offroadkid
GOLD Star
1. Year and model: 1997 Collectors Edition
2. Name of owner: Joshua
3. Name of rig: Ellie, (short for Elephant!)
4: Mileage: 195K
5: Mods: All this was on when I bought it...ARB front bumper, 10K winch, swing out tire carrier with stock rear bumper, OME Heavies, bilstein shocks, 315 MTR's and some other stuff I haven't discovered yet!
6: How the truck is used: Camping, wheeling, DD
As of last night we are again owners of a Land Cruiser 80 series!!!
Our first was a 92 we owned and sold a long time ago, then a 97 we owned for a while and sold and got a 98 100 series. The
was so sad to see our black 97 go, and never really did like the 100 except for the heated seats!!
After we sold the 100 we took advantage of a great lease offer on a Mercedes ML350 through my work which is a perk of being Master Certified. I liked it at first, but began to miss the off road/expedition lifestyle. I looked and looked for another 100 or LX470 but the boss said she wanted us to have another 80 instead.
Six days ago, the and I are looking for a 97 again and found a Collector's Edition in San Francisco that we are about to go take a look at. As we are walking out the door a lady pulls up in front of our house, gets out, and says, "I hope this doesn't sound weird, but I sold you Girl Scout Cookies..." at which point I blurted out "Land Cruiser!"
It had been 9 months since we bought cookies from their daughter.
She said she remembered us talking about Cruisers and her and her husband were selling their 97 Collector's Edition and wanted to know if we wanted to buy it! She had us follow her to their house, (which is only 2 minutes away but never part of the neighborhood we drive through).
There in the driveway sat a 97 Collector Edition Desert Dune on 315's, factory lockers, and other goodies. We're not religious, but when we puled up my wife noticed across the top of the back window was a Bible verse "Joshua XX:XX" and says, "Look, it has your name on it!"
We immediately hit it off with the owners and stayed talking in the driveway for few hours, drove the Cruiser and decided we wanted it. Last night after work we took ownership of our new rig and we are so happy to have an 80 series again!!
It feels good to be back!!
2. Name of owner: Joshua
3. Name of rig: Ellie, (short for Elephant!)
4: Mileage: 195K
5: Mods: All this was on when I bought it...ARB front bumper, 10K winch, swing out tire carrier with stock rear bumper, OME Heavies, bilstein shocks, 315 MTR's and some other stuff I haven't discovered yet!
6: How the truck is used: Camping, wheeling, DD
As of last night we are again owners of a Land Cruiser 80 series!!!
Our first was a 92 we owned and sold a long time ago, then a 97 we owned for a while and sold and got a 98 100 series. The
was so sad to see our black 97 go, and never really did like the 100 except for the heated seats!!After we sold the 100 we took advantage of a great lease offer on a Mercedes ML350 through my work which is a perk of being Master Certified. I liked it at first, but began to miss the off road/expedition lifestyle. I looked and looked for another 100 or LX470 but the boss said she wanted us to have another 80 instead.
Six days ago, the
and I are looking for a 97 again and found a Collector's Edition in San Francisco that we are about to go take a look at. As we are walking out the door a lady pulls up in front of our house, gets out, and says, "I hope this doesn't sound weird, but I sold you Girl Scout Cookies..." at which point I blurted out "Land Cruiser!" It had been 9 months since we bought cookies from their daughter.
She said she remembered us talking about Cruisers and her and her husband were selling their 97 Collector's Edition and wanted to know if we wanted to buy it! She had us follow her to their house, (which is only 2 minutes away but never part of the neighborhood we drive through).
There in the driveway sat a 97 Collector Edition Desert Dune on 315's, factory lockers, and other goodies. We're not religious, but when we puled up my wife noticed across the top of the back window was a Bible verse "Joshua XX:XX" and says, "Look, it has your name on it!"
We immediately hit it off with the owners and stayed talking in the driveway for few hours, drove the Cruiser and decided we wanted it. Last night after work we took ownership of our new rig and we are so happy to have an 80 series again!!
It feels good to be back!!
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I bought it from Jim who had it shipped here from the windy city! Turns out the whole time it's been just up the street from me! 
