Drop Bear
Garage
Drop Bear
Garage
79, 76 & 78 Series
The 70 Series is the vehicle people keep for twenty years, and the one most workshops quietly hope you take somewhere else. We do not. Automatic transmission conversions, seat relocations and the bespoke work that comes with a 70 Series build, done by the workshop that will service it afterwards.
Manual to auto
A 79 Series with an auto behind it is a different vehicle to drive. Easier in traffic, easier on a long tow, and considerably easier on the driver at the end of a ten-hour day.
A 79 Series auto conversion, a 76 Series auto conversion or a 78 Series Troop Carrier: we convert the 70 Series LandCruiser from manual to automatic, engineered and certified so the vehicle stays road-legal and insurable.
Pricing
People searching for a 79 Series auto conversion price want the number before the story, so here it is as plainly as we can put it: the price depends on the model, the engine, whether a GVM upgrade or other work is done at the same time, and the certification path. If the build needs a bar or canopy too, we fit Hamer, Tough Dog, EFS and Bodyline in house.
Single cab, dual cab, 76 Series wagon or 78 Series Troop Carrier, you get a fixed quote before anything is ordered. Tell us the model and year and we will come back with a number.
Beyond the gearbox
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Moving the seats back gives you the legroom the 70 Series never came with. On a work vehicle, it is the difference between a ute someone can drive all day and one they complain about. Engineered and certified to hold up under a compliance check.
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Touring trays, tradie trays, custom canopies, one-off brackets, mounts and 12V fitouts. If you have been told no somewhere else, that is usually a good sign you are in the right place.
Trays & canopies03
The workshop that converts your 70 Series is the one that services it, aligns it, does its GVM upgrade and writes its diesel tune. Nobody pointing fingers in three years.
Diesel tuningRelated services
Aluminium trays and canopies, weighed against your GVM first.
Learn moreYes, and it is the efficient way to do it. The vehicle is in the workshop once, and the suspension is set up around the finished weight. See GVM upgrades.
No. GVM and GCM are set by the compliance plate and the certification. The conversion changes how the vehicle drives, not what it can legally carry.
Yes. Every conversion and seat relocation is engineered and certified so the vehicle stays road-legal and insurable, and you leave with the paperwork.
Yes. If you are converting to auto, a diesel tune written around the new gearbox is the natural next step, and we do both in house.
Yes. We service and repair the 70 Series as well as build it, so the same team keeps an eye on the conversion at every service.
Talk to us about your 70 Series
Tell us the model, the year and what you are trying to do with it. You get a fixed quote, plain answers, and a workshop that will still want to see the vehicle in five years.