I have been in the 40 game for quite a while. Recently I have purchased 5 80's in different shape. They keep showing up. This one is a little special because of the way it came to me. I got an email from someone saying their beloved 80 had caught fire and did not know what to do. I swapped emails for a while and then when I was going to go look at it, we both found out it had gone to the auction house. She said it was still hers and that she had insurance on it. I went to look at it and agreed on the "buy back" amount. When I was going to meet her, she said her son-in-law told her to let it go and not sell it to me, even though I knew it would have a salvage title! Man was I pissed. So I signed up to the auction house and kept an eye on it. I won the auction for more than I wanted but less than my max bid. All in all I was ok with it.
After I won the auction I emailed the former owner to ask if she still had the missing back seat and a few other things we had spoken about. She said she saved them for me and was hoping I would win the bid on the landcrzr. The truck only has 198k on it and is very clean. Frame is in great shape. It does not have the magic dial to the left of the steering wheel but those are easy enough to add later. I would imagine going to the Eaton/Harrop lockers would be the route I may take.
They think a fuel injector leaked, as she just had some installed and caught fire under the hood. I knew I had another cylinder head and top engine along with harness so I set out to make it drive again. I have started to pull things down and see just what I need and have stripped the other head down to pull parts off as needed. The plan is to get it running, installed a 2" lift and some bigger tires.
I plan to document this build as a way to show the damage from the fire as well as the repair. I will get a re-built title for it from DMV. I have checked with Hagerty and they will cover it as it is a classic vehicle with stated value.
This may be for sale at some point, so if someone is looking for one let me know before I build it out and decide to keep it!
After I won the auction I emailed the former owner to ask if she still had the missing back seat and a few other things we had spoken about. She said she saved them for me and was hoping I would win the bid on the landcrzr. The truck only has 198k on it and is very clean. Frame is in great shape. It does not have the magic dial to the left of the steering wheel but those are easy enough to add later. I would imagine going to the Eaton/Harrop lockers would be the route I may take.
They think a fuel injector leaked, as she just had some installed and caught fire under the hood. I knew I had another cylinder head and top engine along with harness so I set out to make it drive again. I have started to pull things down and see just what I need and have stripped the other head down to pull parts off as needed. The plan is to get it running, installed a 2" lift and some bigger tires.
I plan to document this build as a way to show the damage from the fire as well as the repair. I will get a re-built title for it from DMV. I have checked with Hagerty and they will cover it as it is a classic vehicle with stated value.
This may be for sale at some point, so if someone is looking for one let me know before I build it out and decide to keep it!
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