HELP!!! Our troopys been ransacked...

Sorry to hear about the break in - hope it doesn't destroy your plans completely.


If you can't get glass why not try sheet-metal. perspex etc - it may get you out of trouble temporarily.

all the best

I found this add on eBay. Only posts to Australia but you could phone and see if they could package and send it to you.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TOYOTA-LANDCRUISER-75-TROOP-1-85-12-06-PASSENGERS-LEFT-SIDE-REAR-SLIDING-GLASS-/400343921488?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d365b7350

Check out our blog Replacing_a_Sliding_Glass_Window_in_75_series_Troopy. Replacement is simple, but ideally you need an original curved Toyota bit of glass. It's a while since I did it, but I think it may be possible to used a flat piece of glass and to shape a bit of wood to get around the problem of marrying a flat piece to the curved piece. The job is so simple (provided you have2 people) that you might find it easiest to remove a good window to get a sample for your glass supplier to use as a pattern.

Another option would be to move the broken window to a more convenient location and replace both pieces of glass in it with a bit of solid plywood - check out the blog, I think it would be quite do-able.

Good luck with it.

Cheers

John

Sorry to hear of your troubles. You need to be careful in Spain, Italy and many of the old Eastern European countries like the Czech Republic as well. Car rental companies won't let you take their cars into some of those countries they are so bad. Secure parking is almost mandatory unfortunately.

You could try Early Landcruiser Spares
21 Pleasant Grove Holden Hill
Adelaide, South Australia

+61 416 341 457

He might be able to ship to you.

cheers
Laurie

I can't help with the glass but this may help when you find some.

Replacing a slide window on a troopy

If its a curved piece and you cant get the genuine item, I think plastic is your only reasoable option either acrillic or polycarbonate.

Any half decent plastics fabricator should be able to produce the curve bassed on the one on the other side.

That is it it wont bend enough cold.

cheers

Thanks everyone for the helpful replies. Three different shops combined to make us a fully functional 3mm alloy sliding window. It's not Perspex or polycarbonate but keeps the car secure and dry. Pitty we couldn't find something transparent but we had to get it done.
The good people of Athens that helped us out and only charged us €4.20 barely enough to cover the materials.

Athens is particularly bad for these types of crimes. Apparently the immigrant and refugee population has been forgotten about by the government which leads them to desperate measures. Either that or junkies which are also rife according to the police we dealt with.
Strange place, so many cops in riot gear all crowded around on random corners in the city. Gas masks and tear gas ready to go. I think we got a bit complacent after spending 3 months in predominantly Muslim countries where the penalties for robbery are much more harsh.
We never expected it though away from the car for half an hour, we rarely leave the cameras in the car and they were hidden. It was also 5:00pm on a Sunday right in the city centre next to the national archeological museum. Oh well welcome back to Europe I guess. We won't be making the same mistake again that's for sure.