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Picked up this 1998 Land Cruiser today! I'm excited about the LC, it will be a long road to get it to where I'm content but thus is life.
1998 @ 296k miles - I picked it up on the cheap, but judging by the condition, I don't feel like I stole it but it was a fair deal for both parties.
I was/still am very nervous about 296k miles, but it rides and drives great! No rust anywhere (AZ its whole life).
I took over 50 before photos just to have some motivation while I am working on things. Here is the reader's digest version of those photos.
I'll run down my game plan.
The interior is pretty rough and will need some major restoration. Then there are some odds and ends in the engine bay that I will need to track down and there will be a timing belt/water pump change coming soon. I am going to start with the interior just to make things liveable (I typically keep my cars impeccable inside so I'm dying inside every time I see this). Then I will probably take on some of the small things in the engine before jumping into the timing belt/water pump and related parts. Then I will do some paint correction (sunburned) and some restoration of the trim. Once I have done those things I will conclude the restoration part of the project and begin the build part.
I will update as things get done!
Picked up this 1998 Land Cruiser today! I'm excited about the LC, it will be a long road to get it to where I'm content but thus is life.
1998 @ 296k miles - I picked it up on the cheap, but judging by the condition, I don't feel like I stole it but it was a fair deal for both parties.
I was/still am very nervous about 296k miles, but it rides and drives great! No rust anywhere (AZ its whole life).
I took over 50 before photos just to have some motivation while I am working on things. Here is the reader's digest version of those photos.
I'll run down my game plan.
The interior is pretty rough and will need some major restoration. Then there are some odds and ends in the engine bay that I will need to track down and there will be a timing belt/water pump change coming soon. I am going to start with the interior just to make things liveable (I typically keep my cars impeccable inside so I'm dying inside every time I see this). Then I will probably take on some of the small things in the engine before jumping into the timing belt/water pump and related parts. Then I will do some paint correction (sunburned) and some restoration of the trim. Once I have done those things I will conclude the restoration part of the project and begin the build part.
I will update as things get done!
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