Old Troopys very popular

I've always loved the Troopys. Just wish they made them with 4 doors.

My 1994 Troopy is about to click over 800,000, still original Diffs and Uni joints, Gearbox was repaired in Mt Isa 2005 , towing 84 tonne didn't help. Transfer Case repaired and overhauled 2006 at Gosnells Toyota in WA, , 2 starter motors replaced, the last one was 3 weeks ago. like it's owner it retired from active work in 2007 but did a short job From Katherine to Adelaide River 14 ?February ?2012, so when you ever get to the Adelaide River Rail Station museum you'll know who helped get the house there....lol

When the old girl finally dies I'll get a normal small car, it will be retired to the farm here at Orange.

It seems that like many vehicles the Troopys have a very loyal following.

I have a 2004 HDJ100 which is very comfortable and is definitely the best tow vehicle I have ever owned and it will see me out. We have done some serious 4wd work in it but for a long trip into the remote areas I would take the old troopy any day.

I agree with Allan about the lack of electronics being a big plus even though we pay a penalty in hp and fuel consumption. We also tend to travel along slowly and on the few times we have ever travelled in a group, annoy the hell out of people by stopping to look at plants, animals and strange rocks they have never seen at their furious pace. We rarely have fixed deadlines, even when we were working and had fixed end dates I never liked setting targets for the day. We stopped when the time came, unless it was not suitable.

I suspect that a modern troopy would be a very good compromise between having 2 vehicles like us but it just worked out like that. I now have an expedition vehicle built on an Isuzu NPS300 4wd truck which is nearly finished and will be our home for some of the time until the new house is finished. I am quite sure we will not take it to the sorts of places we went in the troopy. The problem is the ground seems lower down, harder and the hinges don't work like they used too !!!!!

We decided we needed to have some creature comforts otherwise we would not travel. I have got a bit carried a way however - all electric, no gas, lots of solar panels, winch both ends, spare wheel lift and lots of water with a shower & toilet.

This is what an old Troopie looks like....