[my_73middy]

Hi...Here is a bit of info about my middy....It's a 1985 BJ73 Cruiser with a non-turbo 3.4L diesel. I bought it bog standard about 8 months ago. I always had plans to build it to have fun times on weekends & eventually compete in a few comps in it. Here are a few things that it has already had done, Custom 2.5 inch snorkle, Sports seat for driver, ARB winch bar, Narva driving lights, Front gaurds have been cut for more tyre space, GME UHF & VHF CB radios, 1.5 inch wheel spacers, 6 inch extended brake lines, Diff breathers have been extended up inside the cab, Carpet has been removed, Tough Dog RTC steering damper, 15x8 sunny's with 33x12.5x15 Mickey Thompson MTZ tyres, Standard leaf spring packs with 1 leaf removed from each (REALLY soft & flexy now), Modified top rear shock mounts, Tough Dog shocks for now, Standard diffs have been converteted to spring over & High link steering.
That pretty well covers all that I have done but there is still a huge list of more things to come.
Just a few of the things to come are, customized top front shock mounts (along with new longer Pro Comp shocks all round), Cut rear gaurds to make more tyre space, Mechenical locker in the front & Air locker in the rear, Full custom roll cage, 36 or 38 inch tyres, Either new diff ratios or reduction gears for the transfer case & Down the track abit I would like to see if I can find a 4.2L diesel engine for it.
I hope you like the sounds of what has been done & what is planned for my cruiser & I will get some more pics of it posted in the next few days including some under body shots of the shock mounts & the diff mods for the spring over.
Here are a few pics of my middy before the spring over was done, it just had a set of 2 inch raised springs in it when these pics were taken....It flexes ALOT better. I cant wait to get some more recent pics posted to share how awsome it is now with all you fellow 4wders.
Hope you enjoy a look at my middy and please feel free to leave your comments wether they are good or bad.
Cheers Darren

These next 2 pics are before any suspension work at all & before I got some decent tyres.

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My cruiser might not be Pretty, it might not be Fast, but, IT'S BLOODY TOUGH!!!

[my_73middy]

I have a couple of photos that were taken with my phone on saturday morning when i was mucking around with the forklift at work.
Hope you like them...I was blown away by the travel it had.
Cheers Darren


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My cruiser might not be Pretty, it might not be Fast, but, IT'S BLOODY TOUGH!!!

[my_73middy]

Here are the more recent pics that i said i would post...I have included some pics of the diffs in my 73 series and some of my fiancees 80 series that she got last week.
Hope you like the pics and please feel free to leave your comments.
Cheers Darren

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My cruiser might not be Pretty, it might not be Fast, but, IT'S BLOODY TOUGH!!!

[bockstar]

Ahhh, is it just me or is anyone else having trouble seeing the pics????
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1997 80 Series. ARB bullbar, IPF Driving lights, OME Suspension, Uniden UHF

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