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So I've had LUVs for probably 4 years now. I've always like the way they look and wanted a nice one and finally I've got one that's just about done.

Here is the first one I bought. I blew a motor in it after about a year, so I bought an 81 and took the motor out of that and swapped it in. It had 200k miles and it blew up about a year later. Then I bought a 4x4 with a rebuilt 1.9L header, intake and a 5spd trooper tranny. I had to have the tranny rebuilt. Finally I was able to get it into the paint shop.



Maaco did it. I'd say it about a 7/10 job right now. I took all the lights and stuff off myself. They painted the door handles which I didnt expect them to do. I got another pair laying around but I'm not sure its worth the hassle to switch. So here it is after the paint job.



Put a few cosmetic pieces on and it was off to Discount tire.



Few more emblems on and then the canopy, which isn't a perfect match but its close enough.

They color matched a spray in bed liner for it.






Thanks for looking!

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1979 4wd Mikado. G200, Gemini 250 Turbo, Clive Cam, Offenhouser Intake, JE Pistons, maXspeeding Forged Rods, Blow Thru Weber, Trooper 5spd, Intercooled

nicely done

Wow, looks great! It's amazing what a paint job can do.

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1978 LUV Custom - 1979 LUV stock

What wheels are those and what size? Just curious?

Looks great btw, love that color.

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Do the day don't let the day do you!

I'll get the specs from the receipt with the backspacing etc

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1979 4wd Mikado. G200, Gemini 250 Turbo, Clive Cam, Offenhouser Intake, JE Pistons, maXspeeding Forged Rods, Blow Thru Weber, Trooper 5spd, Intercooled

Nice looking LUV. Looks awesome!

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In life there is the "Way things should be" and then "There's the way they are".

2005 Silverado 3/4T Crew Cab
1981 Luv 2WD
1979 Luv 4x4 Currently going through Open Heart and Cosmetic surgery
1995 Roughneck JetBoat
1981 Luv parts trk

Ok the tires are 215/65R15

The wheels are Unique 96-5760 which is 15x7, 6-5.5, and -6C. I don't know if -6 is offset that sounds kind of extreme but the part number is correct.

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1979 4wd Mikado. G200, Gemini 250 Turbo, Clive Cam, Offenhouser Intake, JE Pistons, maXspeeding Forged Rods, Blow Thru Weber, Trooper 5spd, Intercooled