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Lj80 / holden Drover ?

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:28 pm
by CWBYUP
Not real sure of this and cant find any info in the bible.

I have a lj80 and there's a body that looks the same size and shape with holden drover stickers on it at the local wreckers.

Can some one give me some info as to if this is likely to be the same thing or am i having a blonde moment :?: :oops:

Couldnt open the bonnet to se what was on the ID tags.

Just thought spare body :armsup: :armsup: :armsup: paint and cage it while i'm still driving the other one.

Cheers Nick

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:37 pm
by droopypete
A blonde walks into a wreckers :lol:
Peter.

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:39 pm
by christover1
Drover is a narrow track 1.3 Sierra rebadged.
The Sierra bodies are wider than the LJ80.
They have Wider diffs/axle housings.
In my opinion it could be done, but no real advantage for the amount of work.

A lot of serious Sierra owners like to put an LJ front on, so there is more tyre room.

If the 2 bodies look the same, then you don't have an LJ80 you'd have a Sierra?
christover

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:50 pm
by CWBYUP
Thanks Pete I',m not blonde all the time its just lack of sleep.

Nah mines a LJ 80 i'm thinking i need to look at the id tags. I'm wondering if they have rebaged a LJ with drover badges.

Thanks for the info

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:55 pm
by nicbeer
Get a pic of yours and the other one and we can tell u for sure.

Btw:

A real drover front end:

Image

LJ80:

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or
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:56 pm
by christover1
CWBYUP wrote:Thanks Pete I',m not blonde all the time its just lack of sleep.

Nah mines a LJ 80 i'm thinking i need to look at the id tags. I'm wondering if they have rebaged a LJ with drover badges.

Thanks for the info
People do swap parts about for many reasons, including badges, for looks and/or function.

If it looks the same shape, it is likely to be an LJ80 (4stroke 800cc at stock) or an LJ50 (500cc 2 stroke at stock) but a lot of early LJ owners modded the trucks.

christover

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:19 pm
by droopypete
Hey guys I was down the wreckers this morning and saw this in the car park :D
[img][img]http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157 ... 7800ab.jpg[/img][/img]
Peter.

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:22 pm
by "CANADA"
droopypete wrote:Hey guys I was down the wreckers this morning and saw this in the car park :D
[img][img]http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157 ... 7800ab.jpg[/img][/img]
Peter.

A LHD Coily :armsup: :armsup: :armsup: :? :? :?

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:24 pm
by droopypete
Only you would be looking at the car instead of Nick :roll: :lol:
Peter.

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:01 pm
by Santos
Ok now i will try to treat this post seriously
Do you have an LJ80 ?
Image

If you saw one of these then it would just be someone putting stickers on the LJ80
OR

Do you have a sierra and saw one with drover stickers and square headlights?

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:30 pm
by Santos
wow i make a post and then it get put at the end.. weird

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:08 pm
by CWBYUP
The yellow one is what i own but theres another at the wreckers that looks the same i just wanted to know if they had ever badged the lj as a drover :finger:

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:02 am
by Santos
hmmm... and which wreckers was that? :D

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:58 pm
by suzuki boy
Mine is a drover. The only yhing that has holden on it is the front badge and the steering wheel. All the plates under the bonnet are suzuki.

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:15 pm
by germo
no lj would be badged as a drover from factory,

someone may have put the badges on it, but if it looks like an lj its most likely an lj, not much come close to the good old lj style!


enjoy ashley

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:34 pm
by Santos
You know germo i could just own a lj80 :D

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:40 pm
by germo
sorry santos it is my suzuki.
CWBYUP wrote:The yellow one is what i own but theres another at the wreckers that looks the same i just wanted to know if they had ever badged the lj as a drover :finger:
ashley

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:25 pm
by Santos
so you sold it?