overland

In August, my wife and I will be leaving on a year long world trip. The trip will take us from Rotterdam to India, then we'll ship the car to Kenya and travel down the east coast to South Africa and finally ship the car back to Holland. We recently bought a 1996 HZJ75 for the trip. Technically...

Many of you probably know me, but I thought I’d start a thread to doc my workings. Bought my Troopy in Honduras last year when we were living there and drove it back to Texas when we came back. I have lots of plans and they will happen very slowly. Lol. I’ll update what I’ve done little by...

FOR SALE: 1992 Toyota FJ75 Troopy with 3F original engine, 5 speed transmission, roof rack and tent. Interior is in near perfect shape, as well as rims, tires and frame. The truck runs very well, drove 4 hours straight two ways with zero issues. No mechanical issues whatsoever. Here are the...

Hi guys, Just uploading this because I thought some of you might like it. I am lucky enough to have the time and money to travel from Los Angeles to Argentina in my FJ62 with my girl. Two nights ago we hit a bull which the owner was dragging through a city area. It went crazy and ran across...

320k miles. Now what? Rebuild or 5.3 vortec?

Hi guys, Here is some info on our project. Our team, based in Paso Robles, California, is comprised of three members all early Toyota Land Cruiser enthusiasts. We are in the process of restoring two rare Toyota Land Cruisers and converting them to SVO (straight vegetable oil) systems. After the...

I am currently working on my 87’ FJ60 to make it a decent overland rig. My obvious concern is fuel mileage. I’m hoping to rebuild the stock 2F instead of a V8 swap. I’ll most likely add the GM TBI. I was also thinking of possibly having a larger fuel tank custom made some how. Has anyone done...

$$$SOLD$$$$$$ cant use it for what I intended 425 tyd CONUS comes with case anderson plg welder extra consumabes coil and clamps. SOLD ext me Ill send pics. price is frim...

Any mudders out there have any experience with Taxa Outdoors and their adventure trailers? Looks cool and like some quality stuff but any first hand experience would be greatly appreciated. I am eyeing the Tigermoth as the best compromise to get my better half out and exploring without needing...

Im heading out west again straight out 2-3 days(its an 80) and doing a few days on the slickrock anyone want to roll out or meet up let me know.. Just did this a month ago, made some changes and want to suss it out.

Don't want to put a roof tent on top of my new LC as it's my daily driver not to mention I have Budbuilt stage 4 skids and beefy sliders on the way so it will add few hundred pounds at the least. I am considering the FSR Overlander trailer and 5-6 persons Large High Country tent to go on the...

Hi guys- I am looking to sell my beloved pickup so I can get my hands on a cruiser. Please take a look at the link for my CL ad. I am willing to trade for the right vehicle. Feel free to contact me at 530-312-3334 Thanks 1995 xtra cab Toyota rock crawler - Marlin expedition rig. Overland

***SOLD*** --- Mud, I would like to cross-link my for sale ad over on Tacomaworld. Here is the link: 2012 Toyota Tacoma TRD-Sport 4x4 - turn-key, tasteful overland/touring built truck + RTT And here's a link to the shared Google Drive with over 200+ high-res photos, CARFAX, maintenance log...

My wife and I are reluctantly placing our dear Disco I, Bruce, up for sale... Just have too many ideas for new builds gnawing at the back of our brains, ya know? This Disco has 135k original miles. 3.9L V8 runs strong, no leaks, new plugs and wires less than 2k miles ago and regular oil...

AFTER 3 weeks in the road my IBS system failed won't swap chrarge over to aux battery both batteries are new Odyssey extremes 1500 series everything's fine 20 days Magnum investor stops redlight says needs monthly test. Then the house battery is t being charged IBS alarm going off constantly...

I am in the process of sorting out my HDJ-80 to outfit for a beach/off road and street driver. Yes, I know that is quite a combination of things, but I want to be able to get to the beach and trails with reasonable comfort and performance. I plan on doing the creature comforts- i.e. audio and...

while on my cross country I ended up installing a set of SLEE 2.5 resovoirs shocks 12in as my radflos two of them anyway gave up the ghost so I hooked up with Armaory at slee and took the shocks with the plan being installing 6in springs heavies in rear over the KING springs 5 in I currently...

so my roadtrip is going to take me thru Ma. VT upstate NY Pa. Ohio, idiana Illinois Iowa S. dakota wyoming idaho oregon Cali nevada Utah colorado Im leaving mass. on the 14th and will be in Cali next week looking for someone that may want to run the Rubicon with me or engineers pass or black...

Well... I hate that I have to do this, but I’m moving to SoCal and I can’t take my 80 with me so I’m putting it up for sale. I’ll put a link to my build thread below, but here’s the short version: OME lift with 850/863 springs ARB front bumper SoFlo rear bumper with dual swing outs Safari...

Sept 6th Im rolling out from the edge of altlantic and Im heading towrds the pacific. its the reason Ive done major baselining to the rig, fresh batteries hoses wire PS hoses throttle cable tires, air cleaner lights rear drawers 1000 watt inverotr bussman fuseblock aux fan blue fan upgrade TREs...