Figured that with all of the parts I have shipping to me, I'd create a thread instead of single posts.
Any build is about tradeoffs. You can't have it all. I wanted to make sure I decided ahead of time what the usage would look like so I can build appropriately.
The goal is to have a super reliable vehicle that has great on-road manners and can then take us anywhere off-road. General usage is that me, the wife, and two boys (13 and 10) will drive Moxie to a destination 20-1000 miles away. Then camp for between 1-10 nights, most of which will require being off-road. Occasionally we'll go to the desert where higher speeds are normal, but this isn't intended to be a baja truck. We may occasionally need to navigate rock gardens, but this isn't intended to be a crawler.
With those goals in mind, I started looking at LC100s and finally found this 2007 LX470 Limited with 134k miles. The limited package was only built in 2007 and only 400 of them were produced. Despite the rarity, there isn't much to it: It includes the following (brochure attached):
- Stone leather interior
- Black bird's eye maple wood interior
- Black cargo and floor mats with Limited badging
- Black Onyx exterior paint
- Liquid Graphite 18" wheels
- Special scuff plates
- Chrome beltline
- Chrome exhaust tip
- Chrome door handles
- Limited badging inside and out
Honestly, I got lucky one was available for sale when I was searching. I chose this package mainly for the interior wood color, which is must more modern than the orange and red woods in the standard LX470.
The car started life in Oregon, then spent most of her years in Arizona. The body has lots of scratches, some down to the metal, but there's essentially no rust and it's in great shape mechanically.
Here are some dealer pictures just before I flew from San Diego to Phoenix to pick her up.
Any build is about tradeoffs. You can't have it all. I wanted to make sure I decided ahead of time what the usage would look like so I can build appropriately.
The goal is to have a super reliable vehicle that has great on-road manners and can then take us anywhere off-road. General usage is that me, the wife, and two boys (13 and 10) will drive Moxie to a destination 20-1000 miles away. Then camp for between 1-10 nights, most of which will require being off-road. Occasionally we'll go to the desert where higher speeds are normal, but this isn't intended to be a baja truck. We may occasionally need to navigate rock gardens, but this isn't intended to be a crawler.
With those goals in mind, I started looking at LC100s and finally found this 2007 LX470 Limited with 134k miles. The limited package was only built in 2007 and only 400 of them were produced. Despite the rarity, there isn't much to it: It includes the following (brochure attached):
- Stone leather interior
- Black bird's eye maple wood interior
- Black cargo and floor mats with Limited badging
- Black Onyx exterior paint
- Liquid Graphite 18" wheels
- Special scuff plates
- Chrome beltline
- Chrome exhaust tip
- Chrome door handles
- Limited badging inside and out
Honestly, I got lucky one was available for sale when I was searching. I chose this package mainly for the interior wood color, which is must more modern than the orange and red woods in the standard LX470.
The car started life in Oregon, then spent most of her years in Arizona. The body has lots of scratches, some down to the metal, but there's essentially no rust and it's in great shape mechanically.
Here are some dealer pictures just before I flew from San Diego to Phoenix to pick her up.