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Good day, dear subscribes

I,am Douwe Wiegman, owner of Wiegman 4x4

I make all these videos on this channel

That you are following

I just made another video with my Dji Osmo

I made a video of the Hzj73

We restored it

Becose it had some rust issues in the rear quarters

What is very common with Toyota

Almost all are

Front fender had rust

And the front window frame

The Bj73 we also did only needed a nice make over

They both are done to look nice again

We gave the Bj73 a transformation

First it was gray and now we make it Olive green

The color code is 6h9

We also ordered a genuine Toyota soft-top

all the way from Japan

With all the parts needed

Also alot of other parts we orded

Like mudflaps etc. But you will see this in the video

I shot this video a few days before

There is allready a bit more progress

We will make a video of this

I hope you like the video

And lett me know what you think of it

This is the progress of the Hzj73

And the Bj73

This one needed complete new rear quaters

We completley repainted the car

We took care of all the corrosion

We are reassamble is now

we polished the clear coat

Justin is cleaning it right now

New reflectors

New mirrors

Only the FRP top needs a respray

The painter is having holiday right now

So we wait for him to return

The bumpers and sidesteps are ready for paint

Lets take a look

They are ready for paint

Rear bumpers

Front bumper

Side steps

Stefan is prepairing paint

Is the aint ready Stefan?

It is in the gun

711 epoxy coating

Lets take a look at hte Bj73

Almost ready

We are waiting for the rear lights only

The bumper lights

The ones that were in were wrong

These are the original

These are not original for this car

So we changed it

We repainted everything you see

We also repainted the roll-bar

We left the interior stock

It was in a good condition still

It fits the style of the car

Just original

It was are mission to keep it look like stock

I want everything to look really good

New bolts and new paint

It needs to look fresh

I also completley rebuild the Aisin hub

New paint etc..

I only need to order new lug nuts

I want stainless ones

As good as ready it is.

The thing i like the most is the new Soft-top

Original from Japan

Sand color

Will look beautiful

The rear bumpers

They are ready for assembly

We are waiting for the light to arrive

Thank you for watching

Good bye

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For more infomation >> Wiegman4x4.eu progress Toyota Land Cruiser Hzj73 and Bj73 explained - Duration: 6:25.

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Tracing Toyota's Aussie roots | motoring.com.au - Duration: 4:42.

It's well known that Toyota's four by four reputation started to be established

right here in the Snowy Mountains of southern New South Wales.

There's some truth to that, and a fair bit of PR spin too, but there's absolutely no

doubting the fact that FJ25 Landcruisers were here working on the massive Snowy hydro and

irrigation scheme as far back as 1958.

Nearly 60 years on, and the Landcruiser is still with us, and Toyota is Australia's

most popular vehicle brand.

There's also been an explosion in popularity of SUVs, emphasising the looks, sometimes

more than the capability, which is why we've not only come back with the Landcruiser to

the Snowy, we've brought Toyota's newest and least capacity SUV, the CHR, with us as

well.

Our trek through the Snowy starts at Tumut, and our plan is to revisit some of the places

that the original Landcruiser helped build.

Like this, the magnificent Talbingo Reservoir, the last and largest of 16 dams built as part

of the Snowy Hydroelectric and Irrigation Scheme.

It's an appropriate backdrop for a vehicle as imposing as the 200 series Landcruiser.

Nearly five metres long, weighs in at over 2,600 kilograms, and powered by a four and

a half litre V8 twin turbo diesel engine that makes 200 kilowatts and 650 Newton metres.

Big country, big vehicle.

This Altitude Special Edition will set you back around $100,000 by the time you get it

on the road.

Those 1950s Snowy workers who travelled to the job in FJ25 Landcruisers would struggle

to recognise the current cruiser.

It's more luxury car than workhorse.

It's so quiet and refined and modern – even the four by four system is button operated.

From Talbingo it's on across the roof of Australia via Kiandra and Cabramurra to a

place you could argue is the birthplace of the Landcruiser legend in Australia, the Tooma

Tumut Tunnel.

In 1958, a company called Teece [?] Brothers was commissioned to build this tunnel, and

they brought with them to do it 12 FJ25 Landcruisers.

Teece were so impressed by the performance of the Landcruiser they decided they wanted

to take over the local distributorship, which they did, of all Toyota commercial vehicles.

Much later, Toyota Japan bought them out and established Toyota Australia.

The rest, as we know, is history.

And the CHR is the latest expression of that Toyota sales dominance.

It shares nothing with the cruiser except its Toyota badge and SUV classification.

The

CHR is just under 4.4 metres long, weighs less than 1,400 kilograms, and is powered

by a 1.2 litre turbo petrol four-cylinder engine.

In the COBA [?] spec, you're looking at more than $35,000 on road for this Mazda CX3

competitor.

In some ways, the CHR and the FJ25 have more in common with each other than the FJ and

the current day Landcruiser do.

That's because the CHR and the FJ are roughly the same size, and produce roughly the same

power.

But it drives like a modern passenger car, and is rightly lauded as one of the most involving

and interesting new generation Toyotas you can buy.

Like the Snowy Mountain Scheme, a lot of the most interesting bits of the CHR are hidden

out of sight.

Underpinning the whole thing is a new platform called TNGA [?] which is critical to the future

of Toyota's production vehicle plans, and it delivers improved dynamics for this car.

Under the bonnet is a downside 1.2 litre turbo petrol engine which still makes 85 kilowatts.

Our sojourn finishes at Khancoban, which is appropriate considering Toyota reinforced

its links with the area in the 1990s by launching a Special Edition Snowy Landcruiser at a power

station just down the road.

So the Snowy is an incredible combination of beauty and impressive engineering.

And coming here in Toyotas reinforces their linkage with this part of Australia, and its

importance in bringing the Toyota four by four heritage to life.

Something that, 60 years on, with vehicles like these, we're still living with.