79 Gets Tanked

THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF MOONIE’S DUAL CAB CRUISER SEES A NEW TRAY AND A 180-LITRE FUEL TANK FITTED.

- Ron Moon

WHEN I first looked at fitting a new canopy to the Cruiser, I was going to keep the original Toyota tray, but it looked shithouse. I was convinced a new tray would make the overall package better, so we bit the bullet and took the heavy galvanised steel tray off and fitted a brand-new custom built beauty from Boss Aluminium in Bayswater, Victoria.

This is more a work of art than anything else and I’m super impressed with the tray; its design, construction and quality of finish. The tray is 1800mm long by 1860mm wide. We decided not to have a headboard, which allows the canopy to be 100mm longer and, as I don’t have any intention of removing the canopy when it’s fitted, we didn’t see the need for a headboard.