new 60 owner.. moonstone grey / caribou brown resto/build (1 Viewer)

[Defuzer1]

Howdy all

Looking at à 60 on Wed. 83 model with 269km on odometer. 4sp manual, 2f.

Hasn't been driving in about 2yrs... prior only in winter. In jordan so no salt on roads. Seems very original and in great shape.

Anything thst I should fous on. Will take for drive and have mechanic look at as well.

Prior LC: 2 fjz 80s. 92 and 95 (5sp and auto), 88 fj70 swb, 94 rj77, and 93 pzj75.


Adding pics. Thanks for any info...

 

[Devils Paw 80]

Looks great. Usually rust is the biggest concern with 60 series. It doesn't seem to be an issue with this one living a desert life. Oil leaks, condition of rubber lines and gaskets would be worth checking for, I guess.

 

[3_puppies]

WOW, H41 in a 60 series.

X2 to above

 

[Chris Cahill]

Looks like some paint bubbling on driver door and overspray inside fender. As said before, I would just look for rust and evidence of poor rust repairs. If there is not much and you get it for a decent price you can't go wrong.

 

[sedonut]

Odd they painted near the data plate under hood. Look for damage on that side. Rear bumper looks out of alignment, look for damage around the rear . Both could be nothing but look for damage in those areas.

 

[Defuzer1]

Should be taking delivery in next day or two.

It will be painted to 033 with any bodywork completed.

 

[Defuzer1]

More delays.. still working through process. Inshallah. Trade is involved with pzj and cash

Few.more pics little more detailed may be à few diff posts due to amount bit want to capture
Part of deal bt radio and paint lol..

 

[Defuzer1]

No tellingbhow old the tires are. They do have DOT on them but are tubed on 15in split rim

 

[Defuzer1]

AC is added later, not factory. owner did have accident earlly 90's on left side, repair and repaint. owner stated it was previously Jordanian Military vehicle and he purchased from gov around 876sh and restored with pieces from two others out of Saudi Arabia.

still waiting on all the pieces to come together. looks like it will need tires too. not sure if I should keep split rims or move to bigger wheel size and radials. understand you can run some radials on splits.

 

[SteveH]

Split rims weigh a ton - I would ditch them for a 1-piece rim.

 

[Seth S]

That paint cracking is often a sign that someone used a large amount of body filler and painted over it....and now its starting to fall out. Don't be surprised if there is some nasty rust hiding under that suspect paint.

 

[Defuzer1]

will check again, didn't look like any rust on body that we could tell. thinking they just resprayed everything years ago with little prepwork.

truck has only ever been in desert climate here in Jordan, only rustbuckets I have seen are the bedhouin trucks that are rode hard and put up wet, literally.

 

[Defuzer1]

update: truck is in shop for paint / repair. may have to put as build thread. starting issues with choke inop.

traded my 75 for this, getting addtional 8k on top. paint/repair part of the deal as well.

white white white. today received call, ready to paint.. grey it will be. new color will be LA7C. Moonstone Grey

before traditionalist jump all over: last 6 vehicles have been white, not included in that is a model Y and Kia EV6 in the driveway, both white. sick of white cars constantly.

looking for wheels now as the split rims and decade+ old tubed tires are/were squirly under braking. found some hilux rims, but looking to see if I will need spacers. hub bore is 112, so that part should work.

will update accordingly, but not like I did on the PZJ75 saga. haha.

 

[kevin in okinawa]

what kind of front axle is that? No manual hubs?

 

[Defuzer1]

what kind of front axle is that? No manual hubs?

will have to look again when I am back in the shop. haven't had a LC from middle east with manual hubs, so didn't pay attention. converted the 75 I had to manual

 

[3_puppies]

what kind of front axle is that? No manual hubs?

those look like drive plates, easy to swap and install manual hubs

 

[Defuzer1]

Minor update.. moving along

 

[Defuzer1]

Came with 17 inch wheels.. like ones in pic. Should be ready for color in next few days.

@cruiseroutfit helping with spacers. Appreciate that they ship to APO

 

[janyyc]

Nice to see you posting something! Miss you in the 70-series section!

 

[Defuzer1]