Toyota 80 Series Interior Build by Wasatch Overland

September 30, 2026

Rear of the red Land Cruiser with both Wasatch Overland drawers pulled out, a mountain valley behind

Sponsored by Wasatch Overland, Redarc, LiTime and Equipt Expedition Outfitters.

New on YouTube: a full walkthrough of the interior in my 1990 Land Cruiser HDJ81, built by Wasatch Overland. Thirteen minutes on every drawer, panel and system in the back, and how it holds up on the trail.

Wasatch Overland built it in April. The photos below start at the install and run through September.

/THE TRUCK: 1990 HDJ81

1990 Toyota Land Cruiser HDJ81, right-hand drive
1HDT turbo diesel, automatic
37x12.50R17 Mickey Thompson Baja Legend EXP
Alu-Cab pop-top

It is my daily, my camp and my mobile studio for Roaming Lost shoots across the PNW. The interior had to work for all three.

The Land Cruiser at golden hour, pop-top raised and the rear open on the drawer system, pines behind

/THE WASATCH OVERLAND INSTALL

The build happened at Wasatch Overland's shop. The power system went together on the bench as a single plate before it went into the truck.

The Land Cruiser inside Wasatch Overland's shop during the install, a rear side window open on a storage box

Wasatch Overland's shop, a CNC table in the foreground and a builder working on a black cabinet behind

A builder at a bench working on a perforated panel with the Wasatch Overland logo

/80 SERIES GULLWING WINDOWS

Both rear side windows are gullwings. Each one lifts on struts and opens into a storage box with a shelf and a red LED strip under the lid. One of them holds the Redarc RedVision display.

In the video: RHS gullwing at 0:35 and LHS gullwing at 3:35.

A gullwing window lifted open on the Land Cruiser, showing a shelf, stored bags and the Redarc RedVision display

Inside a gullwing: a tripod and bags below a perforated shelf, next to the RedVision display

A gullwing open at dusk, lit red by the LED strip under its lid, the RedVision display inside

/REAR SEAT STORAGE

One side of the rear seat carries the hard case with my camera gear, plus two cubbies: tools, truck fluids and filters in the bottom one, personal stuff like toiletries in the top. The other side is a dog bed for River.

In the video: rear seat at 4:57.

Rear door open behind the front seat, the hard case for camera gear on a platform with a cubby underneath

A black cabinet with two cubbies, truck oil and bags of tools in the lower one, personal items in the upper, hard cases below

Rear door open on River's dog bed on the rear seat, the front seats beyond

/80 SERIES REAR DRAWER SYSTEM

Two drawers across the floor. Above them, an aluminum case on one side and a fridge in its own cabinet on the other. The lower tailgate drops flat.

In the video: drawer system at 6:22.

The open rear of the Land Cruiser: two drawers, an aluminum case and a door with a gear organizer

The rear of the Land Cruiser with the fridge door open above the drawers and the lower tailgate down

/POWER: REDARC & LITIME

Redarc BCDC Alpha 50
Redarc TVMS Rogue
Redarc RedVision Pro display
LiTime 12.8V 320Ah LiFePO4 house battery

RedVision first showed up in Field Notes in 2020, when Redarc sent one of the first US systems out for a test. That post is here.

A LiTime 12.8V 320Ah LiFePO4 battery on a workbench in the shop

The Redarc power system assembled on one mounting plate, leaning against a wall before the install

Close-up of the Redarc RedVision display showing the battery at 100 percent

/OUT THERE

Five months of use, May to September.

The Land Cruiser at sunset with the pop-top raised, the rear lit red and a campfire in front

Camp on a grassy ridge: pop-top raised, a folding table and chair by the open rear, mountains in the distance

The Land Cruiser at night in the forest, pop-top raised and the rear lit orange, a campfire and chair beside it

/PARTS IN THIS BUILD

Interior: Wasatch Overland. Custom builds and 80 Series parts
Power: Redarc and LiTime
Seat covers: Equipt Expedition Outfitters

Watch the full walkthrough on YouTube. The 80 Series parts in the shop are here.

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