Hey all, figured I might as well introduce myself instead of just lurking and awkwardly posting out of nowhere on people's threads. Anyways, my name is JP, and I just picked up my first Land Cruiser, an 01 UZJ100.
I've primarily been driving Miatas for the past few years and was up to four this summer; got rid of two and drove one cross country from VA to CA to gift to my dad. The other was my daily driver/autocross car, and I got rear ended by a semi in it pulling off the interstate to pick up my moving truck/trailer, the day before I was supposed to move to Colorado. Still dealing with insurance on that one, but needed something I could drive in the winter here and while that situation is resolved...
Found this LC in California, had my dad check it out for me, and the seller was willing to pull the listing so I could check it out myself as I was going to be going out to Cali for Thanksgiving. Got a one way ticket, made it happen, drove it back to Colorado a few days later. The seller was the original owner and had bought it for his wife to drive the kids around to sports and whatnot... From the condition, I don't doubt it was used for that for half a second. The seller wasn't sure when the timing was last done, and according to the records he was able to dig up it had been done once at 120k and hadn't been done since then (235k when I went to look at it). I preemptively bought everything to do a timing/water pump/fan bracket service and was able to negotiate price because of this. Ended up paying $5800.
Get it back to my parents house and tear into it to look at the condition of the belt, removing the left cover and decide it looks pretty good. Have my dad come out to look, and he points out a Continental timing sticker on the right cover that I somehow completely missed, which indicates it was done at 194k. Sweet. Return the parts as it's not due for another 40k, and I have no idea when that will be (longest I've owned any vehicle was for 47k miles, shortest for ~1k miles), call it good to go.
Anyways, picture:
Full album: 2001 Toyota Land Cruiser UZJ100
The pictures are of it in the condition I got it in, before making any changes to it at all. Obviously it's got a long way to go, but it's just a matter of time before it gets done.
I've started cleaning it up, and spent several hours working on the leather so far. I realize it's a bit of a lost cause, given the neglect its seen, but it's already much better all things considered (will post pics later). I've ordered a set of tires, 285/75-16 bang: yes, I can read and not ask those questions again haha), and will post updated exterior pics when I get them mounted... should have the running boards off by that point too.
The truck was in a front end collision at some point, which is why the front end condition is crap (paint not properly matched and flaking on the fender, not original hood or from the wrong year, headlight tabs broken and "fixed", no fog lights). I got a nice Christmas present from Jeff (perrobravo) for the front bumper, a set of OEM fogs to fill in the holes... go to put them in, only to find out that the harness has been cut on both sides. Ordered a set of pigtail harnesses for the bulbs, which came in yesterday and still need to get soldered in.
Anyways, just wanted to introduce myself and share original condition pics of my LC... I'm in the Fort Collins CO area and will be checking out Horsetooth 4 Wheelers next time they have a meeting, definitely interested in meeting people out here as well!
I've primarily been driving Miatas for the past few years and was up to four this summer; got rid of two and drove one cross country from VA to CA to gift to my dad. The other was my daily driver/autocross car, and I got rear ended by a semi in it pulling off the interstate to pick up my moving truck/trailer, the day before I was supposed to move to Colorado. Still dealing with insurance on that one, but needed something I could drive in the winter here and while that situation is resolved...
Found this LC in California, had my dad check it out for me, and the seller was willing to pull the listing so I could check it out myself as I was going to be going out to Cali for Thanksgiving. Got a one way ticket, made it happen, drove it back to Colorado a few days later. The seller was the original owner and had bought it for his wife to drive the kids around to sports and whatnot... From the condition, I don't doubt it was used for that for half a second. The seller wasn't sure when the timing was last done, and according to the records he was able to dig up it had been done once at 120k and hadn't been done since then (235k when I went to look at it). I preemptively bought everything to do a timing/water pump/fan bracket service and was able to negotiate price because of this. Ended up paying $5800.
Get it back to my parents house and tear into it to look at the condition of the belt, removing the left cover and decide it looks pretty good. Have my dad come out to look, and he points out a Continental timing sticker on the right cover that I somehow completely missed, which indicates it was done at 194k. Sweet. Return the parts as it's not due for another 40k, and I have no idea when that will be (longest I've owned any vehicle was for 47k miles, shortest for ~1k miles), call it good to go.
Anyways, picture:
Full album: 2001 Toyota Land Cruiser UZJ100
The pictures are of it in the condition I got it in, before making any changes to it at all. Obviously it's got a long way to go, but it's just a matter of time before it gets done.
I've started cleaning it up, and spent several hours working on the leather so far. I realize it's a bit of a lost cause, given the neglect its seen, but it's already much better all things considered (will post pics later). I've ordered a set of tires, 285/75-16 bang: yes, I can read and not ask those questions again haha), and will post updated exterior pics when I get them mounted... should have the running boards off by that point too.
The truck was in a front end collision at some point, which is why the front end condition is crap (paint not properly matched and flaking on the fender, not original hood or from the wrong year, headlight tabs broken and "fixed", no fog lights). I got a nice Christmas present from Jeff (perrobravo) for the front bumper, a set of OEM fogs to fill in the holes... go to put them in, only to find out that the harness has been cut on both sides. Ordered a set of pigtail harnesses for the bulbs, which came in yesterday and still need to get soldered in.
Anyways, just wanted to introduce myself and share original condition pics of my LC... I'm in the Fort Collins CO area and will be checking out Horsetooth 4 Wheelers next time they have a meeting, definitely interested in meeting people out here as well!