hey man you should think about getting a bull bar. It would complete the truck.
nice Landcruiser
nice Landcruiser
Build Overhaulin´ - Lots of pics
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I don´t run the air intake through the cab all the time. It´s just an option to hook it up before crossing a scary river. In fact I haven´t used it.
If you look at these two pics (I think these are somewhere in the thread already) you see it both on and off.
I don´t have any old pics, but what i did before was I turned the intake on the air filter housing. So instead of sucking air from the fender behind the light the intake faced the firewall instead. I hope you understand what i´m trying to explain
Regularly I have the intake as seen on the first pic. Then I belive the hood scoop delivers enough fresh air in to feed the engine even though the intake is so close to the firewall and not facing front.
When connected through the firewall you can clearly hear the sucking sound,but its really not as noisy as one could imagine. I had the same setup on a old Hilux I had, it had a 2,4l non turbo engine, that sounded much worse than the 4.2l I-hdt.
ya makes sense, I thought it might be noisy in the cab to run it all the time, but it seems to be a good idea for water crossings!
How good is that middle picture!!!!
Re: the bottom one - are you stuck or just waiting for the coffeee van to come past?
Re: the bottom one - are you stuck or just waiting for the coffeee van to come past?
Woah, that looks just a bit cold! 
Terrific pics of some snow wheeling there. I love your truck....makes me miss my last HDJ80.
Terrific pics of some snow wheeling there. I love your truck....makes me miss my last HDJ80.
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No, not stuck, you can see the wet snow moving in front of the cruiser.
These are the next two pics from that series.
My uncle had already crossed that pit in his 60 series on 44" tires so I had his track through. He made quite a deep track.
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Great Build, keep the pics coming love the snow driving.
so, WTF? Why are you selling, Haffi?
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Well. There is really no short answer to that.
I was offered a job in Norway. Arctic trucks have a shop there and offered me a job and I´m taking that job. That means that I´m moving from Iceland to Norway.
The registration rules here are different there from Iceland an a car like that cant be registered there.
Since we (me, my girlfriend and our dog) are moving we are for sure going to be travelling there. A modified rig with huge tires and no A/C is not the best car for European highways or parking spots. There we need a low mileage diesel station wagon. That we cant afford without selling the cruiser.
But still, if we could afford a better car, renting a expensive garage to store the cruiser for 2, 3 or 4 years or perhaps even longer (we cant tell how long we are going to last in Norway or where we go after that) doesn´t really make sense.
So, that is the reason I´m putting up ads to see if anyone is interested in buying the rig.
I did post some ads in Iceland few days ago an for three days my mailbox flooded with mails asking about it. But I haven´t been offered anything since I cant show the car until November (I´m in Norway right now) But for fun I decided to but up a ad here as well. It would be nice to sell it out of the country, then its highly unlikely that I will ever see it on the road again and start missing it
I was offered a job in Norway. Arctic trucks have a shop there and offered me a job and I´m taking that job. That means that I´m moving from Iceland to Norway.
The registration rules here are different there from Iceland an a car like that cant be registered there.
Since we (me, my girlfriend and our dog) are moving we are for sure going to be travelling there. A modified rig with huge tires and no A/C is not the best car for European highways or parking spots. There we need a low mileage diesel station wagon. That we cant afford without selling the cruiser.
But still, if we could afford a better car, renting a expensive garage to store the cruiser for 2, 3 or 4 years or perhaps even longer (we cant tell how long we are going to last in Norway or where we go after that) doesn´t really make sense.
So, that is the reason I´m putting up ads to see if anyone is interested in buying the rig.
I did post some ads in Iceland few days ago an for three days my mailbox flooded with mails asking about it. But I haven´t been offered anything since I cant show the car until November (I´m in Norway right now) But for fun I decided to but up a ad here as well. It would be nice to sell it out of the country, then its highly unlikely that I will ever see it on the road again and start missing it
Nice build and some great wheeling shots.
you're not trying hard enough!
good luck with your sale, i'm sure you'll find someone who can't resist it. Might struggle to get it in an ISO container if you're sending it abroad though
haha, no its not mine, cars with 38's don't really fit here, although I did see an icelandic patrol here a few years ago on 38's, which was quite amusing. Must have got the ferry across when it was still stopping off in Scotland. What passes for normal in downtown reykjavik is fairly out of the ordinary here...and most other places.
The 80 above is just from the '80 series register' at the top of the 80 section. I've seen a few norwegian 80's on 38's there (theres a nice looking silver one as well) so registering such mods must be possible. Might be to do with the green number plates its wearing, I think they might make it a commercial vehicle or something. As I recall from norwegians posting on the uk landcruiser site, you can get rid of these after the car is 20 years old and put the rear seats back in or something. I dare say your new colleagues will know very much more about it than i can hazily recall should you have a change of heart and decide you want to bring it with you.
The 80 above is just from the '80 series register' at the top of the 80 section. I've seen a few norwegian 80's on 38's there (theres a nice looking silver one as well) so registering such mods must be possible. Might be to do with the green number plates its wearing, I think they might make it a commercial vehicle or something. As I recall from norwegians posting on the uk landcruiser site, you can get rid of these after the car is 20 years old and put the rear seats back in or something. I dare say your new colleagues will know very much more about it than i can hazily recall should you have a change of heart and decide you want to bring it with you.
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Callum. The green plates are used on "varebil" that means that the car is registered as a two person and used as a van or for company use, cars with green plates are cheaper because of some tax related things. The back seats are removed and the cargo area in the back is seperated from the front with metal barriers. I have heard that after five years you can install the backs seats and get white plates without paying the taxes and fees back.
I´m sure that there is a way to have it registered in Norway, but it will be a struggle with the customs and the road administration and will cost a arm or a leg, even all four of them.
The main reason I´m selling is because it does not fit here i´m can have a car on icelandic plates here for up to two years but my cruiser is not the best car for highways in Europe where our plan is to be travelling for the next two or three years at least.
I agree it does not sound right to sell a "arctic truck" to go work for Arctic Trucks
I´m sure that there is a way to have it registered in Norway, but it will be a struggle with the customs and the road administration and will cost a arm or a leg, even all four of them.
The main reason I´m selling is because it does not fit here
i´m can have a car on icelandic plates here for up to two years but my cruiser is not the best car for highways in Europe where our plan is to be travelling for the next two or three years at least.I agree it does not sound right to sell a "arctic truck" to go work for Arctic Trucks