Hilux 4x4 Forum

Mazda tree 2 tree.
Was very lucky. Mommy bought it

Self propelled or any means of transport?

a 1985 toyota hilux s/c 2x4 dad's old work bakkie (builders van) with 356 000 km on the clock
and a very large roof rack and i still have it at home with almost 500 000 km on it now! :)

Dutsun 140Y. Bought it from my savings in matric R3200.00

CasKru wrote:Self propelled or any means of transport?

Self propelled

n Hatchback Opel Kadette 1.3 GL kan nie die jaar model onthou nie 81? Die ou box shape....was in matriek....verlang ek nou!! Het skool vakansies by pappa gwerk om daai ding te betaal

1976 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000. A red one. I was also lucky, dad bought it for me, or was that unlucky.
I miss that car everyday and wish I never sold it.

Red 1979 Toyota Corolla Sprinter 1600 5-spd with Rostyle rimme en 165/13 tyres. Joint effort between myself and my dad. The first and last Toyota passenger car that I ever bought....

Bright orange with black stripe on the bonnet Ford Escort 1600 Sport, bought by my parents.

1300 VW Baja Beetle. Was a hand me down from brother to brother. My dad bought it originally and we all worked on it (cosmetic wise)

1987 Hilux D/C 2.2 had 375000km on when I got is :D :D was one of my dads work bakkies I drove it for about 2 years it is still alive and retired in Botswana as the work horse getting fire wood and fetching supply and fuel from town has just over 500000km on now :D

Ford Tracer 1.3 in n pragtige baba-blou kleur skakering, dankie Pa, hoe verlang ek nou na my ou wa en n Vrydag middag braai na klas langs LC de Villiers se dam, goeie Tuks dae.

First car .. 1968 Renault R10 .... Bought myself. Can't remember too much about it other than that it had an Alconi conversion (pistons / head/ manifolds & exhaust) and ran like the clappers in between the numerous times I had to work on something that went wrong with the motor. It was a rear engined vehicle and the original radiator had been moved and built into a scoop in the front .... had to keep a constant eye on the temp guage. It liked to blow head gaskets because of the higher compression ratio. It had split rims with wide takkies and flared wheel arches.
It looked pretty neat in it's day but I was eventually happy to get rid of it. (The first and last Renault I ever drove).

Red Alfa Romeo Sud. Daddy of course!

White 1985 Daihatsu Charade 993cc. This vehicle taught me the patience required when driving a 4Y 2.2....sluggish. Cost R 10k self paid by serving many drinks from behind the counter

Peugeot 404, bought it with my army pay, went everywhere & never broke down, only vehicle as tough as a hilux.

The first "expensive" car (R4300.00) i had to buy on HP was a Ford Escort RS 2000, i modified and raced it, sold it, bought it back and sold it again.

My uncle gave me a white '79 toyota corolla 1300 automatic when I matriculated. I swapped it the very next day for a bright orange '76 Mazda Capella 1800 with sunroof, mags, spots, etc. What can I say. When you're young, bling trumps reliability.

Dad bought me 85 Corolla 1800 Sport......lekkkeeeerrr, 3 maande later afgeskryf.....Then I had to by my own car.......and learn the hard way ........

A purple Mini 1275..... DH bought it for me.....

Dad loaned me his '57 Opel Rekord at end of matric, bought it from him next year with December holiday-work money- paid R 1 500,00 for it. What a car: orange (a real "kapoen" colour) - 1 car, 2 doors, 3 gears (on steering column) and 4 wheels (never had a spare). Synch was a bit out between 1st & 2nd ("scratched" a bit), big wide front and back seats (to enjoy the drive-in).

As solid as a rock: once tried to make a traffic light in Jo'burg, when the lady in front of me decided to rather stop, but her brakelights weren't working... so the Orange Monster modified her VW Beetle by moving the engine forward to right behind her seat. We had to repair the grill and straighten the front bumper on the Monster, but the lights weren't even broken.

