Build photos

Gallery

The HJ47 from Bridgetown bush rig to pearl silver ute — grouped by phase.

Phase 01

As found in Bridgetown

4 RECORDS

Rough home-done matte black paint, bull bar, roof rack, spotlights — a bush-bashing camping rig with things drilled and bolted all over it.

The HJ47 as found in Bridgetown — matte black bush rig

Rear tray of the black HJ47

Cab and bare chassis after tray removal

Phase 02

Teardown & rebuild

8 RECORDS

Tray off, cab off, interior stripped, and the 2H rebuilt in blue — the only splash of blue on the whole ute.

Engine bay during teardown showing the rebuilt blue 2H

Close-up of the rebuilt blue 2H diesel

Cab and chassis with drivetrain exposed

Bare chassis with drivetrain and blue engine

Cab lifted showing interior and floor pans

Interior stripped for restoration

Bare dash and floor during teardown

Rear leaf spring and axle detail

Phase 03

Current — 1F7 Pearl Silver

62 RECORDS

Back on the road in pearl silver with a gloss black tray, 3" Superior lift and 33" steelies. Yard shots, cab detail, a couple parked up next to a Cat 329D excavator, and the beach runs. Shops-and-back for now, daily driver soon.

Pearl silver HJ47 on the concrete pad with farm equipment behind

Front three-quarter of the finished HJ47 in the yard

Standing tall — pearl silver ute at the property

HJ47 parked next to a Cat 329D excavator

HJ47 near heavy machinery

HJ47 near the excavator, wider angle

HJ47 site shot

HJ47 site shot from another angle

Cat 329D boom over the pearl silver HJ47

HJ47 on site, wide

HJ47 detail shot on site

HJ47 with machinery behind

HJ47 on the property

Interior detail — paracord grab handle above the visor

Interior detail of the HJ47 cab

Detail shot inside the cab

Detail — HJ47 exterior

Detail — HJ47 exterior close-up

Detail — HJ47

Detail — HJ47

Front three-quarter of the HJ47 on the beach

HJ47 parked on the beach with dunes behind

Toyota Land Cruiser badge close-up at sunset

HJ47 side detail

HJ47 on the beach

HJ47 by the water

HJ47 rear angle showing the tray

HJ47 on the beach

HJ47 in coastal scrub

HJ47 detail on the sand

HJ47 detail shot

HJ47 near the water

HJ47 wide shot on the sand

HJ47 wide angle

HJ47 detail shot

HJ47 tray and rear detail

HJ47 low light detail

HJ47 by the coast

HJ47 rear angle

HJ47 in the dunes

HJ47 dusk beach

HJ47 with beach backdrop

HJ47 final beach shot

Sunset over the ocean from the HJ47 bonnet

Aerial view of the HJ47 on the beach

Aerial view of the HJ47

Aerial view of the HJ47 on the beach

Aerial view of the HJ47

Aerial angle over the HJ47

Aerial pass over the beach

Top-down aerial

Drone shot looking down at the HJ47

Aerial coastal shot

Aerial wide angle

Aerial with dunes and beach

Aerial over the beach

Aerial coastline

Aerial wide shot of the beach and ute

Aerial pass along the beach

Aerial from another angle

Aerial finish shot