A 40- and 60-Series rust inspection pack, from the lads who pull them apart for a living.
When the right truck is across a state line—or across a country—photos and a tidy story are often all you've got. The fear is simple: landing a rusted-out bitzer under a coat of fresh paint. The community rule of thumb says it plainly: never buy one that's freshly painted.
Sight unseen. Long distance. The lads' own warning: sight-unseen buying can cost you tens of thousands of dollars. This is the preparation you'd wish you'd done before you book the flight.
Practical workshop knowledge turned into a field pack: what to inspect, what to photograph, and when to put your wallet away — for the young fella buying with nobody around him into cars or 4wds (@SNAKEY.).
Annotated hot spots for chassis rails, roof gutters, body mounts, sills, footwells, the windscreen frame and the rear tub on the shorties. The differences between the 40 and 60 are flagged where they matter.
Find it on the truck. Know what you're looking at.A printable walk-around and under-car check, built from the workshop's method. Take it with you, work through the truck — built for the young fella buying with nobody around him into cars or 4wds.
Anchored to the workshop's bitzer and compliance-plate video chapters: exact questions on ownership history, the compliance-plate story and previous rust repairs — plus a photos-before-you-travel template that closes the loop on the remote appraisal ask the lads had to deflect (@rawoutdoors5377).
Fresh paint. Mismatched compliance or blue plates. Hidden rust "nasties" patched over instead of fixed. The bitzer warnings that end the deal on the spot.
Each rust find points to the matching parts-store panel or repair kit — from reproduction steel to body-mount kits. It answers the parts-store question viewers keep asking, unanswered — @warrenplumb7740: "wheres the link to all the billet stuff?" (2026-09-14). New owners also get a rust-triage sheet that pre-qualifies the restoration-quote question the workshop says it gets asked a lot.
Mini rust-zone checklist excerpt
Brown stains around the roof lining look like nothing — but on a 40 or 60 they can be a sign of really bad rust, as one viewer (@TheEscape2012) warned. The pack shows exactly where to look next.
Placeholder wording for the concept sketch. Final inspection guidance must be reviewed and approved by Mr Landcruiser's workshop.
The pack sits before the workshop—not instead of it. It helps a buyer arrive informed, document the right things and understand which finds need expert eyes.
Mr Landcruiser owns the pack outright.
Ian at IGS builds it, hosts it and runs the checkout.
It's split on a revenue share, with no upfront cost to Mr Landcruiser.
Fully async — review and decisions stay in writing, on your schedule.
Concept sketch for discussion. Product content and workshop guidance are not final.