Toyota 1200 bakkie.
Bought my own Toyota Conquest 1300 Sport 2 years later. I still wonder what was the sport part of that car.

my eerste voertuig was n 1600 mazda rusler bakkiekie, :D begin van my matriek jaar gekry by my pappa (hy was toe nog lief vir my) , sy't 6 mnde gehou toe park ek ha op haar dak,(pappa was nie meer so lief vir my daarna nie) en toe moes ek maar wee toonklap vir die res van die jaar, ( na matriek toe my pappa hoor ek het geslaaag toe's hy so bly) hy't vir my toe geld geleen om n toyota carolla te koop...................... nou dagdroom ek ook wee van daai tyd,

Eerste ry ding was n VW pypkar met n 1300 twin port motor in wat ek op die plaas mee rond gejaag het. Daai tyd was daar nog baie sand duine in Philippi . Pa het hom gekoop . Eerste pad kar was n 1984 VW Jetta GLi wit , self gekoop vir R 12999.00 . Lekker vinnige kar en nee ek het hom nie afgeskryf nie.

1957 Morris Minor (series ll (side valve), followed by a 650 Triumph Bonneville - much more exciting.

Bought (from own savings) a 1973 Merc 220 automatic in 1981. Great car, still regret selling it for an Alfa!

Obtained a loan from the company I worked for after leaving the Army and bought a second-hand 1960 Opel Rekord Car-a-Van, 6v, 1700cc, 3-speed column shift. Sort of turquoise green on the sides with a white roof. Six months later bearing knock . With the help of a family friend, re-conned the motor and all was well again! Used to go camping often with that car, slept in the back of it with the rear seat folded down.

At one stage I had an Orange on my aerial too... considered very stylish those days~


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Somewhere in of just after matric dad and I had a JV with 2 DKW's. One was bare metal but complete and the other we drove home - until she ran out of petrol and in the next few months I could only get it to run once, still confused by that. Oh, paid R900 for both and sold for something like R6000, I think.

Our next JV was a Lada Niva. Bought it in George for R4500, drove it to Welkom - the last 60km with only 5th gear remaining. It had a 1600/1800 Toyota engine in. Eventually built a Toy box in, then the rear wheel bearings went. Could only get a new diff. Then the propshaft had to be rebuilt. After that some or the other stabilizer bar broke.....this thing started to cost serious money and ruined my fragile student budget. Sold it for R12000.

Come to think of it, the only car I ever lost money on was the one that was stolen...

1965 850 Mini Station Wagon - upgraded to a 1000cc bought by daddy - put out of commission 3 month later on the night of my matrick farewell and the got a 1968 MK1 Ford Escort GT 1600 with stage 7 cam, 36 dcd Weber and Bullet Box (Racing Box) it was faster robot to robot than a 2.0 gulietta (beat 2 of them) sold it about 6 years ago and STILL so ever sorry

paid by working week ends FIAT 124 special, front wheel drive, drove till the rust and all, LOL

hi luxes
valiant regal belonged to the flying sqaud in joburg who can still remember fontana in the brow...............

A 1973 peugeot 504 gl.What a fantastic car,had independent suspention,disk brakes all around,top speed of around 140 km/h.The ride quality was exellent.Had to borrow R600 from daddy,and he got it back........later.......much later. He constantly reminded me.Was also my first lesson about integrity.A deal is a deal,and today I do bussiness on that valueable principal.

A 1974/75 Datsun 1200 GX coupe, a maroon one, bought for R2500 in 1976 by my dad , paid it off while working.

A beautifull little car with no breakdowns in the four years I had it.

Reg No TS 5416.... I still remember the no.. :roll:

My 1st ry ding was n 1972 Mazda B1600 wat my pa by n swarte op die plaas gekoop het om goed rond te ry op die plaas en toe later na my toe aan gestuur het as my bakkie. Ek moes hom heeltemal oor doen voor ek naby die pad kon gekom het. Die Mazda is vandag nog in my besit.

