Scott Oncken, 33, of Eco Off-Road (eco-offroad.com) who will be fabricating a stock 1966 Toyota Land Cruiser pickup truck into a highly-capable lean mean environmentally-friendly off-road machine. If he is unable to complete the truck in time he will take his vegetable oil powered Land Rover Defender 90.
Click here to track the progress of the vehicle on the ih8mud.com internet board.
Specs include:
-Cummins B3.3 install w/ intercooler
-fine spline axles with 3.7 diffs and disk brakes up front
-shackle reversal
-saginaw power steering install
-power brakes
-NV4500 with Toyota split case transfer case with special gears
-33 inch tires on stock rims
-powder coat the frame
-second fuel tank
If there is time:
-install Vintage A/C and heating system
-rear ARB locker
-custom seats and seat belts
-SVO system
-rear bumper with tire/fuel carrier
