Hi all, since I have been on the Mud forums to get various questions answered for my land cruisers over the years figured it's time to put in a contribution.
So what vehicles do I currently need to do something about? A 96' 80 series with 190k and lockers, a 99' 100 series with 320k and a 150 series (wifes car). With 3 SUV's in the driveway and me no longer having a pick-up (usually a tacoma) to haul stuff, I figured might as well and try to make a real truck to haul things around. Since the 100 had the most miles it was the natural candidate to go under the knife.
As I said, it has a lot of miles but it is a very clean rust free CA car and I am the second owner. I replaced the engine with one that had 170k miles recently so I figure that if everything works out on the chop it should be good for another 100k. I was borderline on selling this and just trying to find a first gen tundra with leather, but figured it would be nicer to have a LC interior with the better turn radius, coil spring rear end and rear locker for my "pick-up". Also I know it is a lot of work and a PITA but I have always wanted to do a project like this that our brothers in Australia seem to do with abandon.
And here is picture of the victim pre angle grinder and sawzal.
So what vehicles do I currently need to do something about? A 96' 80 series with 190k and lockers, a 99' 100 series with 320k and a 150 series (wifes car). With 3 SUV's in the driveway and me no longer having a pick-up (usually a tacoma) to haul stuff, I figured might as well and try to make a real truck to haul things around. Since the 100 had the most miles it was the natural candidate to go under the knife.
As I said, it has a lot of miles but it is a very clean rust free CA car and I am the second owner. I replaced the engine with one that had 170k miles recently so I figure that if everything works out on the chop it should be good for another 100k. I was borderline on selling this and just trying to find a first gen tundra with leather, but figured it would be nicer to have a LC interior with the better turn radius, coil spring rear end and rear locker for my "pick-up". Also I know it is a lot of work and a PITA but I have always wanted to do a project like this that our brothers in Australia seem to do with abandon.
And here is picture of the victim pre angle grinder and sawzal.