Toyota corolla 1.3 1984 - paid for by myself(Werk op die plaas, cashier by KFC, rakpakker by clicks, barman by Mount Amanzi and selling my raleigh trapfiets(paid for by strooping mielies) )

My 1981 Toyota hilux wat daaityd 'n 1600 engine met 4spoed ratkas ingehad het.Dit was my Pa se plaas bakkie en toe ek my lisensie kry toe gee hy hom vir my nadat ek hom vreeslik gekarring het oor die bakkie! Ek moes hom toe self oordoen en weer registreer.
Harde werk maar ek het my bakkie waardeer en doen nogsteeds.

1600 VW Beetle. White with white rimms and lekka tekkies, and m@*rse sound system. Dad bought it for me after amry.

Ford Fiesta Fun. 1.3i... Purple... Inherited it from my Gran who sadly passed some 8 years ago. Although i never got the chance to Drive it myself... Still MY 1st CAR.

Toyota Carrollllaaa 160i GL 1984
Got it for 10k, put stage one in it... wrote it off a month later.

My first vehicle was a Metalic light blue 1992 Corolla GLS Executive. Aircon, alloy wheels, central locking, Radio/tape, Alarm/Immobiliser and a gearlock. It was my mom's car and was bought in 1992 by my dad. I did use it in Matric to school and back, and was the only matric with a car that had aircon in it....... All the others got new cars but none had aircon fitted.
I got the car in 2004 when I moved to jhb. It was a agreement in the house that the Conquest was my brother's car and the corolla was mine when we started working.

Fiat 600,Blue with white roof.Engin at the back and doors that opened the wrong way.

69 or 70 Ford Escort 1300 GT
Bought it with money from spraying my Uncles Kombi

1984 Opel Kadett 1.6 (met baie Roesssh)
Donation from my Dad :)

+- 1970 not sure, Corona 1900 mk II, man that was a nice car for a student, fancy radio which looked for the stations by by itselves, but usely didn't find any as most stations were on short wave, no aircon, from my mother.

1600 baja bug. Swapped a cell phone for it. old owners were leaving sa. Drove it away and never touched it mechanically in all the time I had it. Had ot resprayed for R1000 and sold it for R5500. Phone was an old nokia 6110

19 Voertsjek Beetle 1300. I think it was 1972. My Dad bought it for me. I love VW but I hate Beetles.

19 late 70s early 80s not sure really, Datsun 1400, was my dad's work bakkie that the driver trashed, he said if I could fix it I could have it. Fixed it drove it for a few years. Still love 1400s drive one now as my daily run around.

19?? Beach buggy 1600Twin Port 31" rear tyres, Now they could sling mud!!!! Sold
1993 Nissan 1.4 twincam Stolen after 1 payment :evil:
19?? Beetle 1300 sold
1996 Tazz 1.3 4 spd best 4x4 at 60KM/h (ask Gompie) he mis placed the fotos :evil:
2002 Mazda sting 130 wife's vehicle
2001 Polo Classic 1.6i nice but still not a Toyota
1952 Willys CJ3B Some changes Sold I Still cry myself asleep
1993 SFA D/C Raider 4x42.2 4Y

My eerste voertuig was n 2lt Ford Cortina Ghia 1984 model cream een met spots op my ma het dit splinternuut gekoop, en met 20000km op terwyl ek in Sap Kollege was vir R5000.00 Cash gekoop 2mnd later in eerste ongeluk ook met die kar skade omgeveer R5000.00 hulle wou kar skraap maar het geplyt dat dit nie moes gebeur nie ,Was op n naweek pas nog in SAP Kollege Bybetaling was R1500.00 en met n Student pay van R650.00 wel ma moes weer help!

My eerste motor was 'n 1989 BMW 320 automatic, gekoop vir R10 000 by die Tannie op die die plaas langs ons. Toe gee sy my nog 'n tenk vol Petrol as 'n geskenk. Glad nie die regte motor vir 'n jong man nie!!!

Nou dink ek sommer terug aan al daai lekker kuier dae.

