Plus+size POUNDER
IT’S funny how life throws things your way, like a two-wheel drive 2007 N70 Hilux for the princely sum of $500. As an ex-TV commercial hero car, it had starred as a tradie’s ute slamming into a roadside fruit stand, all in the name of safer driving. After a couple of weeks of daily-ing in the N70, the usual Maloo ride with the cam-lope, horrible drinking habit, and leg-day clutch pedal just didn’t seem as appealing. Selling off parts like the tradie rack and rear tub for a collective $500 brought the Hilux ledger back to nil. Hello, nobuxlux.
Being an entry level WorkMate, standard amenities like power windows weren’t an option, but this is where the journey to the PHATT 4x4 you see before you began. Taking a look at the main loom found, Toyota had seen fit to include all the connections to simply plug in a power window unit. Mint.
