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11-23-06, 03:19 PM
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Forum Lifer
Join Date: Feb 2004
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bought a fire truck last night
i have been watching the auctions for a few years now and have seen various land cruiser firetrucks come though but never a 75 series. with only 8500 km and a 5 spd i figured it would be a nice rig to own... lost of options open up for me with this rig, i can leave it stock. i can install a factory box. i can even change the gasser for a diesel.
here in Canada only the mines got the 75 / 79 series rigs. a lot of us Canadians have be dreaming of someday owning such a rig legal. In Japan the 75 sereis was built for export only, a few stayed behind to do goverment work. the idea of finding a "new" 75 never occured to me till i saw this one. i have located a factory original box with only 10,000 km on it and the original red paint is as shiny as the day it came off the assembly line. an extremely rare find, even more rare than the truck itself. put the 2 together and i have a 1991 FJ75 just like the day it was new. (the truck itself needs a new coat of paint which will be appied by a high end body shop here in Calgary).
this is a ultra rare find, purchased by Luxury as an example of the quality units we can find. This unit is not for sale at this time.
enjoy these are from last nights auction. (more pics will be aded to the Luxury site when made available)
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11-24-06, 06:02 AM
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Very Nice
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11-24-06, 05:42 PM
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Forum Lifer
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Congratulations! Seriously nice find. Does it have a water tank?
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11-28-06, 01:59 PM
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how much u pay for it?
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11-30-06, 10:44 AM
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Cool !
Now, wait for a fire next your home !
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11-30-06, 02:10 PM
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cool rig
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11-30-06, 04:18 PM
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Hell yes, that is nice!
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11-30-06, 05:23 PM
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Forum Lifer
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thanks guys, it is supposed to arrive at the inspection shop on Friday or Saturday then i get a report on the mechanicals and hopefully tons of pics before it heads to the container...
i am getting quite excited...
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11-30-06, 05:25 PM
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Forum Lifer
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thanks man now ive got drool all over my keyboard  
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12-01-06, 03:45 PM
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i envy you
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12-11-06, 07:48 PM
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Forum Lifer
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12-12-06, 01:28 PM
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Nice unit.
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12-12-06, 01:33 PM
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Forum Lifer
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thank you
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12-12-06, 05:02 PM
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You are a very very very! Lucky Man 
Pics are great too
Dan
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12-12-06, 05:45 PM
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Forum Lifer
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the pics should be able to be enlarged later tonight...
cheers and thanks for the compliment Dan...
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12-12-06, 08:05 PM
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Now that is cool -
now is your theme song gonna be George Starit - Firemen?
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12-13-06, 12:36 AM
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Forum Lifer
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LOL!!
never thought about it...thanks for the suggestion
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03-24-07, 12:32 PM
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dontcha feel like burnin' somethin' just so you can use it?
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03-25-07, 09:56 PM
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Forum Lifer
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actually if it is here in time for the local Spring Bear Berry Bash Land Cruiser event we will use it to wash the trucks after the mud runs...
:^)
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03-25-07, 10:00 PM
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Nice rig!
Are you going to keep it set up for fire fighting?
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03-26-07, 12:45 PM
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Forum Lifer
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a fireman i am not... i believ eit is just a pumper truck... i originally bought it to remove the firebox and install a factory box onto it
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i ended up recieving emails from NZ, Oz, Britian, US telling what a score i made finding this unit so now i feel guilty should i modify it... it will probably end up going to show and shines an dputzing around Calgary with the dogs in it...
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04-04-07, 09:42 AM
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Crazy how they left all the shippin plastics on the seats and the one door... very cool find ... if you can afford to keep it and not change it do it thats VERY nice
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04-04-07, 02:41 PM
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Forum Lifer
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thank you...
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04-04-07, 09:44 PM
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Hi All:
Very cool, Wayne! 
It kinda cracks me up how these TLC firetruck conversions seem so "quiant" by North American standards - our fire trucks are these big 3 - 4 ton diesel trucks, not 1 ton Land Cruisers!
Enjoy!
Alan
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04-04-07, 09:57 PM
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Forum Lifer
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the American way...bigger is better...
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04-08-07, 03:42 PM
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bj74_guy?
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That truck has Greg_B's name all over it!
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04-08-07, 07:41 PM
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Forum Lifer
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LOL!!
ain't that the truth?!?!
i could see him showing up at work in it...
i will contact him about this
great idea Sheldon, thanks..
Last edited by crushers; 04-08-07 at 08:34 PM.
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04-08-07, 09:23 PM
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bj74_guy?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crushers
LOL!!
great idea Sheldon, thanks..
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well, I'm Norm...but it's still a great idea ;-)
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04-08-07, 09:54 PM
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Forum Lifer
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oops, i get you and Sheldon mixed up all the time...my bad...
sorry...
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