OK, thought it may be good to put together the building of my next vehicle, with afew idea's to improve travel, ride, and handling, as I turn it from a stolen and recovered write off, into a capable mountain country and desert traveller, making a good all rounder, on a budget.
I found a 11/95 GXL 80 442 auto, 4.5 petrol cruiser with 260k km for the right price from a wholesaler, not the ideal color we wanted, but when its cheap, cant be to fussy.
day 1, purchase. Vehicle had centre dash area missing, and left hand front fender dinged, everything else was good as can be, well serviced, toyota coolant, auto just serviced, oils chnaged recently, new radiator recently, and good road tyres on it, with pencil shavings and hair clips in the back, it was a mums taxi, with no offroading, but some dirt road work.
As we progress, i will detail what we did, how we did it, and what we found before, and after.
I found a 11/95 GXL 80 442 auto, 4.5 petrol cruiser with 260k km for the right price from a wholesaler, not the ideal color we wanted, but when its cheap, cant be to fussy.
day 1, purchase. Vehicle had centre dash area missing, and left hand front fender dinged, everything else was good as can be, well serviced, toyota coolant, auto just serviced, oils chnaged recently, new radiator recently, and good road tyres on it, with pencil shavings and hair clips in the back, it was a mums taxi, with no offroading, but some dirt road work.
As we progress, i will detail what we did, how we did it, and what we found before, and after.
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