1991 Isuzu Trooper Overlanding Build
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nfpgasmask
Adventurer
Unfortunately, I am not. My brother is getting married that week so...No problem! Headed to Expo West by chance? I would love to check out this rig.
I've been wanting to go to one of these events for a while but there's always something in the way. You know how it is!
Bart
rino
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Haha all too well, at least you have a great excuse! Enjoy yourself and best of luck to your brother
onemanarmy
Explorer
Great. Now I want another first gen Trooper.
Thanks for all the detail.
Thanks for all the detail.
S
Squatchout
Guest
Gosh now I guess I'm going to have to paint Red Beans! At least I still have my poop brown dash and that lovely as yet to be installed glove box door from my special friend. Ha Ha:bowdown::safari-rig:
topofpalomar
Enthusiast
Wow. Very Nice! We had an '87 we bought new that we took the kids camping in. Mojave Road, Borrego, etc. Had the Con-ferr roof rack, too. I still miss that rig. Traded it in for a new '92 but that truck didn't have the cool factor the first gen did.
You did a great job. I can't imagine the hours you spent doing all that work. Thank you for sharing.
You did a great job. I can't imagine the hours you spent doing all that work. Thank you for sharing.
nfpgasmask
Adventurer
Thanks, all, for the nice comments.
Bart
Yup, well, you know where that poop color glove box door came from! LOL And like I said, for some reasons, I think I should have just left the interior, but the black does look good!
Yeah, thanks to MP3 players and AUX ports I haven't listened to a tape or CD in the car in years!! Well, maybe a CD here and there, but for road trips, I just have my 160 IPod classic and I am good to go! But you're right, the shifter gets in the way of the radio and and large cups you have in the center console. The radio was really an afterthought, as the very first Troopers were so utilitarian they didn't have a radio at all!
Bart
onemanarmy
Explorer
where did you source the ARB front? I've never seen one before in pics or real life....didn't even know ARB ever made them.
nfpgasmask
Adventurer
TL;DR?
"ARB Bull Bar with Warn M8000 Winch
Rumor has it that ARB only sent twelve of their iconic looking winch bumpers to the United States back when gen1 Troopers were still young. I don't know if this figure is exactly true, but either way, it sure seems to be, as I have only known of three or so early Troopers sporting one. A few years back, one of them came up for sale on PlanetIsuzoo (www.planetisuzoo.com) and I was quick to act. Sure, I could have just fabbed my own bumper, but it would not have been quite the same as the real thing, especially considering my lack of a tube bender and novice fab skills. I held onto this bumper for three years, before it met my current Trooper. Before I installed it, I took it in to my local powder-coating shop to have a nice layer of black applied. When I got it back it looked brand new. Good thing, since the amount of money I spent on it added up to just about the same price had I bought a new one directly from ARB. The bumper is beefy, heavy and totally ************."
Bartonemanarmy
Explorer
got it. good score.