodiesel - itself a relatively modest powerplant - the body is a 79-series Land Cruiser pickup dropped onto a "93 FJ80 frame, itself lengthened by about 20-inches. The rear is bobbed by about a foot for better departure angle when off-roading, and the suspension is three-link at the front and five at the back, with modern Bilstein shocks. The motor is hooked up to a five-speed manual box, part-time four-wheel drive/transfer case plus electronic locking diffs, and runs on 34-inch Maxxis tyres. Simple, effective, good. Custom bumpers, a winch, some extra lighting and a few careful tweaks and you have a truck that makes you double take for all the right reasons. You can tell it"s a worker, too - the interior doesn"t have carpets, instead being finished with simple Vortex sprayliner (a paint that sets like concrete - and the same stuff that lines the bed), meaning that you can hose it out at the end of the day.
Date written: 18 May 2018
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ID: 11884
Top Gear isn"t famed for a penchant for subtlety, but some things just end up looking right even though they aren"t the flashiest of projects. And this Toyota Land Cruiser pickup by Proffitt"s Resurrection Land Cruisers in the States is one of them. Based in Colorado and run by Jeremiah Proffitt (best name in car modification, bar none) and his wife Chandra, Resurrection eponymously takes old Toyota products and makes them better. Restorations, restomods, pretty much the usual fare. But its SEMA pickup from "17 caught our eye, simply because in a world of flashy outrageousness, it looks like a proper worktruck. Albeit a fairly unique one. It"s not quite as it seems, obviously. This isn"t so much a restomod as a Frankenstein, but a lovingly prepared one. Built as a showboat for Cummins" 161bhp/267lb ft 2.8-litre turbodiesel - itself a relatively modest powerplant - the body is a 79-series Land Cruiser pickup dropped onto a "93 FJ80 frame, itself lengthened by about 20-inches. The rear is bobbed by about a foot for better departure angle when off-roading, and the suspension is three-link at the front and five at the back, with modern Bilstein shocks. The motor is hooked up to a five-speed manual box, part-time four-wheel drive/transfer case plus electronic locking diffs, and runs on 34-inch Maxxis tyres. Simple, effective, good. Custom bumpers, a winch, some extra lighting and a few careful tweaks and you have a truck that makes you double take for all the right reasons. You can tell it"s a worker, too - the interior doesn"t have carpets, instead being finished with simple Vortex sprayliner (a paint that sets like concrete - and the same stuff that lines the bed), meaning that you can hose it out at the end of the day.
Date written: 18 May 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11884
