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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 10:58 PM
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I did reply in the other thread about this, but thought it was worth copying to a new thread as these pictures are so good


Im involved with the team at Toyota who did it and I have all the original stills imagery, in 10 megapixel format, here are some cut down ones that are web safe though:












Not going to leave them hosted on my photobucket for too long though in case everyone starts linking them to other forums and canes the bandwidth.
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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I work at Toyota / Lexus head Office and we had it back there downstairs as it came back from the north pole for a few weeks not even cleaned lol! Is Awesome pictures don't show just how fooking huge it is - It makes the other hilux's look Tiny lol Got a few close up pics i took will have to upload em
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 11:10 PM
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I work at Toyota / Lexus head Office and we had it back there downstairs as it came back from the north pole for a few weeks not even cleaned lol! Is Awesome pictures don't show just how fooking huge it is - It makes the other hilux's look Tiny lol Got a few close up pics i took will have to upload em
It was in the foyer for ages, its still not as cool as the formula 1 cars in reception though
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 11:10 PM
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That was a pretty fucking good advert for one of those. As such I bet Toyota couldn't wait to be involved?

I missed the beginning of this, did they choose the HiLux because of all the abuse the old one stood up to?
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 11:13 PM
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That was a pretty fucking good advert for one of those. As such I bet Toyota couldn't wait to be involved?

I missed the beginning of this, did they choose the HiLux because of all the abuse the old one stood up to?

Bit more to it than them already liking the hilux but it was a factor.
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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Cool as fuck pictures, But I need a set of them arches on my Mini
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Chip-3Door
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I work at Toyota / Lexus head Office and we had it back there downstairs as it came back from the north pole for a few weeks not even cleaned lol! Is Awesome pictures don't show just how fooking huge it is - It makes the other hilux's look Tiny lol Got a few close up pics i took will have to upload em
It was in the foyer for ages, its still not as cool as the formula 1 cars in reception though
It was indeed lol So you been to my work then lol Yeh the F1 cars are smart, Did you like the Lexus that hangs upside down on the ceiling lol
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 11:26 PM
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Yeah I pop over there quite often for meetings with the suits when we are doing new projects for you guys etc, the convertable hanging upside from the roof was cool.

I'm dissapointed to see you have misplaced your ducks now though
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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Awesome pics, thanks for sharing them chip
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Chip-3Door
Yeah I pop over there quite often for meetings with the suits when we are doing new projects for you guys etc, the convertable hanging upside from the roof was cool.

I'm dissapointed to see you have misplaced your ducks now though
Next time your coming over let me know

PMSL @ the ducks we got one Mummy duck left and she has just had six little ducklings, She did have six before but she didn't no how to feed them anc 4 died the other two the crow took This time there doing great tho getting big now pmsl

Weird as i walked into work this morning look whats back lol If they bring it back inside will get some more pics, always feel like a bit of a geek taking pics of the cars at work tho get funny looks

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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 09:05 AM
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awesome pics that is a tasty bit of kit
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 09:12 AM
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is the rifle for incase they get carjacked lol?
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 09:16 AM
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Cool pics
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 09:17 AM
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is the rifle for incase they get carjacked lol?

The route they took to the docks in bristol to take the truck to iceland involved going through St Pauls so they didnt want to take any chances.
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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what a beast that thing is

looked quality smashing through all the snow/ice

bet they had a right time, missed the first 10min of the program so dont know if they talked about the actual motor or not

cool pics chip
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 09:43 AM
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was it on telly then?

i missed it
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 09:45 AM
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You can see a bit about it here too:

http://www.invinciblehilux.co.uk/
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 09:47 AM
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is there gonna be a ree eeee peeeeeet, when the crowd say bo selecta
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan@FastFord
was it on telly then?

i missed it
Yeah it was on bbc 2
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 09:49 AM
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Awesome pics!
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 10:04 AM
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I think its repeated on sunday nite i think its on at 8pm. What a wicked machine.
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 10:14 AM
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repeated on sunday

bbc2 20:00
bbc HD 21:00
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 10:16 AM
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which ones you then chip
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by dojj
which ones you then chip
See if you can spot me:



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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 10:24 AM
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cheers boys
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 11:46 AM
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Awesome pics Chip! Bet it was good to be involved! Was a wicked show last night!
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How did they get it back? lol

Did someone have to drive it all the way back as i can't see Clarkson doing that all over again
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Chip-3Door
Originally Posted by dojj
which ones you then chip
See if you can spot me:



PMSL PMSL
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 11:50 AM
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Awesome pics Chip! Bet it was good to be involved! Was a wicked show last night!
I wasnt involved, it just randomly happened that the bloke on the left in that picture looks just like me, I was only joking, hence the

I wish I had gone though, looked like a lot of fun, sadly I only got to find out about it after it happened, I wasnt part of the planning or anything like that.
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Originally Posted by BillyCabrio
How did they get it back? lol

Did someone have to drive it all the way back as i can't see Clarkson doing that all over again
The lads from toyota and the group who were helping with the expedition brought them back again by driving them back
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whats with jeremy and his homer o'clock shadow
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