1982 Datsun 1400 bakkie - geskenk deur dieselfde ou wat nou nog my wiele betaal...ekself
1989 Jetta CLi 16V 2.0L - ek gedink ek is net die man
19?? Isuzu KB42 4x4 - goeie diesel verbruik, maar beslis nie gebou vir haastige ou nie
19?? Willys CJ5 - daai V6 was dors!!!
1996 Golf 3 GTS...my eerste splinternuwe kar...het ek minder dollars aan die sound system spandeer, sou ek dalk beter kar kon bekostig
1999 Golf 4 GTi...een van die eerstes, die girlies het my mal gehad!!!
2000 Hilux Raider DC 2.7...verkoopsman het hom buite kraam-saal aan my oorhandig; kon eers 10-uur die aand gaan kyk hoe lyk my nuwe trokkie en 'n eerste draai ry
2002 Jetta 1.9 Tdi...eerste keer in my lewe sonder 'n bakkie, dis was 'n stryd
2004 Hilux KZTE Legend 35...ek sweer ek sal nooit weer sonder 'n bakkie wees nie
2005 Hilux D4d 4x4...'n spoedvraat diesel?
2007 Navara 2.5 Diesel...kortstandige onnoselgeid...het hom verkoop na eerste trip Kalahari toe (teveel vasgesit!!!)

Huidig: 2004 KZTE 4x4...mammie het my oortuig sy ry eerder met die KZ as met die D4d in die dorp...solank dit 'n Hilux EN 4x4 is, gee ek nie rerig om nie!!

rebuilt Toyota lwb Hilux bakkie,2.2 petrol.got it in '95,was stolen [and never recovered] in '99.
next was the '89 Hilux lwb 4x4 which a friend gave to me at a ridiculous price.
i sold that 1 and bought my dream car.Hilux d/c 4x4

an immacualte 1986 Nissan Exa Turbo - my Dads old car, got it for my 19th Birthday
up to that point I had riiden motorcycles since my 50cc on my 16th Birthday

...probably not the best to give a 19 year old (motorcyclist) a turbocharged car for their first car (but thats another story)

My eerste kar was `n 1993 Golf GTi wat ek in 2001 gekoop het met komplimente van Absa vehicle finance. My pa het gehelp met `n lekker deposito om die lening minder te maak. Voor dit het ek met my oorlede oupa se Mini 1275E gery. En voor dit `n Yamaha RZ50 cc motorfiets. Al die voertuie bring nou goeie memories terug!

fiat 850 spesial rooi met tierkop op die bonet nooit heeltemal klaar gemaak nie, Verruil vir v
750 gtx susuki, die kar ry vandag nog hier rond

A red '83 Ford Bantam 1300 that Pops kindly supplied when I finished matric and waved me off to my Holiday job in Sedgefield that he had organised.
Was in great condition well looked after from a mate of his and supplied amazing memories of road trips with my surfer friends around the Eastern Cape( no I could not surf i tried but almost drowned fav quote then was "there only heat waves in the Karoo").
Unfortunately i wrapped it around a telephone pole after falling asleep on a trip back home for holidays 2 years later and was heartbroken, replaced with a gold one with a sunroof only to be informed it was a mates moms old one and was buggered, luckily had red bakkie as spares.Have now fond memories of old man and I swapping out engine and gearbox one holiday although then it was not so pleasant.
I so envy u chaps that have managed to hang on to ur originals well done.

1990 2.4 Diesel 2x4 LWB
Daai bruinerige cream kleur.

paid by me ...1991 Citi Golf CTi 1800 - the benchmark for all boy racers in Klerksdorp ! Could not go to Star roadhouse without someone wanting a "dice".

ate a GLi twincam 16V corolla (one of my best mates) for breakfast down Roderick Campbell road, regularly...


Edit: also had an RZ50... '83 model, dad paid, R900 (my rich friends parents bought them brand new '90 models). I paid for the petrol, full fairing, respray & engine rebuild.

Typical Klerksdorp driver! ;)


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First set of wheels: Triumph Bonneville; then car - Morris Minor 850cc side valve
Wish I had both of them today................

Family_Dog wrote:Typical Klerksdorp driver! ;)


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Back then the road conditions allowed it
You should see me now ! (GP plates & all )