From Poverty Packin to Betty White: 1992 HZJ80 (2 Viewers)

[davegonz]

I just sold the 100 to Pat. I'm down to two cruisers. It feels weird.

 

[The Phoenician]

I just sold the 100 to Pat. I'm down to two cruisers. It feels weird.

I'm just interested in diesels with manuals.

 

[davegonz]

Drive a 100 and get sucked into the smooth V8 power.

 

[The Phoenician]

Drive a 100 and get sucked into the smooth V8 power.

I've driven 105s and 200 series for a long time in my job. Prefer the turbo diesels

 

[davegonz]

How are you doing driving a manual turbo diesel with that broken heel?

 

[The Phoenician]

How are you doing driving a manual turbo diesel with that broken heel?

It's nothing 7 screws and a plate couldn't fix... I'm driving a roscoe scooter (yes it's red) right now and the wife's VW.

 

[cahill]

It's nothing 7 screws and a plate couldn't fix... I'm driving a roscoe scooter (yes it's red) right now and the wife's VW.

Laughing about the red roscoe scooter - hope you heal up quickly and graduate back to manual diesels instead of the EV scooter.

 

[The Phoenician]

Laughing about the red roscoe scooter - hope you heal up quickly and graduate back to manual diesels instead of the EV scooter.

Thanks. It's not EV, it's powered by my other leg

 

[davegonz]

LOL!

 

[FedEx]

super cool cruiser.

 

[donpedro]

Finally was able to button everything up and got the truck back on the road. I did have couple of leaks that I found with some soapy water. I also had an issue with the quick disconnect fitting used on the boost gauge. It was leaking and the truck wasn't able to go past 10psi. After fixing all of that, I am now able to boost to 18-20 psi rather easily.

Pic of the IC piping.

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Hey Dave, which stubby intake are you attaching your I/C to? Is that the Plazmaman one, or a generic? Cheers, Pete

 

[davegonz]

Yes, it's a Plazmaman. Got lucky and bought it off of the MUD classifieds.

 

[donpedro]

Yes, it's a Plazmaman. Got lucky and bought it off of the MUD classifieds.

You sure did... thanks for that info.! Pete

 

[davegonz]

Betty is now looking for a good home.

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[mjosoba]

I saw that on one of the FB pages! Good luck. Always loved this ‘Cruiser.

 

[Paxls]

It's been a couple of months now since I purchased Galen's @bottombracket 1992 HZJ80 from him. I have done some minor upgrades and plan on some big ones, so it was time to start my own build thread.

Here's Galen's original build thread that talks about how she came to the US: Builds - Poverty packin’: 1992 HZJ80 in Texas

"This ticked some serious boxes. Factory left-hand drive. 1HZ with 211,000 km. Air-conditioning. Part-time t case. E-lockers with full float rear axle, just added by Joe. Manual windows. No flares. Barn doors. No rust...and also not fancy. "


First things first. Betty White is her name and she's a cool old gal!



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Hi Dave, Saw this truck on Expedition Portal. Is it still for sale? I have 2021 Tundra would you consider a trade?

 

[davegonz]

Thanks, but she's now living in Oklahoma!