Cruiser Shopping

[Toshi38]

Well I'm off to go check out a cruiser tomorrow. Was hoping the sharp eyed folks here could do a once over and give a list of what they see wrong My biggest concern is of course that the body will be 90% bondo...


Toyota Land Cruiser BJ45, Pickup ,NY BES | Skåne


So far on my list: (I'm sure there's other things too)
Seats are obviously not stock.
Lots of cover plate
The inside of the fenders aren't painted although other parts are.
Missing windshield washer fluid cap.
Badge on tailgate painted over.

 

[GTSSportCoupe]

Right on! Glad to see you are finally looking for a cruiser over there! I don't know 40's that well, so can't really comment on that one. Looked better than I was expecting though.

With the traveling you do, why don't you consider a HZ powered Troopy or other 70 series LWB? Newer and easier to get parts? Set it up as an expo rig and travel all over Europe?

 

[Gsb15]

Buy it.... Then I can come to Europe and steal it

 

[wombat]

The good news is it's a 45, it's diesel, it has a winch, It looks pretty clean.
I would look underneath at the frame and floorboards etc.
How much in real canuck dollars

 

[Toshi38]

Its roughly 20k in canuck money.... so a pretty big pricetag in Stephen money

Its definitely not had the perfect previous owner ... with a closer look I can see a ratchet strap as a battery tiedown and the 2nd tiedown missing...

Guess it will have a big list and lots of bondo.

 

[seapotato]

That's a lot of $borkborks...that paint looks so fresh you can probably still smell it.

An optimist might say that the diamond plate could just be a box liner...

Clearly you're going to have to look at that 70 series pickup they have too, it's only another $10 of whatever the hell that currency is....

Do Lauballs work in europe ?

 

[Toshi38]

Lots of bondo... and s*** welds ... and a very funny frame.

Also it has about 3 inches of ground clearance with the welded on drop hitch

.... the yellow one is in better shape but has some pretty questionable paperwork issues... although it is a nice HJ45

 

[Toshi38]

The guy had 20+ cruisers there... this was the coolest one:

Here are some pictures of the awesome trailer hitch (Think no clearance):

Frame rail:

Sweet battery holding method:

 

[seapotato]

Who is this effete euro-snob whining about a battery tie down and what have you done with Stephen?

 

[Toshi38]

heh... I'm surprised and disappointed that you haven't built a 60 series tractor yet... You've been beaten by 3 guys from the middle east who can't weld!

 

[JimJ]

Hey if you find a set of factory soft top bows over there, let me know!

 

[crustyBJ60]

You should be looking for c303's. Or at least parts
Maybe I have to email you some details.
I have a good mate from Brisbane who has just returned to Sweden who is keeping an eye out for c303 parts.
Cheers
Crusty

 

[Toshi38]

lots of c303's here... I found a couple I've been debating looking at...

problem usually turns into a storage one...

 

[Rigpig]

For some reason the only thing i can picture YOU in is that 60/snow-shovel thing... Get him to sell you that one!
Good luck!

 

[seapotato]

problem usually turns into a storage one...

You don't have some farm girl following you around who'll let you store it in daddy's barn?


I'm starting to wonder what you're doing with your time over there young man.

 

[Toshi38]

You don't have some farm girl following you around who'll let you store it in daddy's barn?


I'm starting to wonder what you're doing with your time over there young man.

I'm starting to wonder too!

 

[Diesel Cruiserman]

Right on! Glad to see you are finally looking for a cruiser over there! I don't know 40's that well, so can't really comment on that one. Looked better than I was expecting though.

With the traveling you do, why don't you consider a HZ powered Troopy or other 70 series LWB? Newer and easier to get parts? Set it up as an expo rig and travel all over Europe?

Although not as cool, for sure the 1hz troopy would rock.