Alright!
I am finally part of the Land Cruiser community! Never realized how special these vehicles are to people until I hopped on this forum, and of course, when I finally drove it myself. I'm in love.
This thread is part for all of you, but mostly for me to keep a story board of what I have done with this.
I bought my first land cruiser completely on a whim. A buddy texted me the below photos out of the blue, and as a joke I replied "ill buy it, how much?". As it turns out, the guy was looking to sell...
It's a 1984 Canadian BJ60 I bought from a gentleman out in Manitoba. He was the second owner and purchased it in 1989 after coming back from Africa and falling in love with them. This thing looked mint and got it for a half decent price considering the prices are going up nonstop it seems. It has 317,000km and the previous owner was a diesel mechanic so it has all the proper maintenance done. He put brand new tires on it for when he sold it! Old school. The gentleman had been looking for a few years for a buyer, never posted it online. Turns out his sons had posted this reddit thread to gauge pricing a year or so before I came along and bought it for around $8k USD. (Reddit Post - Value Range?)
It has a diesel 4 cyl (3B) with a H55f 5 spd transmission. Took it for a couple drives and loved it. The small town test drive was a 30 minute cruise around some farm country with my buddy. Got it to highway speeds, slowed down and engaged the lockers and 4wd, it all worked. She's slow but its perfect. Looking forward to a lot more adventures when I have it where I want it. Planning on using it as mostly a mall crawler and daily driver, but I have a lot of camping plans as well in the rocky mountains. However, dont expect to see this thing on 35"s anytime soon.
Model: BJ60
Engine: Toyota 3B
Transmission: H55F
Year: 1984 (built in Nov 1983)
Colour Code: 857 Medium-Blue
I moved to Calgary AB recently and my buddy drove it all the way out from MB.
Pics from the truck in Manitoba that my buddy texted me before I bought it:
And here is a picture from when I got it to Calgary.
The odometer stopped working in Sask when my buddy was driving it out. That was the first job i did when i got it into my garage. Wasnt hard. ive worked on motorcycles and this was a similar small job that those skills translated well.
I Have been poking around the truck more and more and just loving looking at it and learning about them. Lots of good info out there, and this mud community and its patrons are phenomenal the more invested i get with this project. Thank you all in advance for your insight and guidance.
Things I have done so far:
- replaced the rear hatch struts (simple $30 for 2x of 16" ones from princess auto did the trick)
- complete re-assembly of odometer
- replaced front steering damper
- replaced both rear drum brake cylinders. (they were leaking something fierce after the drive from Manitoba to Alberta)
- Replaced rear rubber brake line (was leaking bad)
- new air filter. (old one was like maraca with so much dust and rocks?! in it.)
On the to do:
- garage beers
- 3B engine refresh and preventative maintenance
- Rust repair (rear seat area)
- undercoating, and rust prevention
- suspension re-fresh (i think the rear DS springs are broken as it has a 1" difference from drivers side to passenger side)
- spend all my money on parts
- scroll through ih8mud forums at work cause I'm addicted
- 1 million other things I'm sure.....
As a bonus, here is a picture from the previous owner when he drove the truck up to the Yukon in the 1990’s
I am finally part of the Land Cruiser community! Never realized how special these vehicles are to people until I hopped on this forum, and of course, when I finally drove it myself. I'm in love.
This thread is part for all of you, but mostly for me to keep a story board of what I have done with this.
I bought my first land cruiser completely on a whim. A buddy texted me the below photos out of the blue, and as a joke I replied "ill buy it, how much?". As it turns out, the guy was looking to sell...
It's a 1984 Canadian BJ60 I bought from a gentleman out in Manitoba. He was the second owner and purchased it in 1989 after coming back from Africa and falling in love with them. This thing looked mint and got it for a half decent price considering the prices are going up nonstop it seems. It has 317,000km and the previous owner was a diesel mechanic so it has all the proper maintenance done. He put brand new tires on it for when he sold it! Old school. The gentleman had been looking for a few years for a buyer, never posted it online. Turns out his sons had posted this reddit thread to gauge pricing a year or so before I came along and bought it for around $8k USD. (Reddit Post - Value Range?)
It has a diesel 4 cyl (3B) with a H55f 5 spd transmission. Took it for a couple drives and loved it. The small town test drive was a 30 minute cruise around some farm country with my buddy. Got it to highway speeds, slowed down and engaged the lockers and 4wd, it all worked. She's slow but its perfect. Looking forward to a lot more adventures when I have it where I want it. Planning on using it as mostly a mall crawler and daily driver, but I have a lot of camping plans as well in the rocky mountains. However, dont expect to see this thing on 35"s anytime soon.
Model: BJ60
Engine: Toyota 3B
Transmission: H55F
Year: 1984 (built in Nov 1983)
Colour Code: 857 Medium-Blue
I moved to Calgary AB recently and my buddy drove it all the way out from MB.
Pics from the truck in Manitoba that my buddy texted me before I bought it:
And here is a picture from when I got it to Calgary.
The odometer stopped working in Sask when my buddy was driving it out. That was the first job i did when i got it into my garage. Wasnt hard. ive worked on motorcycles and this was a similar small job that those skills translated well.
I Have been poking around the truck more and more and just loving looking at it and learning about them. Lots of good info out there, and this mud community and its patrons are phenomenal the more invested i get with this project. Thank you all in advance for your insight and guidance.
Things I have done so far:
- replaced the rear hatch struts (simple $30 for 2x of 16" ones from princess auto did the trick)
- complete re-assembly of odometer
- replaced front steering damper
- replaced both rear drum brake cylinders. (they were leaking something fierce after the drive from Manitoba to Alberta)
- Replaced rear rubber brake line (was leaking bad)
- new air filter. (old one was like maraca with so much dust and rocks?! in it.)
On the to do:
- garage beers
- 3B engine refresh and preventative maintenance
- Rust repair (rear seat area)
- undercoating, and rust prevention
- suspension re-fresh (i think the rear DS springs are broken as it has a 1" difference from drivers side to passenger side)
- spend all my money on parts
- scroll through ih8mud forums at work cause I'm addicted
- 1 million other things I'm sure.....
As a bonus, here is a picture from the previous owner when he drove the truck up to the Yukon in the 1990’s
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