Ravisha

We left Sri Lanka to Australia 2 months ago after living in Sri Lanka for the past 5 years and prior that 15 years in Australia. We have primary school age kids. We had our best 5 years of lives in Sri Lanka, we were thinking of going back to Sri Lanka, last month as we missed the beaches and easy lifestyle. But when you look at the economic collapse and expected social collapse we have to stay. As per the central bank of Sri Lanka the GDP will shrunk from US$94billion(peak 2018) to US$60 this year (Rs 22,000billion/360). This is as per the central bank but actual GDP will be much lower. Impact of this will be severe in the coming months. We have experienced severe increase in thefts while in Sri Lanka and it is expected to rise. Our goal is to give the best lifestyle for the kids and hopefully move back to Sri Lanka in 10years time. Things will come around but it will be tough 10years for most Sri Lankans. We are planning to go to Sri Lanka 2months year and work from Sri Lanka during those months.

Thanks for the feedback.. Those capri wheels are nice. I believe 7inch wide won't fit on these MK1 without arch flares. Adapters are about 1inch wide. This would make my tyres 5-6inch..:) Last option. Cheers

Thanks for the feedback. I will definitely not hack the hub nor put spacers. I would like to have 7inch wide tyres but might not work as not much space in the wheel arch. Cheers I will keep updates posted.

I have seen people fitting a 2uz 4700cc V8 petrol engine on hilux. Check youtube. I have a 2uz on my cruiser. They are good engines but slow on a 3ton cruiser. You can even super charge 2uz with toyota factory supercharger.Never heard or seen this been superchrged in Sri Lanka but they do it in Aus and US. Hilux diff will be able to handle extra 200Kgs as they are rated for 350KGs in the back right? As alpha said above it will be front heavy.. 2UZ or 1UZ with supercharger will be a nice fit. I have seen a 2UZ on ###### while back for Rs500,000 with gearbox and all wiring.. Have fun.

I am doing up a 4 door 1971 Escort Mk1. 4 door as I have 2 young kids. No expenses spared. Every thing bog standard with no bubble arches or anything. Only extras would be Air Conditioning and some mean wheels. I am struggling to find some nice old school 4x108 wheels in Sri Lanka. Can anyone direct me to any place? My first option for wheels would be 15inchx6wide with low profiles. Car came with 13x5.5 ET+19 Any thoughts on paint? I was thinking of pearl/candy sapphire blue.