Taft F25 LWB VS LJ80 LWB - Design Concept by Pratama Aura Nurrisky

    Hi! netizens who are fans of jeeps or classic cars, on this occasion I will show the results of the concept of car modification art without extreme changes but clearly different from the factory output series. This concept was inspired by the toyota fj45 G45-S jeep from The FJ Company workshop, I was so happy to see its simple appearance, unique toyota, but rare and dashing.

    Since I was a child, I have loved to see and drive these jeeps, especially the Jimny LJ80. Therefore, I imagined, trying to give a touch to two types of Japanese jeeps which at first glance are similar but have different factories, namely; the old taft (F50) has a 4-cylinder diesel engine with a DG code with a capacity of 2,530 cc and has a 4-speed transmission, in Indonesia it is known as "taft kebo", kebo means buffalo. And the jimny 1st generation (Lj80) 4x4 modern classic that is rare and characterized, This car is powered by an 800cc four stroke, four cylinder 'F8A' engine, producing around 42hp, coupled with a four speed manual transmission, in Indonesia known as "jimny jangkrik" jangkrik means cricket.

    On the old Taft model, here I take the F25-P series which is a long wheel base model of a gasoline pickup other than the Taft F50 which is widely circulated in Indonesia. because the model image base is already lwb I just need to change and add a 2nd row passenger door, and add a hardtop model roof on the back, the door has a reduced diameter width, and the original f50 size hardtop is not long enough so it takes a little plate to make the connecting pillar wall between the second row of doors and the rear hardtop roof.

    While on the old jimny, I actually used the image base from the lj80v, in its construction I split 2 cars after the front door, and added a small pillar to place the second row passenger door, the process is not much different from the taft version of the lwb, but because the old jimny base is swb it is necessary to add a 70cm connecting frame between the front and rear chassis, where the size of the second row passenger door is adjusted, and the original rear hardtop is pushed back so that the rear window does not need to be cut/reduced in length. So that in the process there are more "patch-work" welding processes to get the ideal result.

    Yeah... that's more or less a rough explanation, on another occasion I will edit/explain what if it needs to be added to this article.

that's all from me, thanks for visiting.... :)

-P.A.N.