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Grandads Axe

You know the one, it has had three new blades and four new handles but it is still grandad's original axe!

Billy Prescott's Land Cruiser 40 is a bit the same – very few of the pieces on it are the same originals that came from Toyota San's factory in 1978, but it is still the original Land Cruiser.

A Pauanui local bought it from a chap in Hamilton in around 1998 to tow his boat. It had been built for 4WD Rallies (Trials today) so had a rugged

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